David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts / Shimberg Playhouse
1010 North W.C. MacInnes Place
Tampa, FL 33602

Phone: (813) 222-1000
Fax: (813) 222-1057

URL: www.strazcenter.org
Email: info@strazcenter.org

The Straz Center is more than a beautiful facility with five theaters and an on-site performing arts conservatory. We are a presenting, producing and educating institution, a community resource and the cultural cornerstone for the Tampa Bay region. We present and produce the highest quality, most diverse performing arts and education programs available. Our programming serves over 600,000 people with over 2,500 events each year, including Broadway tours, opera, theater, contemporary dance, ballet, music, cultural programs, popular concerts, artist residencies, arts education programs and more. Our resident opera and theater companies produce performances not otherwise available in Tampa Bay.

Our arts education programs serve over 60,000 children and adults each year. Programs include pre-school and school- time performance series, on-site training programs, off-site community outreach and extensive community and school partnerships. All include and serve the underserved, at-risk and remote members of the region. Outreach partners include schools, community centers, service agencies, hospitals, assisted living facilities and other cultural organizations. Our community-based, on-site Patel Conservatory provides more than 90 year-round courses and pre-professional training programs in music, dance and theater, engaging over 500 artist/educators annually.

House Capacity: 150 to 1047

Disciplines: Broadway tours, Comedy, Dance, Multi-Discipline, Music, Opera, Performance Art, Puppetry, Spoken Word, Theatre