American Stage Theatre Company

american stage theatre company
Barefoot in the Park
Lady
AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde
Barefoot in the Park
Lady
VANISHING POINT Book & Lyrics by Liv Cummins & Rob Hartmann Music by Rob Hartmann Original concept and additional lyrics by Scott Keyes
THE FOREIGNER by Larry Shue
SEVEN GUITARS - Our next play in August Wilson Cycle
The 27th Annual AMERICAN STAGE IN THE PARK presents THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracy Letts
AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde
2.5 MINUTE RIDE by Lisa Kron
Our 182 seat theatre
Our new lobby
Our new building
Moonlight and Magnolias, 2007
Top Features
  •  Wireless (WiFi)
  •  Food/Beverage Service


Events
SEVEN GUITARS - Our next play in August Wilson Cycle
January 20, 2012 - February 26, 2012
163 3rd St. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-823-7529
boxoffice@americanstage.org
Floyd Barton is a natural musician with a hit song and, in the expansive atmosphere after World War II, he dreams of the big time. But as the play begins, his wife and friends mourn his death. In Wilson’s only play constructed in flashback, Seven Guitars takes us back to explore what happened. Who killed Floyd Barton, but more importantly, why? Mature subject matter and language.
2.5 MINUTE RIDE
March 16, 2012 - May 06, 2012
163 3rd St. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-823-7529
boxoffice@americanstage.org
Winner of the 1999 Obie Award, 2.5 Minute Ride is a funny and deeply disquieting story about a daughter who strives to understand the joys and sorrows of her father's heart. It’s a startling and searingly funny meditation on how human beings make sense of tragedy, grief, and everyday life. Told with wit and compassion, 2.5 Minute Ride tells the story of a father who, in spite of near-blindness, diabetes, and a heart condition, insists on family trips to Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, the roller coaster capital of the world. But this isn't the only journey this daughter would take with her father … a German-born Jew who escaped Nazi Germany as a teenager only to return as an American soldier. Part testimonial, part performance art, Kron seeks to find the humanity in the crevices of human behavior. 2.5 Minute Ride has been described as "intravenous" – a work which goes directly into the mind and heart of the audience via the serum of a beguiling theatrical entertainment.
27th Annual American Stage in the Park: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
April 11, 2012 - May 13, 2012
163 3rd St. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-823-7529
boxoffice@americanstage.org
It’s the biggest and baddest rock ‘n’ roll musical ever! On the way to visit an old college professor, two clean cut kids, Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss, run into tire trouble and seek help at the site of a light down the road. It's coming from the Frankenstein place, where Dr. Frank'n'Furter is in the midst of one of his maniacal experiments. Follow squeaky-clean sweethearts Brad and Janet on an adventure they’ll never forget, with the scandalous Frank'n'Furter, rippling Rocky and vivacious Magenta. Get ready for a night of fun, frolics and frivolity in this thrilling production of Richard O’Brien’s classic original script! Bursting at the seams with timeless classics, including “Sweet Transvestite,” “Damn it Janet” and of course, the pelvic-thrusting “Time Warp,” Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show is a non-stop party! Ready to thrill you with its frothy, fun, and naughty moments, this is the boldest bash of them all, so sharpen those stilettos for the rockiest ride of your life! Don’t dream it – be it!
VANISHING POINT
June 01, 2012 - July 01, 2012
163 3rd St. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-823-7529
boxoffice@americanstage.org
Agatha Christie vanished for eleven days in 1926. That same year, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished for three weeks. Amelia Earhart disappeared during her 1937 around-the-world flight and was never seen again. Agatha and Aimee never spoke of what happened during their disappearances. Vanishing Point, a musical fantasy, brings these three women together on a road trip through time and space as they recall their past and explore their future, stepping in and out of one another’s lives. The show has a cast of three: the actresses play multiple parts (each other’s mothers, husbands, reporters, fans, etc.).
THE FOREIGNER
July 27, 2012 - August 19, 2012
163 3rd St. N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-823-7529
boxoffice@americanstage.org
The Foreigner demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters deal with a stranger whom they think knows no English. The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often visited by Froggy LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who occasionally runs training sessions at a nearby army base. This time Froggy has brought along a friend, a pathologically shy young man named Charlie who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. So Froggy, before departing, tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. Once alone the fun really begins as Charlie overhears more than he should—the sinister plans of a two-faced minister and his redneck associate, the fact that the minister’s pretty fiancée is pregnant, and much more. What Charlie does fuels the nonstop hilarity and sets up the breath-taking climax.
Description
Founded in 1977, American Stage is the region's best professional theatre. American Stage has ranked as high as first for all theatres & third for all arts organizations in the state by the state Division of Cultural Affairs. American Stage features a rich variety or work from dramatic classics to the cutting edge, from musicals to Shakespeare. American Stage offers regularly scheduled performances throughout the year along with a popular "American Stage in the Park" musical in the spring.
Amenities
  • Entertainment
  • Food/Beverage Service
  • Meeting Facilities
  • Multilingual Staff
  • Parking
  • Wireless (WiFi)
  • 2 - 3 hours

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