BAINBRIDGE LITTLE THEATER, 220 Troupe Street, Bainbridge, GA (42 miles from Tallahassee), 229-246-834, www. bainbridgelittletheater.com.

Performs plays and musicals throughout the year, drawing its casts from the local region. Serving the Bainbridge area for more than 30 years.

THE BRINK, 284-5753, thebrinktheatre@hotmail.com.

Graduate and undergraduate students at FSU plus community members who perform new and alternative theatrical works. Performs at the Fine Arts Annex at the corner of Call and Copeland Streets.

CAPITAL CITY SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, 386-6476, ccshakespeare@aol.com.

Studies and performs Shakespeare’s plays for the enrichment of our Tallahassee community. Each year CCS chooses a Shakespeare play, spends the fall season studying and offering workshops and public readings, then mounts a full-length production in the spring. CCS’s present home is the beautiful Zolton Farkas Theatre at the Young Actors Theatre and School for the Performing Arts on Glenview Drive.

CURIOUS ECHO RADIO THEATER
228-2473
www.curiousecho.org

Dedicated to spreading the art and enjoyment of audio theater to Tallahassee and beyond. For samples, performance dates, and more, visit the web site.

DIXIE THEATRE, 21 Avenue E, Apalachicola (75 miles from Tallahassee), 850-653-3200, www.dixietheatre.com.

Produces professional productions in October & February. Movies run all summer long as well as throughout the year. Other events include a Jazz Festival in November, productions by the local community theatre group, youth stage workshops, political forums, and a concert series.

DYSFUNCTION JUNCTION
728-9467
www.dj-improv.com

Dysfunction Junction Improv is Tallahassee's newest improv comedy troupe, performing at the Comedy Zone on Tennessee Street every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.

FAMU ESSENTIAL THEATRE, Florida A&M University, Charles Winter Wood Theatre, 599-3430, box office 561-2846, www.essentialtheatre.us.

Produces a variety of classical and contemporary plays, with major emphasis on African-American culture. Mounts approximately six productions between the months of October and July, with tickets ranging from $3-$12. Also home to a Public School Matinee Series, Theatre Unbound, and the Irene C. Edmonds Youth Theatre.

IN THE MOMENT PLAYERS, 383-1718, www.inthemomentplayers.com.

A group of actors brought together through luck in an acting class, who write and perform. Many of the actors have studied together for several years and are excited to bring their craft to the stage. Performances are held at Tallahassee Progressive Center.

MAGIC & FUN COSTUME SHOP, 1787 W. Tennessee Street, 224-6244. Hours: M-F 11 am- 7 pm, Sa 11 am-5 pm.

Theatrical and clown makeup, magic and juggling supplies, costumes, and more.

MICKEE FAUST CLUB, 623 McDonnell Drive, 224-3089, www.mickeefaust.com.

Tallahassee’s tongue-in-cheek answer to a certain unctuous rodent in Orlando, often billed as “community theater for the weird community.” Performs cabaret-style shows, heavy on political parody, in a lime green and purple barn at the lip of Railroad Square. It’s fun and it’s cheap–usually just ten bucks a show. Tickets are first come, first served, so come early and listen to the live pre-show music under the Mulberry tree in the backyard. The group is open to all, and especially committed to creating opportunities for people with disabilities.

MONTICELLO OPERA HOUSE
185 W. Washington Street, Monticello (30 miles from Tallahassee)
997-4242
www.monticellofloridaoperahouse.com

On the National Registry of Historic Places, the theatre offers productions of drama, comedy, musical theatre, live radio theatre, murder mystery dinner theatre, and Jazz in the Garden. The house season, September through May, also offers concerts, opera, and dance. The restored second floor theater boasts near perfect acoustics, making it an ideal venue for live performances as well as audio recording.

OFF STREET PLAYERS, 907-5743, paminole@yahoo.com.

Produces work by new playwrights or newer plays by established authors. Performs four times a year at the theatre at 609 Glenview Drive.

QUINCY MUSIC THEATRE
118 East Washington St., Quincy (25 miles from Tallahassee)
875-9444
www.qmtonline.com

Just minutes from Tallahassee, the Quincy Music Theatre is North Florida’s largest and only all-musical community theatre. The 433-seat facility is located in the refurbished Leaf Theatre in Quincy, Florida’s beautifully restored downtown historic district. Many cast members, directors, choreographers, musicians, and audience members migrate from the Capital City and surrounding area to assist or attend productions.

THE SCHOOL OF THEATRE AT FLORIDA STATE, Florida State University, Fine Arts Building, 644-6500, theatre.fsu.edu.

One of the top-ranked theatre training programs in the United States, the School of Theatre at Florida State University produces an annual season of classic plays, musicals and new works in the Fallon Theatre, Lab Theatre and Conradi Studio Theatre. Nationally recognized for its extensive undergraduate and graduate programs that produce theatre professionals who go on to distinguished careers in television, film and the Broadway stage.

SWAMP GRAVY, Cotton Hall, Colquitt, GA (64 miles from Tallahassee), 229-758-5450, www.swampgravy.com.

Designated the Official Folk Life Play of Georgia. All of Swamp Gravy’s plays are based on real life stories, taken from taped interviews and adapted for the stage by a local playwright. Each year a new script and original music are written in an effort to celebrate a culture that is uniquely rural South Georgia. In addition to its theater, Cotton Hall houses a gift shop, the Museum of Southern Cultures, and a Commons area.

TALLAHASSEE LITTLE THEATRE
1861 Thomasville Road
224-4597, box office 224-8474
www.tallahasseelittletheatre.org

Has provided quality theatrical experiences to local artists and audiences for more than 50 years. Productions range from family fare like Peter Pan, to groundbreaking dramas such as Angels in America, to sheer entertainment like My Fair Lady. Also produces intimate Coffeehouse shows on a second stage, collaborates with other arts groups to present original work, offers a Readers’ Theatre series, and highlights visual artists in its gallery. Offers volunteer opportunities onstage, backstage, or off stage. No previous experience is required.

THEATRE A LA CARTE
385-6700
www.theatrealacarte.org

North Florida’s premiere musical theatre company, offering fall and summer musicals annually at Tallahassee Little Theatre. Most productions are Tallahassee premieres, and include a unique assortment of contemporary musicals, cult classics, and Broadway hits. Has received national recognition for its commitment to producing the works of Stephen Sondheim.

Always looking for energetic people to assist with productions, particularly musicians, actors, stage crew, administrative, and front of house. No previous experience necessary to volunteer.

THEATRE TCC!, Tallahassee Community College, 444 Appleyard Drive, 201-8608, box office 644-6500, theatre.tcc.fl.edu.

Produces quality theatre appropriate for the entire family at affordable prices in the beautiful and spacious Turner Auditorium. The four-show season ranges from musicals like Schoolhouse Rock Live! to classic comedies like Arsenic and Old Lace to more serious dramatic pieces such as Amadeus and Othello. Tickets are generally $10 for the general public and $7 for students and seniors. TCC students, faculty, and staff are admitted free.

WIND & GRACE, 3620 Shamrock West, 894-2888, www.windandgrace.homestead.com.

An inclusion-based theatrical troupe for children and creative adults, welcoming special people. Participants make videos, and create the characters, design the sets, story board and write the scripts, dance, paint, and more. Meets weekly to workshop new artistic ideas.

A non-profit youth theatre and school for the performing arts that has been providing quality entertainment to Tallahassee and the surrounding communities since 1975. Produces a three-show season that includes two musicals and one drama. Offers a comprehensive theatre education program that integrates the three key elements of the performing arts: drama, music, and dance. Students are placed in classes according to age, experience, and ability. Classes are based on September to May curriculum and feature performance opportunities.

DIANE WILKINS PRODUCTIONS, 893-1441, www.dianewilkinsproductions.com

A full service video production company that focuses on documentary, educational and promotional video and DVD production.

FSU FILM SCHOOL, University Center Building A, Florida State University, 644-7728, filmschool.fsu.edu.

Sponsors free public screenings of BFA films each December, and free public screenings of MFA thesis films each August. Seating is limited at all screenings. Film students produce more than 150 complete sound films each year, and thesis films have won more than 600 prizes, awards, and special screenings at national and international film festivals. FSU Film School holds open casting twice a year for its fall and spring graduate and undergraduate films. No experience is necessary. Directors look for actors of all ages, experience, and type. Volunteer crew members also needed.

FSU STUDENT LIFE CINEMA, Student Life Building, FSU Campus, 113 S. Wildwood Drive, 644-4455, movies.fsu.edu.

One of the nation's leading campus movie programs, featuring five to six nights a week of everything from the most recent blockbuster movies to documentaries, indies, and foreign films, and restored cinema classics. Movies are selected by an all-student committee. FSU's Student Life Cinema is chock full of state-of-the-art technology, from the array of projection equipment to the Dolby Digital surround speakers on every wall. Movies are free for all currently enrolled students with an FSUCard, unless otherwise noted, and admission for the general public is $4. Doors open half an hour before the start of films.

IMAX THEATRE AT THE CHALLENGER LEARNING CENTER
200 S. Duval Street
645-STAR
www.challengertlh.com

The region’s only IMAX Theatre, as well as one of only 15 all-digital Planetarium Theatres in North America. The IMAX Experience is as unique and powerful as the technology behind it, with images of immense size and striking clarity, and sound so clear and deep you can feel it. The Digistar 3 Planetarium Theatre is complete with Dolby Digital surround sound, and a 50-foot dome.

MIKE VASILINDA PRODUCTIONS
224-5420
www.mvptv.tv

A full-service media production facility, with services such as video production, 3D modeling and animation, stock footage, media buying/placement, media training, and sound design,

TALLAHASSEE FILM SOCIETY
386-4404
www.tallahasseefilms.com

Presents foreign, independent, and documentary films on a limited-showing basis. Regular screenings at the Miracle Theater, 1815 Thomasville Road, plus special events at the R.A. Gray Building, 621 Gallery, and others. Annual memberships include discounts at some commercial theatres.

VIDEO 21 , 1449 E. Lafayette St., 878-3921. Hours: M-F 10 am - 11 pm, Sa-Su 11 am - 11 pm.

The film lover’s video store. The largest selection of foreign, classic, cult, independent and hard-to-find films in Tallahassee.