CF's Patriot Blues Jazz Band and Combo will present “Songs,” featuring vocalist Kelsey Plante on Friday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Charles R. Dassance Fine Arts Center. The CF Jazz Ensembles will perform a poem of song, while vocalist Plante joins the big band and the combo for renditions of Stevie Wonder, Peggy ... Read more
CF's Theatre and Musical Theatre Department will present “The Adventures of Pinocchio,” Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22-23, starting at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 24, at 3 p.m., in the Dassance Fine Arts Center, 3001 S.W. College Road. This production, with music and lyrics by Neil Bartram, book by Brian Hill, is directed by Jason ... Read more
CF's Visual and Performing Arts Department presents a free performance of one-act plays on Tuesday, Dec. 3, and Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre. CF Theatre Department’s Beginning Play Production class and CF’s Next Generation Drama Club present “The Audition” by Don Zolidis and “The Insanity of Mary Girard” by ... Read more
CF's Visual and Performing Arts Band and Vocal Departments present their signature Prism Concert on Friday-Saturday, Dec. 6-7, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m. in the Dassance Fine Arts Center. The concert will feature many of CF’s band and vocal ensembles in one powerful, fast-paced music production. Named for the prism ... Read more
CF's Visual and Performing Arts Band and Vocal Departments present their signature Prism Concert on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m. in the Dassance Fine Arts Center. The concert will feature many of CF’s band and vocal ensembles in one powerful, fast-paced music production. Named for the prism that reveals the varied colors of light, ... Read more
CF's Visual and Performing Arts Department presents a free lecture, "Chekhov, Viewpoints and LeCoq," a physical theatre/acting workshop by Paul Gabbard, artistic director of Y-Not Theatre, on Monday, Feb. 24, at 12:30 p.m. in the Dassance Fine Arts Center. Gabbard will use the fundamentals of three approaches to movement. This master class explores flow, energy ... Read more
CF's Theatre Department presents “The Great Gatsby,” Thursday-Saturday, March 5-7, starting at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8, at 3 p.m., in the Dassance Fine Arts Center. This play is directed by Dr. Kathleen Downs, CF associate professor of Theatre, and presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc. in New York. ... Read more
CF's Theatre Department presents “The Great Gatsby,” Thursday-Saturday, March 5-7, starting at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8, at 3 p.m., in the Dassance Fine Arts Center. This play is directed by Dr. Kathleen Downs, CF associate professor of Theatre, and presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc. in New York. ... Read more
The College of Central Florida’s Musical Theatre Department presents “Chicago,” Friday-Saturday, April 3-4, starting at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 5, at 3 p.m., in the Dassance Fine Arts Center. The musical explores the themes of celebrity, scandal and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age. “Chicago” centers on two murderesses, a vaudevillian and a ... Read more
The College of Central Florida’s Musical Theatre Department presents “Chicago,” Friday-Saturday, April 3-4, starting at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 5, at 3 p.m., in the Dassance Fine Arts Center. The musical explores the themes of celebrity, scandal and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age. “Chicago” centers on two murderesses, a vaudevillian and a ... Read more
CF's Theatre Department presents “Intimate Apparel,” Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 15-18, starting at 7:30 p.m. online. This play by Lynn Nottage is directed by Dr. Kathleen Downs, CF associate professor of Theatre, and presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc. in New York. Set in 1905, the play is a deeply moving portrait of Esther, ... Read more
CF’s Musical Theatre Department will present “In Willowbark Woods,” Friday, Nov. 20, starting at 7:30 p.m. online. This production, with book, music and lyrics by Joshua Mazur, is directed by Jason Longtin, CF associate professor of Music. “In Willowbark Woods” is a theatrical cycle of songs and monologues exploring the people found on a very ... Read more
CF’s Visual and Performing Arts Department presents “Sorry, Wrong Number,” Tuesday, Dec. 1, starting at 7:30 p.m. online. This classic radio thriller is about a woman driven to the edge of madness as she tries to prevent a murder she accidently overhears being plotted over the telephone. The play is being presented for free by ... Read more
CF's Visual and Performing Arts Department presents “Motherhood Out Loud,” Friday-Sunday, March 12-14, starting at 7:30 p.m. online. If you have a mother, know a mother, are a mother or are even thinking of becoming a mother, you need to see “Motherhood Out Loud.” Conceived by Susan R. Rose and Joan Stein, the play is ... Read more
The VPA Department proudly presents its spring musical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” April 7-10 in the Dassance Fine Arts Center at the Ocala Campus. A talented cast of 11 CF students bring to life the iconic "Peanuts" comic strip characters we all know and love, with live music and five production dance numbers. ... Read more
CF's Musical Theatre Department will host a virtual spring production of “Now. Here. This.” Friday-Sunday, May 7-9, at 7:30 p.m. online. The show, under direction of Dr. Jason Longtin, follows the evolution and adventures of a group of friends as they journey through time, from the present to the past and back again. They share ... Read more
Students are invited to audition for the spring musical, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." Auditions will be held Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 2 p.m. in the Dassance Fine Arts Center. Please come prepared with 45-60 seconds of a contemporary musical theatre song (Bluetooth speaker available) and a one-two minute contemporary/comic monologue. Questions? Email Professor ... Read more
The talent of our Visual Arts and Digital Media students in on display at the Webber Gallery on the Ocala Campus March 28-May 5. This juried show includes awards for best in show and first through third places with honorable mentions. Student works will be selected for purchase awards, and one student artist's work will ... Read more
On Tuesday, April 12, the CF Vocal Department will present An Evening of Solos and Choral Music at 7:30 p.m. Conducted by Dr. Jason Longtin, the program will feature music from multiple eras and from around the world. The CF Patriot Singers will be joined by collaborative pianist Dr. John Lowe and guest artists Marina ... Read more
Don't miss the original American gothic ghost story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," live on stage Oct. 27-30. CF Visual and Performing Arts students invite you to get in the Halloween spirit with Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. Director and CF Theatre Assistant Professor Nonalee Davis calls the show "a fantastic mix of comedy ... Read more