A celebration of 55 years of performing arts excellence on the Emerald Coast
The Northwest Florida Ballet (NFB) announces Season 55, a celebration of five and a half decades of excellence in performing arts, which includes Lightwire Theater’s Dino Light at Grand Boulevard and The Nutcracker and Cinderella at the...
A Stage Side Chat with Director Douglas Henderson
By Bobby Parker
Stage Crafters Community Theatre is currently in rehearsal for Joseph Heller’s CATCH-22. We recently sat down with the director, Army Veteran and Fort Walton Beach resident, Douglas Henderson, to learn a little more about the upcoming production.
BP: Are you a...
Concerts at the Landing has been extended this year and will run every Friday through Oct. 27 at the Fort Walton Beach Landing. Because of ongoing construction, the stage has been moved to the west side of the park, next to the Indianola Condominiums. There are signs marking a...
NFB returns to the Mattie Kelly Arts Center stage in the spring on Sat., March 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Sun., March 12 at 2:30 p.m. for a trip to Neverland with Peter Pan. Complete with magical sets and mesmerizing costumes, NFB’s production includes a cast of international guest artists...
Stage Crafters Community Theatre Opens Its 51st Season With the Hilarious Whodunnit, Clue: On Stage!
By Bobby Parker
Award-winning actor, Laurence Olivier, once stated that he believed that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theatre is the outward and visible sign of...
Join Stage Crafters for its 51st Season which includes CLUE, And Then There Were None, Catch 22 and Something Rotten - The Musical. The 51st season kicks off with Clue, March 10-19 and directed by Don Goodrum, based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the...
By Will Estell
If you live among the coastal communities of Northwest Florida, you have likely become aware of the Destin-based Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) and the outreach this wonderful organization does to promote the arts within the growing communities it serves. One such initiative by which the MKAF...
By Don Lambert, ECC Member
Singing has the power to make individuals and communities healthier and happier! And we are blessed to have The Emerald Coast Chorus (ECC), a singing organization based in Fort Walton Beach that serves communities throughout the Florida panhandle.
The chorus has been a chapter in...
By Anna Fisher, Emerald Coast Theatre Co.
My Dad took me to see Camelot when I was around 12 years old. It was my very first experience seeing a live performance, and I remember walking up the steps at the Fort Walton Beach Civic Auditorium with such excitement that I had...
Stage Crafters Community Theatre, the oldest continuously running all-volunteer, not-for-profit community theatre in the state of Florida, proudly unveils its highly anticipated 52nd Season. Celebrating over 50 years of enriching lives through the magic of live theatre, Stage Crafters invites the community to join them for an extraordinary lineup...
