Sarasota’s 2026-27 season includes a new stage for The Sarasota Players, two world premieres at Asolo Rep and a lineup of concerts, touring musicals and visual-arts exhibitions. The dates below were checked against the organizations’ current season pages.

The Sarasota Players list Mel Brooks’ The Producers for Jan. 7-24, 2027, as the first show in the company’s new Payne Park Auditorium home. The theater’s season page gives the address as 2100 Laurel St. in Sarasota.

Asolo Rep’s current season materials list The Day the Circus Came to Town, a world-premiere musical, for March 21-April 24, 2027. The company lists its other world premiere, Jennifer Maisel’s Provenance, for Feb. 24-March 21 in the Cook Theatre.

Sarasota Orchestra has Carmina Burana scheduled at the Van Wezel Feb. 5-7, with Giancarlo Guerrero conducting and the Grant Park Chorus featured. Van Wezel lists the touring musical Six for March 16-21 and Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen for April 13-18.

For visual-arts fans, Ringling College Galleries lists Keith Haring: Lines in Motion opening Jan. 19, 2027, and running through April; the student-curated exhibition features more than 100 works. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens lists Verdi: Composer & Farmer for Feb. 7-May 30 at its downtown Sarasota campus.

Check each venue’s current calendar before making plans, since performance and exhibition schedules can change.

Sources: The Sarasota Players’ 97th-season page; Asolo Rep’s 2026-27 season materials; Sarasota Orchestra’s Carmina Burana page; Van Wezel’s Six and Hell’s Kitchen event pages; Ringling College Galleries; Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.