Asolo Repertory Theatre

I absolutely love this theater. Everything I've seen so far has been great. The actors, music, decorations, and audio are all very professional. Every visit is a joy. The theater itself is beautiful and cozy, you can see the stage well from every seat. I feel very fortunate to have this beautiful little theater in Sarasota. I definitely recommend it to everyone.

This upcoming season looks very interesting. Definitely, a adult move to change my social activities from night clubs and bars to dinner and a show. Looking forward to the 2024 season!! * The performer were very passionate and convincing. Overall production A+ ** Staff can be a little judgey if you're not their expected attendees. But, the theater manager took care of everything.

Always good productions. Chicken and Biscuits was very funny and highly recommended. Other productions such as Cabaret and Silent Skies were well done. The smaller Cooper theater does good shows by the conservatory students. The last one, An Inspector Calls, was outstanding. Tickets for the Cooper are very reasonable. Just saw (December 24) Crazy for You, a musical by Ken Ludwig with music by the Gershwins. The acting, set design, and dancing, especially tap, was incredible! A very enjoyable play that runs 2.5 hours with one intermission. In my opinion, this is the best play I have seen at the Mertz in years. An incredible production that should not be missed!! Closing on January 4th.

Loved working as an electrician and putting up amazing shows! There is so much forethought and planning that goes into what you see on stage. The crew give their all, and the actors have been professional and extremely talented. Next time you are at a show, try to pay attention to the little details added, the shop is full of artisans who all bring such wonderful talent to the technical elements of the show. My only complaint is HR. I was verbally attacked by one of my crew and even though I am union, I wasn’t protected and decided to leave.

My husband and I have bought season's tickets at the Asolo after adoring the first play we went to: The Three Muskateers. The subsequent plays were delightful until this afternoon when we subjected to the crude vulgarities of the play titled Born with Teeth. There was no reference in the pamphlet of the productions that the play would be about one male character trying to sedodemize the other male character. Besides a crude dark perspective of one man bullying another man into sex there was no content to the play. My husband and I walked out of the theater half way through and noticed another couple had also walked out. If this is the direction the Asolo theater will be going we will not be interested in purchasing season's tickets for next year. We look forward to the beautifully created plays and it is our highlight to spending a cultural day together but if a play is so appauling and sordid and vulgar that we can't sit and watch it and could not even imagine bringing a child to it then you need to reexamine your future path in the theater. If you intend to subject your audiences to vulgarities at what we interpreted was the director's own agenda to "educate" a sitting and willing audience then I suggest you clearly let your audience know that is the angle you are wanting to take so that they can decide for themselves if they want to support this direction of the "arts". I have been brought up in a very culturally artistic leaning environment where the art inspires and is not about debauchery and vulgarity. I expect more. I am honestly appauled and shocked this garbage was showcased at the Asolo and I implore it's board members to take a stand against this type of sexual exploratory vulgarity. I would have the same stance if this were a dialogue on set between a woman and a man although this was between two men. If art needs to debase itself to give sordid uncomfortable references in this manner it is not something I nor my husband wish to pay to support. This was insulting to our intelligence, upbringing, values and appreciation of the arts and the Asolo theater as we have come to have known and cherished it as a very special treat that we have invested in for our enjoyment. Debasement of human values is not something that we would tolerate now or in the future. If we would be subjected to another such performance as insulting as this one was to us we would certainly not buy another set of season's tickets for the following year. We are not supporters of the debasement of society and it's culture, We expected each play to elevate us towards beauty and inspiration as the others have so wonderfully done. Not leave us digusted as Born with Teeth did. We felt used and we will not continue to tolerate this in the future. I sincerely hope more people speak out as we did because we were not the only ones to walk out of the theater today.