Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has announced the lineup for its 50^th anniversary season, featuring a four-show winter mainstage series and a three-show winter cabaret series. 

The longtime favorite Little Shop of Horrors kicks off FST’s 2023-2024 winter mainstage series on Nov. 15 in FST’s Gompertz Theatre. Next on the main stage is the regional premiere of Pictures From Home by Sharr White, which was adapted from the photo memoir of the same name by Larry Sultan. This dramatic comedy examines the mercurial nature of familial bonds and will begin playing Dec. 13 in FST’s Keating Theatre. Following Pictures From Home is The Lehman Trilogy, a five-time Tony Award-winning drama that opens in 1844 and follows  the 163-year rise and fall of Lehman Bros., which sparked the largest financial crisis in history. The show will begin playing January 31 in FST’s Gompertz Theatre. The mainstage series comes to a close with the Florida premiere of Troubadour, a musical by Janece Shaffer with original music by Sugarland’s Kristian Bush. Set in Nashville in 1951, this heartfelt musical follows country music legend Billy Mason, who is on the eve of his retirement and is unsure if his soft-spoken son, Joe, will step into the spotlight and carry on his legacy. Troubadour will run in FST’s Gompertz Theatre starting April 3.

Opening FST’s winter cabaret series is Up on the Roof, a new music revue celebrating legendary songwriting teams—like Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Carole King and Gerry Goffin, and Burt Bacharach and Hal David—who helped create the iconic “Brill sound.” During the 1950s and ‘60s these artists worked in Manhattan’s Brill Building, churning out hit after hit for groups like The Drifters, The Shirelles and The Monkees. Featuring such songs as “A Teenager in Love,” “One Fine Day,” “Walk on By,” and “River Deep, Mountain High,” Up on the Roof will begin playing Sept. 27 in FST’s Court Cabaret. Next in the cabaret series is Take it to the Limit, which will play in FST’s Goldstein Cabaret starting Nov. 29. With hits by musicians like The Allman Brothers Band, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and Fleetwood Mac, this original musical revue tells the story of lessons learned from hard knocks and lively living. The cabaret series wraps up with The Flip Side, which begins playing in FST’s Court Cabaret on Feb. 7, 2024. The revue celebrates the absurdity of life through sardonic, ironic, witty songs that tell the story of moronic characters.

Tickets for all four mainstage shows begin at $69, and $49 for all three cabarets. Subscriptions are now on sale here; for more information, call (941) 366-9000.