FSU Center for the Performing Arts, Harold E. and Esther M. Mertz Theatre

• Beatsville (Asolo Rep Production, 2017; This production has been scheduled. Plans are subject to change.)
  May 5, 2017 - May 28, 2017
• Josephine (World Premiere, 2016)
  May 6, 2016 - May 29, 2016
• Pulse (World Premiere Production, 2013)
  May 23, 2013 - June 16, 2013
• Bonnie and Clyde (Regional Production, 2010)
  November 19, 2010 - December 19, 2010
• Barnum (Regional Production, 2008)
  November 15, 2008 - 2009
• Working (Developmental Production, 2008)
  May 16, 2008 - June 8, 2008
• A Tale of Two Cities (World Premiere, 2007)
  October 26, 2007 - November 17, 2007

Built: 1989
Venue Status: Status unknown
Seating Capacity: 500

Location Info

5555 North Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL Find on Google

• Asolo Center for the Performing Arts, Harold E. and Esther M. Mertz Theatre (1989)

The Mertz Theatre is one of two venues in the FSU Center for the Performing Arts; the other is the 161-seat Jane B. Cook Theatre.

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Many interior details in the Mertz Theatre (plasterwork, ornate cornices, wall panels, friezes, carved box fronts, proscenium, ceiling arches, etc.) are re-used from the Dunfermline Opera House of Dunfermline, Scotland, UK. The Opera House was operational from 1903 to 1955. Before the building was demolished in 1982, the Scottish Arts Council saved the theatre's interior and stored it in pieces. Four years later, Asolo Repertory Theatre learned about the mothballed theatre and imported it to Sarasota, Florida. About 80% of the original ornamentation was used in the auditorium of the Mertz Theatre in the newly built Asolo Center for the Performing Arts.