Ocala Civic Theatre

04/25/2025

⭐ This summer's Arts For All theatrical intensive is ALMOST FULL! ⭐ Only FIVE spots left for the older students (ages 9-17) and only SEVEN spots left for the younger ones (ages 6-8). Sign up ASAP for an amazing summer!!!

☀️ Ages 6-8: No audition needed.

☀️ Ages 9-17: Join us for placement auditions on Saturday, May 24 (if you didn't already on April 12). Please plan to attend or for your child to attend for the entire 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. time slot. Auditions are for placement only, to determine a student's best fit for a major (acting, dance, music, or art). Role auditions will be held a week into Arts For All. The summer ends with student productions of the play "Property Rites" (July 11-13) and the musical "Beetlejuice Jr." (July 18-20). 🤖👻

Here’s what to prepare for auditions:

🎭 Acting: 60-second prepared or provided monologue
🎼 Music: 30 seconds of a contemporary musical theatre song (bring sheet music)
🩰 Dance: Routine/combination will be taught to students at placement audition
🎨 Art: Any form of artwork created by student

⭐️ ARTS FOR ALL (ages 9-17)
Classes: June 9 – July 20 (no classes July 3-4), Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuition: $600, with a $50 pre-registration fee.

⭐️ ARTS FOR ALL TOO (ages 6-8)
Classes: Saturdays, June 14 – July 12 (no class July 5), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with sharecases July 19-20. Tuition: $175, with a $50 pre-registration fee.

⭐️ REGISTER NOW: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?class=ocal

04/24/2025

Want a little glimpse of creative chaos? Here's a little sneak peek of the SpongeBob set under construction... Just keep swimming toward the final, spectacular vision! 🍍🐟🦀🐙🐠

04/24/2025

People have questions about THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL... we have answers! Every good fish goes to school, so dive in to learn more. The show opens one week from tonight!!! 🍍🐟🦀🐙🐠

TICKETS: https://ocalacivictheatre.com/event/the-spongebob-musical/2025-05-01/

04/23/2025

ON SALE NOW! Comedian & “Moonshiner” Killer Beaz is the best buzz in town! 🐝

Comedian Killer Beaz returns to Ocala Civic Theatre for one night only! A hilarious hit last summer, he returns with his new “Best Buzz in Town” tour. Beaz is back on the OCT stage with an all-new 90-minute show on Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m.

The outrageously funny Killer Beaz is celebrating the milestone of 10 seasons on Discovery Channel’s hit series "Moonshiners." He also continues to make regular performances at The Grand Ole Opry. And now he’s running the roads, loaded down with laughs, delivering his clean comedy on tour. A high-energy everyman, Killer Beaz has his own unique brand of high-proof, hard-hitting, laugh-out-loud humor that appeals to any audience. “I love the art of stand-up comedy!” says Beaz. “Having been given the opportunity to make people laugh and smile for all these years is truly a blessing!” An award-winning artist, he has been signed with both Sony and Warner Brothers Records and has been entertaining millions throughout his career with thousands of radio, television, and stage appearances. Join us and you’ll be stung for life!

“Beaz is ‘Killer!’” – Rolling Stone Magazine

“Killer Beaz lives up to his name, ‘killing’ his audience, night after night, show after show!”

– Entertainment Today, Las Vegas

“Killer Beaz has a universal appeal that makes him a crowd favorite!” – Showtime, Reno

🐝 GENERAL TICKETS: $45
🐝 VIP TICKETS: $55 (includes seating up front, a meet & greet starting at 6:30 p.m., a signature card and photo op with Killer Beaz)
🐝 BUY TICKETS: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=281190

90 minutes, no intermission

04/22/2025

Step into a spectacular summer! 🩰 Our SUMMER DANCE INTENSIVE is for anyone and everyone who loves to dance, hopes to get better at it, wants to prepare for solid auditions, is looking for something fun to do this summer... whatever your reason, it's a terrific opportunity to join a class. Any or all of them! Take the leap and end your weekend on a high note for eight great weeks.

REGISTER NOW: ocalacivictheatre.com

04/22/2025

⭐ Only seven spots left for Arts For All!!! ⭐

Sign up ASAP, then join us for placement auditions on Saturday, May 24 (if you didn't already on April 12). Please plan to attend or for your child to attend for the entire 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. time slot. Auditions are for placement only, to determine a student's best fit for a major. Role auditions will be held a week into Arts For All.

☀️ WHAT'S ARTS FOR ALL? An incredible summer theatrical intensive for ages 9-17 with majors in acting, dance, music, or art, ending with two amazing student productions. This year, the play "Property Rites" (July 11-13) and the musical "Beetlejuice Jr." (July 18-20) are the grand finale. 🤖👻

Here’s what to prepare for auditions:

🎭 Acting: 60-second prepared or provided monologue
🎼 Music: 30 seconds of a contemporary musical theatre song (bring sheet music)
🩰 Dance: Routine/combination will be taught to students at placement audition
🎨 Art: Any form of artwork created by student

⭐️ Classes: June 9 – July 20 (no classes July 3-4), Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuition: $600, with a $50 pre-registration fee.

⭐️ REGISTER NOW: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?class=ocal

04/22/2025

Arts For All Too is already half full! ☀️ Sign up ASAP for this summer theatrical intensive for our youngest students (ages 6-8). No audition necessary!

Class is Saturdays, June 14 – July 12 (no class July 5), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with sharecases July 19-20. Tuition is $175, with a $50 pre-registration fee. Register at ocalacivictheatre.com.

04/22/2025

Dive into "The SpongeBob Musical" with Off Book! 🍍📖 Held in Studio A, this free, “no reading required” book club with R.J. Jenkins of the Marion County Literacy Council is a fascinating hour of insights. Take the plunge with us on Saturday, May 10 at 12:30 p.m.

Stephen Hillenburg first created the colorful undersea world of SpongeBob SquarePants and friends as an animated TV series for Nickelodeon in 1999. Its immediate and lasting popularity has inspired half a dozen films, a comic book series, music albums, video games, theme-park rides, and this 2016 stage musical. Come learn more about why SpongeBob has made such a splash!

Space is limited. RSVP by 9 p.m. on Friday, May 9 to the OCT box office at (352) 236-2274 or to https://forms.office.com/r/92jCJCn5RJ.

04/21/2025

Cast members from THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL had a great time and gave a great performance Friday night -- they really made a splash at intermission of the Levitt AMP concert! 🍍 Thanks to all who participated in this fun outdoor evening of fantastic music, and to the City of Ocala for their support of OCT and the arts. ⭐️

04/21/2025

Almost time to dive in... Join us next Thursday, May 1 before the show on opening night of "The SpongeBob Musical" for Drinks With the Director! 🍍🍹

Hosted by OCT Executive & Artistic Director Greg Thompson, OCT audience favorite Scott Fitzgerald, and the show’s creative team, this lively cocktail hour is a spoiler-free sneak peek at the show you’re just about to see. You’ll meet the directors and designers whose collective creative vision has brought "The SpongeBob Musical" to life, with opportunities for Q&A. Enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a private bar with drinks for sale.

This intimate interlude is held from 6-7 p.m. in Studio A before the curtain rises at 7:30 p.m. Come celebrate with us and say cheers to the excitement of opening night!

Admission is free to Drinks With the Director. Space is limited. RSVP to https://forms.office.com/r/hTzS9QZWm4 by Thursday, May 1 at 3 p.m.

04/21/2025

Catch the summertime vibes—Bikini Bottom style!
Rehearsals for The SpongeBob Musical are bringing the energy, the color, and the chaos, and we’re just getting started. Dive in May 1–18 at Ocala Civic Theatre!

Tickets: $35 Adults | $17 Ages 18 & Under
ocalaCivicTheatre.com

04/17/2025

Meet the splashtacular cast of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL! 🍍

Isiah Blount (Patrick Star)
Benjamin Burnette (Security Guard, Citizen of Bikini Bottom)
Cristian A. Cardoso (Larry the Lobster, Electric Skate, Featured Dancer)
Crystal Catalina (Citizen of Bikini Bottom, Featured Dancer)
Courtney Curtis (Karen the Computer)
Christian Gonzales (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Alexa Hall (Foley Artist Fish)
Adrienne Hebert (Mayor of Bikini Bottom, Featured Dancer)
Geovanni Jimenez (Patchy the Pirate, Electric Skate)
Janéa King (Sardine, Citizen of Bikini Bottom, Featured Dancer, Dance Captain)
Hunter Leary (Perch Perkins)
Adrianah Lee (Security Guard, Citizen of Bikini Bottom, Featured Dancer)
Caylinn Mosblech (Pearl Krabs)
Cody Novotny (Squidward Q. Tentacles)
Tara Oathout (Sardine, Citizen of Bikini Bottom)
Walter Paul Oathout (Gary the Snail)
Saber Ramos (Citizen of Bikini Bottom)
Xavier Rosado (Sheldon J. Plankton)
Daniel Roscoe (Citizen of Bikini Bottom)
Josiah Santiago (Old Man Jenkins, Electric Skate, Sardine, Citizen of Bikini Bottom)
Antony Smith (Eugene Krabs)
La’Nya Solomon (Sandy Cheeks)
Alexis Trimboli (Mrs. Puff)

Come see the whole undersea crew perform a sneak peek of the show tomorrow night as the intermission entertainment at the City of Ocala's Levitt AMP concert (Friday, April 18 from 6-8 p.m. at Webb Field, 1501 W Silver Springs Blvd.). 🎼🐟🎹🦀🎸🐙🎤🐠 Then join us for THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, live on stage May 1-18 at Ocala Civic Theatre!

TICKETS: ocalacivictheatre.com / (352) 236-2274

04/17/2025

Join us tomorrow night! 🍍

ARE YOU READY, KIDS??? Your first chance for a sneak peek at THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL is this Friday night! 🍍 We are excited and delighted that the City of Ocala has asked OCT to continue one of our favorite springtime traditions, which is performing at intermission of one of the Levitt AMP outdoor concerts. This Friday, April 18, the simply spectacular SpongeBob cast will perform a couple of numbers from the show as the intermission entertainment. The opening band is The Mudds and the headlining artist is blues musician Larry McCray. This is a FREE concert from 6-8 pm. at Webb Field at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Complex, 1501 W Silver Springs Blvd. It's going to be an awesome night of jazz and blues, with some under-the-sea blues making a splash in the middle of it. 🎼🐟🎹🦀🎸🐙🎤🐠 Bring your lawn chairs for a fun and casual outdoor concert on a beautiful evening!

LEARN MORE: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BdGRtPFQb/

04/14/2025

We had a great first round of Arts For All placement auditions on Saturday! ☀️ If you've registered and were there, that's all you need to do... if you missed it, your second chance is Saturday, May 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. And if you haven't registered yet, sign up ASAP -- at two months away, we are already pushing 80% full!

Our Arts For All Too class for ages 6-8 is half full and filling fast, so register right away for that one as well. No placement auditions for AFA Too.

WHAT'S ARTS FOR ALL? An incredible summer theatrical intensive for ages 9-17 with majors in acting, dance, music, or art, ending with two amazing student productions. This year, the play "Property Rites" (July 11-13) and the musical "Beetlejuice Jr." (July 18-20) are the grand finale. 🤖👻 Auditions are for placement only, to determine a student's best fit for a major. Role auditions will be held a week into Arts For All.

Here’s what to prepare for auditions:

🎭 Acting: 60-second prepared or provided monologue
🎼 Music: 30 seconds of a contemporary musical theatre song (bring sheet music)
🩰 Dance: Routine/combination will be taught to students at placement audition
🎨 Art: Any form of artwork created by student

⭐️ ARTS FOR ALL: For ages 9-17. Classes: June 9 – July 20 (no classes July 3-4), Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuition: $600, with a $50 pre-registration fee.

⭐️ ARTS FOR ALL TOO: For ages 6-8. Classes: Saturdays, June 14 – July 12 (no class July 5), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with sharecases July 19-20. Tuition: $175, with a $50 pre-registration fee.

⭐️ REGISTER NOW: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?class=ocal

04/14/2025

ARE YOU READY, KIDS??? Your first chance for a sneak peek at THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL is this Friday night! 🍍 We are excited and delighted that the City of Ocala has asked OCT to continue one of our favorite springtime traditions, which is performing at intermission of one of the Levitt AMP outdoor concerts. This Friday, April 18, the simply spectacular SpongeBob cast will perform a couple of numbers from the show as the intermission entertainment. The opening band is The Mudds and the headlining artist is blues musician Larry McCray. This is a FREE concert from 6-8 pm. at Webb Field at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Complex, 1501 W Silver Springs Blvd. It's going to be an awesome night of jazz and blues, with some under-the-sea blues making a splash in the middle of it. 🎼🐟🎹🦀🎸🐙🎤🐠 Bring your lawn chairs for a fun and casual outdoor concert on a beautiful evening!

LEARN MORE: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BdGRtPFQb/

04/14/2025

Bravo to our cast, crew, and creative team of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH for an absolutely peachy show! 🍑✨ It was a wonderful weekend of performances with great audiences. A standing ovation to all who brought this delightful youth production to life through their hard work and dedication, and to all whose support made it possible. Special thanks also to to all our parents, The City of Ocala Recreation and Parks, our friends at the Mary Sue Rich Community Center at Reed Place, and Marion County Literacy Council. And our sincere thanks to Marion Cultural Alliance, Ocala Municipal Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts for their sponsorship. It would truly take a magical giant peach to hold all of our appreciation! 🧡

04/13/2025

James and his insect friends are going to be honest... it will bug them if you don't see their final performance today at 2 p.m. They've put on an absolutely peachy show and we couldn't be prouder. 🧡 Seating is limited, so get your tickets online now and we'll see you this afternoon before this magical peach flies away for good. 🍑✨🐞🕷

The Academy at Ocala Civic Theatre’s youth production of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH is live on stage April 11-13 at the Mary Sue Rich Community Center at Reed Place (1821 NW 21st Avenue). TICKETS: ocalacivictheatre.com • (352) 236-2274

Director: Dani Moreno-Fuentes • Costume Designer: Stephen Menard • Lighting Designer & Stage Manager: Cheyenne Dever • Sound Designer: Jazmine Whipple • Junior Stage Manager: Collin Blakley

🍑 SPONSORED BY: ACT 4
🍑 SPECIAL THANKS TO: The City of Ocala Recreation and Parks • Marion County Literacy Council
🍑 ACADEMY PROGRAMS ARE SPONSORED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM: Marion Cultural Alliance • The National Endowment for the Arts • Ocala Municipal Arts Commission

PHOTOS: Dave Schlenker