

Originally conceived by Tim Evanicki and Esther Daack, both from Orlando, Bathhouse: the Musical! follows young Billy at his first day at the baths. Tim Evanicki Productions and The Parliament House are excited to announce the triumphant return of the award-winning show Bathhouse: The Musical! to Orlando! The show, which premiered at the 2006 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, has since played in several cities around the US, Canada, and Europe including sold-out productions in Paris, London, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland, Montreal, Ottawa and Tampa! Osceola isn’t the only county that is welcome, but they have opened their doors to Seminole, Orange, Polk, Volusa, and whomever wants to volunteer, audition, or support their facility.Tim Evanicki Productions and The Parliament House Welcome Back the Award-Winning Bathhouse: The Musical to the Footlight Theatre The significance of the facility has broadened throughout the years, and has done many great things for the community. Osceola Arts, despite the many changes that they went through, today the organization is known as the Local Arts Agency for Osceola County. They have a variety of classes such as: youth classes, adult classes, camp, and their Youth Actors Company. Other than hosting events, they also hold classes in their facility.
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There is no cost to rent the space as the Galleries and Exhibits are free and open to the public. The gallery hours are 10am-5pm, Tuesday through Friday. The center also has an art exhibit in their facility where the host art shows.
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This facility is also rented for meetings, banquets dinners, training sessions, and professional seminars. Other than The Big Band Concert, Osceola Arts also hosts Center Singers Country Music Concert, and various others in the Osceola Arts Theater. The Big Band Fall Concert is a concert presented by the Osceola Arts Big Band, which consists of 18 of their talented musicians. Osceola arts has made a name for themselves in the community and by Kissimmee for the amazing events that they host such as the Big Band Fall Concert. Again in the 1990’s the center focused on the creative arts and renamed themselves as the Osceola Center for the Arts. With the rapid growth of the community Osceola arts decided to expand their facility and invested in a 5,100 square foot annex. Residents from Puerto Rico and the other unincorporated territories were migrating to Florida. In 1985 there was exponential growth in the population. The first name they thought of for the facility was the Osceola Arts & Culture Center, with these three other local companies: a theater known as The Osceola Players, Osceola Art Association, and the Historical Association of Osceola County. Osceola Arts rebranded themselves multiple times. Cloud and Kissimmee after being given enough land by John J. In 1968 they became a permanent facility in between St. The founders decided they wanted to move the facility to a more central location, because they soon became a county-wide organization. Soon after on Novemthey held their first meeting. Carroll provided a three year lease for a temporary building in Kissimmee.

A year later in 1963 Kissimmee’s First National Bank president, John E. This didn’t affect the facility but the growth of the community was going to call for changes in the later years.1962 Osceola Arts was recognized as a non-profit Florida corporation.

Also during this time Florida public schools desegregated and universities and colleges were created. Today Osceola Arts has a 2000 seat theater with a 22,000 square foot exhibit hall, and multiple meeting venues.ĭuring the time that Oscoela Arts was coming up many Cubans came from Cuba and moved over to Florida. With her help they were able to create an outlet to express creativity and talent. After one of their productions Margarat Bast generously donated $1,000 to the organization to get their own building to host their events. Osceola Arts held their first productions in the auditorium of the Osceola High School.
