PERFORMING ARTS: What's on stage

MANATEE

THEATER

Island Players Theater: 10009 Gulf Dr., Anna Maria

Agatha Christie's "The Mouse Trap," 8 p.m. Nov. 9-10; $15. Box office: 941-778-5755.

Manatee Players: Riverfront Theatre, 102 Old Main St.

"Pump Boys and Dinettes," 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 11; Tickets: $13-$26. Information: 941-748-5875.

State College of Florida's Neel Performing Arts Center: 5840 26th St. W.

Musical Theater Ensemble Production: "Children of Eden," 8 p.m. Nov. 2-3, 2 p.m. Nov. 4; $6-$12. Information: 941-752-5252.

State College of Florida's David S. and Anne V. Howard Studio Theatre: 5840 26th St. W.

"Crimes of the Heart," 8 p.m. Nov. 16-17, 19, 23-24, and 2 p.m. Nov. 18 and 25; $10-$15. Information: 941-752-5252.

SARASOTA

Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave.

Sarasota Ballet: Sir Frederick Ashton's "Symphonic Variations," Christopher Wheeldon's "There Were She Loved," Paul Taylor's "Company B," Nov. 16-17; $30-#90. 941-359-0099, ext. 101.

OPERA

Sarasota Opera: 61 N. Pineapple

"Rigoletto," through Nov. 12; $19 and up. Sarasota Youth Opera: "Little Nemo in Slumberland," Nov. 10-11; $15 and up. Information: 941-328-1300.

THEATER

Asolo Repertory Theatre/Asolo Conservatory: FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail

Asolo Repertory Theatre: "1776," Nov. 16-Dec. 22; $23-$65. FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training: Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," through Nov. 18; $28 and up. Box office: 941-351-8000.

Florida Studio Theatre: 1241 N. Palm Ave.

Keating Theatre: "Smokey Joe's Cafe," through Jan. 6; $19-$42. Kids Komedy Club, 11 a.m. Saturdays; $6. Information: 941-366-9000.

Professional Learning and Theatrical Organization "PLATO": Ramada Waterfront Hotel, 7150 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota

"Waist Watchers," Nov. 15-Jan. 6; $35. Magic Box Theatre for Children: "Rumplestiltskin," 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Saturdays Nov. 17-Dec. 8; $10. Information: 941-363-1727 or visit platoarts@gmail.com.

The Players Theatre: 838 N. Tamiami Trail

Drag Queen Bingo, 8 p.m. Fridays; $5.Box office: 941-365-2494 or www.theplayers.org.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe: 1646 10th Way

Nate Jacobs' '50s Jukebox Revue, Nov. 16-Dec. 16. All tickets prices are $28 and up. Information: 941-366-1505.

ST. PETERSBURG

CIRCUS

Tropicana Field: 1 Tropicana Drive

Cirque du Soleil "Kooza," Nov. 8-25; $33-$143.50.

THEATER

Progress Energy's Mahaffey Theater: 400 First St. S.

Tap Dogs, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8; $25.50 and up. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company "Between Us," 7 p.m. Nov. 11; $25-$45. Information: 727-893-7832.

TAMPA

THEATER

David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts: 1010 N. MacInnes Place

"Gorey Stories," through Nov. 18; $28 and up. Mike Epps, 7 p.m. Nov. 3; $42.50 and up. Louis C.K., 7:30 and 10 p.m. Nov. 29; $45. "So You Think You Can Dance," 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4; $82 and up. Stephen Lynch, Dec. 15; $32.50 and up. Jobsite Theater: "Hay Fever," Jan. 9-Feb. 3; $28 and up. "A Masked Ball," 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 and 2 p.m. Feb. 9-10; $34.50 and up. "POPera!" 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 2 p.m. Feb. 16-17; $34.50 and up. "Bon Appetit," 8 p.m. Feb. 22; $25 and up. Information 813-229-7827.

Sun Dome: 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa

Tyler Perry's"Medea Gets A Job," 3 p.m., Nov. 11; $27.50-$87.50. Information: 813-974-3004.