Thank You To Our Sponsor
Bradenton Area Arts & Culture
Bradenton Area Arts & Culture is here to promote the fabulous array and quality of art, music, theater, history and culture found throughout Manatee!
Order the arts license plate
Order the arts license plate and let your support show wherever you go.
Purchasing a Florida State of the Arts license plate is an affordable way to make a direct contribution to arts and culture in Manatee County. The Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, as the designated Local Arts Agency, receives $20 from the sale of each arts tag in Manatee County. The funding directly support arts education and programing in our community.
President & Creative Director
Karen Romant
Karen Romant earned a master’s degree in theater from Florida State University in 1997 and her B.A. in 1993 from Cal State Northridge. Both in California and Florida, Romant has worked professionally as a freelance performer, director, educator and drama consultant, but her first love is live theater and working with people who love making theater. The production company of Parrish Playworks, Inc. grew out of a mutual passion for history, good old-fashioned storytelling, and theater. It was founded by the creative team (plus most of the cast and crew) behind Red Rooster Tales: The Train to Yesterday, a play with music crafted from local stories. Since 2013, Parrish Playworks has produced both original storytelling or contemporary plays and performances that feature local talent (writers, actors, musicians, technicians, designers, and directors) in venues all over this region of Manatee, Hillsborough, and Sarasota Counties..
