GODSPELL photo contest winner

And our winner of tickets for tonight's opening night performance of GODSPELL is... Monica. Thanks to everyone who entered. Here's the winning photo and a little explanation.

"This is me in a production of Godspell at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center! I was taking classes with the Tampa Academy of Performing Arts in June of 1989, and this was our summer production. Here is the scene where Jesus separates the sheet from the goats. I was one of the unfortunate goats!!!!!!"

GODSPELL Photo Contest!

GODSPELL opens in previews in the Jaeb Theater tomorrow night. This is a beloved musical and we are so excited to give it a contemporary spin and share it with Tampa Bay audiences through May 16.

To celebrate this popular musical we want to know: Did you perform GODSPELL in high school or college? More importantly: DO YOU HAVE PICTURES?!?!?!

Submit your shots of your educational productions of GODSPELL (theater teachers you have an advantage!) to kari.goetz@strazcenter.org with the subject line: GODSPELL PHOTO CONTEST.

A panel of totally biased marketing professionals who have endured our own high school and college productions will judge on the basis of:

• Most professional looking
• Least professional looking
• Most awkward casting
• Overall je ne sais quoi

The best photo submitted will win 2 tickets to opening night the Fri., Feb. 12! Photos must be submitted by noon on Fri. and we will announce the winner after the marketing staff gets done eating lunch and starting at the candidates.

Students, if you don't have photos, don't be sad. You can get a student rush discount 90 minutes prior to curtain with your student ID! Cash only please.

And if you don't know, GODSPELL is one of the biggest off-Broadway and Broadway successes of all time, this modern and newly updated GODSPELL, based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, is ultimately a story of coming together to create a loving community embraced by all. Featuring a sparkling score by Grammy- and Oscar-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), GODSPELL boasts a string of popular songs, led by the international hit, "Day By Day.”

Dig up those photos, fire up those scanners and good luck!

-Kari G.