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Discover OpenScene's 2026 Season: A Year of Bold Creativity and Culture

What to Expect from OpenScene:

  • Groundbreaking Productions: Witness new works by visionary artists who expand perspectives and redefine storytelling.

  • Immersive Installations: Dive into interactive art experiences that engage your senses and spark your imagination.

  • Cultural Celebrations: Join OpenScene for festivals and events that honor and showcase the richness of plural traditions.

  • Community Connections: Participate in workshops, talkbacks, and special events that bridge audiences and creators.

  • Global Rhythms Experience - Workshop Series
    Global Rhythms Experience - Workshop Series
    Sat, Apr 04
    Maitland
    These workshop series offer a multicultural journey through drumming, dance, and Afro-diasporic storytelling. No experience is needed. Find your rhythm. Join the movement.
  • Global Rhythms Experience - The Concert
    Global Rhythms Experience - The Concert
    Sat, May 23
    Maitland
    Join us for an explosive final performance celebrating Afro‑diasporic rhythm and culture.
  • Cultural Experience – The Situated Body with Maison Française
    Cultural Experience – The Situated Body with Maison Française
    Fri, Jan 23
    Maitland
    Join Maison Française for a small-group guided tour of The Situated Body: Reconfiguring the Symbolic, the new exhibition by Mexican sculptor Jacobo Alonso at the Art & History Museums – Maitland.
  • Una historia de Beny Moré
    Una historia de Beny Moré
    Sun, Sep 28
    Rotary Plaza
    1950s Havana comes alive in this live-music cabaret tribute. RSVP required. With the special appearance of actor Franklin Virgüez.
  • Souvenirs
    Souvenirs
    Sat, Sep 27
    Rotary Plaza
    A stunning nonverbal performance from France, mixing dance, shadow play, and movement for a one-of-a-kind visual experience. U.S. Premiere, one night only!
  • Flamenco Fusion
    Flamenco Fusion
    Fri, Sep 26
    Lily Pond
    Flamenco dance meets bolero voice in an elegant outdoor performance. Free with RSVP. 🌎World Premiere presented by Open Scene
  • Drums of Fire
    Drums of Fire
    Thu, Sep 25
    Mayan Courtyard
    Afro-Caribbean percussion + dance under the stars. Limited seats! 🌎Orlando Premiere presented by Open Scene
  • O Testamento de Afonso Quirino (Afonso Quirino's Will)
    O Testamento de Afonso Quirino (Afonso Quirino's Will)
    Wed, Sep 24
    Germaine Marvel Building
    Music, humor & heart from Brazil, watch together, eat together. Free with RSVP. 🌎U.S. Premiere presented by Open Scene
  • El Mal Querer
    El Mal Querer
    Tue, Sep 23
    Germaine Marvel Building
    Watch a bold Gen Z take on Lorca’s Blood Wedding, with food, conversation & community. Free with RSVP. Bring a dish! 🌎U.S. Premiere presented by Open Scene
  • Songs of the Hispanic Diaspora II
    Songs of the Hispanic Diaspora II
    Sun, Aug 24
    The White House at Timucua
    A haunting, heartfelt night of music and poetry. Songs of the Hispanic Diaspora II brings to life a selection of Hispanic poems through original compositions by Central Florida composers—echoing exile, belonging, and the beauty of impermanence. 🎶 Don’t miss it!
  • The Harlem Renaissance Experience
    The Harlem Renaissance Experience
    Sat, Feb 22
    The Winter Park Library
    This free interactive event celebrates the lasting influence of the Harlem Renaissance, featuring live jazz, visual art, literature, film, fashion, and culinary delights that capture the vibrancy of this historic period.
  • The Blue Element at Winter Park Arts Weekend
    The Blue Element at Winter Park Arts Weekend
    Sat, Feb 22
    Central Park and City Hall, Winter Park
    The Blue Element is a free interactive art installation by Open Scene for Winter Park Arts Weekend. This multi-sensory experience invites visitors to explore the connection between art, environment, and community, transforming public spaces into immersive, thought-provoking encounters.
  • Arlequines: A Dramatic Reading produced by Open Scene and Antiheroes Project
    Arlequines: A Dramatic Reading produced by Open Scene and Antiheroes Project
    Sun, Oct 20
    Art & History Museum of Maitland Germain
    Experience 'Arlequines,' a heartwarming and humorous tale of two aging actors, presented by Open Scene. Their lively conversation takes unexpected turns as absurd characters interrupt, culminating in a surprising finale. Enjoy this dramatic reading in Spanish with live English captions!
  • Nueve de cada diez estrellas de cine me hacen llorar
    Nueve de cada diez estrellas de cine me hacen llorar
    Sat, Oct 19
    Art & History Museum of Maitland Germain
    "Nueve de cada diez estrellas de cine me hacen llorar" follows Claribel as she blends reality with her favorite films to comfort an elderly woman in her final days. A touching journey of life, loss, and imagination.
  • Create Dangerously: The Black Latin Immigrant Artist’s Journey
    Create Dangerously: The Black Latin Immigrant Artist’s Journey
    Wed, Sep 04
    Art & History Museum of Maitland Germain
    A collaborative effort between Open Scene and the Haitian American Art Network, featuring prominent intellectuals. The event aims to explore cultural identity and the impact of post-colonialism, highlighting the challenges and contributions of Black Latino immigrant artists.
  • Songs from the Hispanic Diaspora
    Songs from the Hispanic Diaspora
    Sat, Aug 17
    Orlando
    An intimate musical exploration of exile, displacement, and the dreamlike impermanence of existence through the poetic lens of the Spanish-speaking world. This powerful concert is a collaboration between the Central Florida Composers Forum (CF2) , and Open Scene.
  • Odd Man Out: A Blind Theater Exeperience at Open Scene's FLAE
    Odd Man Out: A Blind Theater Exeperience at Open Scene's FLAE
    Sun, Jun 23
    Trinity Prep
    Presented in English and brought from New York, USA by Open Scene exclusively for the FLAE. IN-PERSON Produced by PitchBlack Immersive Experiences @oddmanoutnyc
  • Bandit & Bad Blood
    Bandit & Bad Blood
    Sat, Jun 22
    Trinity Prep
    Presented in Spanish with English supertitles (Washington DC, USA) IN-PERSON ArtSpace Mainstage Produced by GALA Hispanic Theatre @teatrogala
I had the joy of viewing Puerperium and I was moved. It is a thoughtfully curated play which heaves on one’s humanity, all the while delivering a powerful message of the plights birth mothers face as they adapt through the physiological variations of their postpartum realities. I look forward to this year’s festival and the enchantment I now expect from OpenScene’s curators.
- Cindy Toussaint

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Open Scene is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in the state of Florida and based in Winter Park.

We are proud members of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA), the Edyth Bush Institute for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, and the Winter Park Cultural Alliance.

Open Scene’s programs are partially funded by United Arts of Central Florida, home of OrlandoAtPlay.com and UAArtsEd.com, Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program, the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

A copy of the official registration and financial information for Open Scene, a Florida-based nonprofit corporation (registration no. CH62684), may be obtained free of charge by contacting the Division of Consumer Services at 1-800-HELP-FLA (435-7352) within the state, or by visiting its website. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state.

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