Our historic, two-story facility, built in 1890, includes the large Perkins Banquet Hall on the ground floor, the 311 seat Historic Theater on the second floor, and the picturesque Garden Courtyard area. We produce year-round entertainment including a variety of concerts, plays, musicals, dinner theater, children's theater, and other events.
We are home to two local community theater groups: the Opera House Stage Company and the Monticello Acting & Dance Company. The Opera House is also a popular venue for weddings, parties, conferences, and other community events.
We are home to two local community theater groups: the Opera House Stage Company and the Monticello Acting & Dance Company. The Opera House is also a popular venue for weddings, parties, conferences, and other community events.
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Our mission is to provide opportunities for this rural north Florida area to participate in and be inspired by quality performing arts programming. We also seek to educate and empower the culturally underserved and economically challenged people this region through transformative plays and presentations.
Only 28 miles northeast of Tallahassee, the city of Monticello is graced by historic buildings, including a circa-1890 opera house still in use today. A courthouse square dominates the center of compact Monticello, surrounded by family-owned cafs and shops, and spectacular live oak canopies, draped with Spanish moss.
Artistic creativity flourishes in an environment that welcomes different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. At Monticello Opera House, the performing arts thrive in a creative community that is diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective.
Instructor, Barbie Nettles is a local actor/director with experience in stage and film locally and in Los Angeles. Classes will meet once a week on Saturdays or Sundays for 2 1/2 hours at the Monticello Opera House. Tuition is $150 for this eight week class. Classes will begin when participants (8-12 per session) have registered.
Born and raised in the low country of South Carolina, with ancestral roots in north Florida, Chuck Cannon's music and stories echo the R&B, Gospel, Rock and Country influences of his southern home. He has composed hit singles for major artists such as Toby Keith and John Michael Montgomery, and has also received awards for Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year.
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