WBTT Continues 2025-2026 Theatre Season with Paradise Blue

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From January 7-February 8, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) will present the jazz-infused drama, "Paradise Blue. The play is part of  American playwright and actor Dominique Morisseau’s cycle of plays that explore African American identity and the erasure of Black culture and history. Longtime WBTT resident director Chuck Smith returns to Sarasota to direct. 

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