The Palm Beaches Theatre Season

There’s something about attending a theatrical performance that never fails to take your breath away.

It’s the energy in the air, the quiet anticipation as the curtain rises, and the thrill of being transported into a new world through music, movement, and storytelling. It’s the first swell of the orchestra, the opening lines spoken onstage, and the shared sense of wonder that comes from experiencing live art alongside others. Most of all, it’s the magic of knowing that no two performances are ever exactly the same — each one is vibrant, immediate, and uniquely unforgettable.

In The Palm Beaches, that magic comes alive in spectacular ways. With a buzzing performing arts scene that ranges from a dazzling world-class center to beloved regional stages and a historic Art Deco community playhouse, theater lovers will find extraordinary entertainment waiting throughout Florida’s Cultural Capital®.

Take a look at the standout venues and companies that make The Palm Beaches’ local theatre scene so rich, diverse, and inspiring.

Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

Address: 701 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401

With nearly 2,200 seats in its majestic Dreyfoos Hall, 300 seats in its Rinker Playhouse and flexible seating in its Helen K. Persson Hall, the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts offers a sweeping large-scale theatrical experience in downtown West Palm Beach. With a vibrant schedule of local, national and international performances, theater fans flock to the nonprofit performing arts center’s annual Kravis On Broadway series, which brings hit Broadway tours to the region. The Kravis Center’s 2025/26 season features MJ The Musical, A beautfiul Noise, The Notebook, Clevland Orchestra, New World Symphony and Shen Yun. 

Maltz Jupiter Theatre 

Address: 1001 East Indiantown Road, Jupiter, FL 33477

With business booming following its 2022 expansion, the 659-seat Maltz Jupiter Theatre brings dynamic professional performances to Jupiter’s beachside. The largest regional theatre in the southern half of the U.S., the nonprofit theater debuted.

Top Performances for 2026 include Good Night, Oscar: A comedy-drama about Oscar Levant’s appearances on The Tonight Show. Man of La Mancha: March 17 – April 5, 2026. Tribute bands from Fleetwood Macked to Hotel California will be on the stage.

Palm Beach Dramaworks 

Address: 201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401

With a prime downtown location in the heart of West Palm Beach’s arts and entertainment district, Palm Beach Dramaworks offers theatregoers an invigorating focus on dramatic work and an immersive, up-close-and-personal experience in its 218-seat Don & Ann Brown Theatre. In addition to numerous educational initiatives, the nonprofit regional theater is a working hub for playwrights from across the nation and nurtures their work through lauded initiatives such as the theater’s annual play festival: the Perlberg Festival of New Plays. 2026 Season brongs classic Drama from Driving Miss Daisy to Vineland Place’s World Premiere.

The Wick Theatre and Costume Museum 

Address: 7901 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, FL 33487

Tucked along Federal Highway in eastern Boca Raton, the Wick Theatre and Costume Museum serves as a flourishing arts cornerstone for the region. Operated by Marilynn Wick and her daughter Kimberly, the venue features a 340-seat nonprofit regional theatre and the adjacent Wick Costume Museum, which has undergone a dramatic high-tech transformation. Its stunning venue offers 360-degree virtual video experiences, with an all-new immersive exhibition experience this season:

Lake Worth Playhouse 

Address: 713 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth Beach, Florida 33460

In the historic downtown spot in artsy Lake Worth Beach, the Lake Worth Playhouse serves as a historic community theater, offering continuous year-round theatrical programming. Located in the former Oakley Theatre . The PLayhouse is the oldest surviving Art Deco building in Palm Beach County, the nonprofit theater’s initiatives include award-winning plays and musicals on its 300-seat mainstage, area premieres, children’s shows, classes and concerts. The playhouse offers cutting-edge theatrical programming in its black box-style second space, the Stonzek Theatre, which also operates as a movie theatre with a full slate of foreign and independent films. The Lake Worth Playhouse’s 2026 season features Matida, Biloxi Blues, In The Heights, Kiss Me Kate.

Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University  

Address: Theatre Lab FAU, Boca Raton, FL 33431

The professional resident company of Florida Atlantic University, Theatre Lab offers fresh theatrical fare at the intimate 99-seat Heckscher Stage theatre space on FAU’s campus in east Boca Raton. Laser-focused on new work and new audiences, the nonprofit theater offers acclaimed full professional productions, workshops and conversations with leading playwrights and theatre artists. As one of the only theater companies in South Florida exclusively dedicated to new work, the company offers audiences the chance to see regional and world premieres of new American plays before their titles become famous. The company’s 2026 season features Inferna and CONVERSA.

Delray Beach Playhouse 

Address: 950 NW 9th Street, Delray Beach, Florida 33444

Nestled in a picturesque corner of Lake Ida East Park in one of Delray Beach’s poshest neighborhoods, the Delray Beach Playhouse is a historic community theater that has drawn theatergoers from across the Palm Beaches since its opening in 1947. Today, the 238-seat theater’s fare is more exciting than ever, delivering Broadway plays, musicals, interactive studio theatre, cabarets, nostalgia concerts, children’s theater productions, youth classes and camps. The nonprofit theater’s beloved annual Playhouse Playwrights’ Project each fall showcases work by local up-and-coming playwrights. Its 2026 season features Strictly Murder, Something Rotten, You Can’t Take it With You. Best of Broadway Cabaret featuring Good Witch Bad Witch, Kova out of Her Mind.