July 26, 2024
The Villages’ Tracy Performing Arts Center Now Offering Professional Performances
By Kyle Coppola
The Villages’ Tracy Performing Arts Center Now Offering Professional Performances
The Tracy Performing Arts Center, located at the brand-new Villages Charter High School, has begun offering professional performances. The state-of-the-art performing arts venue is among the most beautiful and modern facilities in all of Lake & Sumter County. The theater has been used for band concerts, plays, and will now be used for musical acts. The first concert will be Spin Doctors on October, 6th.
(The view from above. There is not a bad seat in the house.)
Some of the first ticketed shows have been announced, include Plain White T’s, The Devon Allman Project, Billy Ocean, and Caroline Rhea among others. The Tracy Performing Arts Center is named after Tracy Morse, who has been instrumental with her incredible designs over the years in The Villages community.
(Modern design choices really make things pop. The venue uses back lighting to enhance these designs such as the V here in the waiting area just outside the theater.)
The new venue joins a lineup of already established performing arts venues in The Villages, including The Sharon Morse Performing Arts Center in Spanish Springs, Savannah Center, and The Studio, among others.
(The view from the stage is impressive. Note all the acoustic buffers toward the roof that help the sound.)
Having been in this theater and seen what it’s capable of, it’s an incredible place to watch a performance. The sound system is state-of-the-art, the lighting is amazing, and the seats are brand new and very comfortable. The lobby looks so professional, and the entire venue was just so well thought out and put together. I have to give huge credit to the Morse family for producing something so beautiful for the community. I personally love the natural light that shines into the waiting area outside the theatre. It’s a relaxing place to sit and talk with others during breaks in action or before a performance.
(I love small design features like these, the lighting on the sides of the seats are a nice touch.)
Anyone can purchase tickets to these events. You don’t have to live in The Villages. You can check out the events at www.thevillagesentertainment.com.
(Check out some of the upcoming events on The Villages Entertainment website.)
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
