WINTER 2026

And so it has for 100 years at Orlando Family Stage and its various progenitors. But it might instead have been curtains without timely help from key Winter Parkers.

A decade ago, when a previous company collapsed, here’s how locals rallied to keep the arias coming.

Jim Pugh, for decades Dr. Phillips Center’s chief champion, gets a thank you in bronze from the same sculptor whose statue of Fred Rogers graces Rollins College. In fact, Winter Parkers have always been crucial to the arts center’s success.