Scanned photo, for the Florida Performing Arts Studios in the program for their production of "Threepenny Opera." Although the shirt is tie-dyed, the year is 1983. The area code for business ads in St. Petersburg is 813 and Channel 8's call letters are WXFL.While doing a search on the studio, I ran across this story, in which a cast member (one of the five Beggars, and also a part-time cab driver) was murdered during his shift several years later. After that 1989 article, the studio dissolves into the ether (well, that is, the world according to the search term "florida performing arts studio").
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I think FPAS disappeared in 1989 because the daughter of the owners graduated from high school in 1988, and they'd primarily run the place so (as the mom always said) they wouldn't have to cart her to 4 or 5 places for voice, dance, and acting lessons.
I was part of their Commercial Kids and Company from 84-86 and have never found any other mention of the place online!
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