The Metropolitan Area Youth Symphony of Orlando will host its annual Orchestral Masterworks Concert at 4pm, Sunday, February 23, at Seminole State College in Sanford.

MAYS was founded in honor of influential local youth orchestra leader, Jonathan May, and the orchestra is supported by 501c3 organization, The Jonathan May Foundation. Comprising students ages 5-22, MAYS features eight orchestras in Orlando and Lake County.

The concert will feature all four MAYS of Orlando orchestras performing selections by Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Gershwin and more.  The concert also features four MAYS Concerto Competition winners, each of whom will perform solos with the orchestra that showcase their virtuosity.

For more information, visit MAYS of Orlando’s website.

The Orlando Shakespeare Theatre brings Women of Will: The Overview to the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center on February 23^rd at 7:30 p.m.

Women of Will: The Overview explores Shakespeare’s attitudes towards women. Leading lady, Tina Packer deconstructs and conjures the Bard’s most famous female characters. Part masterclass and part performance, Women of Will provides audiences with the bonus content to Shakespeare’s plays that they have been searching for.

For more information, visit the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre’s website.

Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop will be performed at the Mad Cow Theatre from February 14^th through March 16^th.

Memphis- April 3, 1968.  A gripping re-imagining of the events taking place the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After delivering his magnificent speech, an exhausted and defeated Dr. King retires to Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel where he encounters a mysterious and spirited stranger as an epic storm rages outside.

For more information on tickets and show times, visit Mad Cow Theatre’s website.

Stacy Barton is now accepting preorders for her chapbook, Like Summer Grass. The preorder charge is $12 and books will ship out in May. You don’t want to miss out on being one of the first readers of this exhilarating piece of work! Richard Peabody, editor of Gargoyle calls it, “equal parts awe and heartbreaking.” Preorders will be accepted through March 28^th. For more details, visit Finishing Line Press’s website.