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About Tampa Bay Arts Passport

Part newsroom. Part agency. Part ticket booth. All Tampa Bay.

We’re a member-supported arts organization telling the stories, producing the events, and building the audiences that keep the Tampa Bay arts scene the most exciting in the Southeast.

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A member-supported home for the artists, writers, and audiences shaping Tampa Bay.

What we make

Six ways in. One scene.

Every arm of TBAP is a doorway into the same mission — turning casual readers into full-on arts advocates.

The masthead

The humans behind the Passport.

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Avery Anderson
Founder & Editor

Former nonprofit marketing director. Founded TBAP to build the kind of arts coverage — and community — she wished existed.

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Maggie Duffy
Contributing Critic

Longtime Tampa Bay arts writer covering theatre, music, and the odd corner of the local scene.

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Claire Farrow
Contributor
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Natalie Ferrari
Account Manager & Creative Content Specialist
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Michelle Betschner
Social Media Manager
Why we exist

Local arts coverage got gutted. So we rebuilt it.

Legacy papers cut critics first. Great shows go unseen. Writers who love this work can’t get paid to do it. We think that’s worth fixing.

Members fund the coverage. Writers get paid. Artists get seen. Audiences finally get a guide to the scene they live in. Everyone wins.
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Stories in the archive
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Podcasts in rotation
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Stages at Theatre Week