2023 Escape to Create | Jan. 8 - Feb. 10

Escape to Create 2023 will take place Jan. 8th - Feb. 10th in Seaside, Florida! Ticket purchases support Escape to Create Residencies and Educational Outreach throughout Walton County. To learn more and view to full schedule, visit www.escape2create.org.

Featuring groundbreaking artists presenting fresh new perspectives in art, music, poetry, and theatre, Escape To Create community events are a generous contribution from Seaside's distinguished Artists-in-Residence. Their immersive presentations are made possible by a 2023 grant from the Seaside Arts & Entertainment Corporation and the Seaside Merchant Council.

2023 Escape to Create Schedule:

Wine and cheese reception introducing our distinguished January creatives with remarks by UK painter Ju Underwood​

• Sunday, January 8, 2023
• 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
• Anne Hunter Gallery
  • 25 Central Square (map)

A Wine and cheese reception introducing our distinguished January creatives with remarks by UK painter Ju Underwood.

Meet internationally awarded poet Kristina M. Darling (Sundog's Poet On The Porch)​

• Saturday, January 21, 2023
• 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
• Sundog Books
  • 89 Central Square (map)

Meet internationally awarded poet Kristina M. Darling (Sundog's Poet On The Porch).

Matthew Whittall & Dan Thomas Performance​

• Saturday, January 21, 2023
• 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
• The REP Theatre
  • 216 Quincy Circle (map)

Escape To Create makes its highly-anticipated return to The REP on Saturday, January 21st with Into the Heart of Music! From Europe’s distinguished concert halls to the finest jazz venues in America and abroad, Escape to Create’s contemporary classical composer Matthew Whittall and jazz saxophonist Dan Thomas take us inside their awarded music with genre-defining performance, conversation, and video.

Show time is at 7:30 pm and tickets are $30 and $24 for REP Members.

Visit LoveTheREP.com for tickets. Find The Seaside Repertory Theatre at 216 Quincy Circle, Seaside, FL.

Nicholas Collett & Gavin Robertson Performance​

• Saturday, January 28, 2023
• 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
• The REP Theatre
  • 216 Quincy Circle (map)

From hilarious comic sketches to dramatic full-length plays, the awarded actors, directors and playwrights Nicholas Collett and Gavin Robertson reprise their prolific collaboration with a dynamic script in hand reading of their newest play.

Tickets $30 each: The Repertory Theatre | Seaside, Florida

Wine and cheese reception introducing esteemed contemporary artists Philip Knoll & Gerry Trilling​

• Sunday, February 5, 2023
• 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
• Anne Hunter Gallery
  • 25 Central Square (map)

A wine and cheese reception introducing esteemed contemporary artist Philip Knoll.

Sandra Jackson Opoku & Chase Elodia Performance​

• Friday, February 10, 2023
• 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
• The REP Theatre
  • 216 Quincy Circle (map)

An exciting multi-disciplinary literary and jazz program featuring awarded author and international educator Sandra Jackson Opoku presenting the riveting backstory of her play script in process inspired by a startling discovery of personal history and the hidden segment of American history it revealed.

Also featuring Chase Elodia, awarded Brooklyn jazz and international touring musician.

Tickets $30 each: The Repertory Theatre | Seaside, Florida

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Escape to Create is a nationally recognized multidisciplinary artist residency hosted since 1993 by the Seaside community. E2C is a volunteer non-profit organization that represents the unique character of a community deeply invested in the arts. Residencies are made possible through the generosity of Seaside homeowners, merchants, and donors.