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Gleason Performing Arts Center

Gleason Performing Arts Center

Gleason Performing Arts Center

Gleason Performing Arts Center :

Bridging Campus and Community Through Creativity and Collaboration


Among the first places new Florida Tech students visit for orientation and the last place they see before walking over to the university gymnasium for graduation, Gleason Performing Arts Center has spent its over 55 years as an unobtrusive but essential facet of campus life.

As a host of events, from concerts and lectures to plays and films, the 483-seat venue named after benefactor W. Lansing Gleason, the former Eau Gallie mayor, has also been a key link between the public and Florida Tech.

When it officially opened on Oct. 14, 1967, Gleason was described in publicity materials as “one of the finest and most fully equipped private auditoriums in Brevard County.” Over the years, that distinction continues to strengthen.

After many years of upgrade projects and upgrades. Now hosting near daily events for the campus and community Gleason has become a beacon of artistic development with boundless potential.

For more information contact:

Gleason@fit.edu or call the box office at (321)-674-8006

 

Location

Address: 2943 Science Cir, Melbourne, FL 32901

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General Event Tickets:

Gleason Performing Arts Center

 

Upcoming Performances and Events:

 

October 2025 

  • 10/4 at 7:00pm Gleason Presents: Spacewoman (Astronaut Eileen Collins Documentary) LIVE at Gleason Performing Arts Center
  • 10/16 at 7:00pm College Players Presents: Tuck Everlasting LIVE at Gleason Performing Arts Center
  • 10/17 at 7:00pm College Players Presents: Tuck Everlasting LIVE at Gleason Performing Arts Center
  • 10/18 at 2:00pm College Players Presents: Tuck Everlasting LIVE at Gleason Performing Arts Center
  • 10/23 at 7:00pm College Players Presents: Tuck Everlasting LIVE at Gleason Performing Arts Center
  • 10/24 at 7:00pm College Players Presents: Tuck Everlasting LIVE at Gleason Performing Arts Center
  • 10/25 at 2:00pm College Players Presents: Tuck Everlasting LIVE at Gleason Performing Arts Center

 

November 2025 

 

December 2025 

 

About Us:

Located at the heart of Florida Institute of Technology, Gleason Performing Arts Center provides a cultural and artistic landscape that enhances the community. Surrounded by a lush botanical garden, Gleason Performing Arts Center is a theatre-style, multi-use facility for all varieties of professional and community productions, as well as large-scale meetings, lectures and videoconferencing. Equipped with flexible lighting, sound, a 1,100-square-foot stage, load-in area, two dressing rooms, green room, and a large lobby/display area, Gleason is the perfect location to enjoy the company of others.

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