Hotel Information
When planning for FTC 2025, please consider staying at one of recommended hotels outlined in the slideshow below for your trip to the conference.
Holiday Inn Express - Lake Wales
Address: 2953 Ridge Way, Lake Wales, FL 33859
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Arrival Date: 11/6/2025
Departure Date: 11/9/2025
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Room rate: $159 per night (plus tax)
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For group rate, must contact Sales Manager Nicole Sears directly at SearsN@gfhotels.com or 863-949-4800, Opt 3.
Home 2 Suites by Hilton Winter Haven
Address: 6015 Cypress Gardens Blvd
Winter Haven, Florida 33884
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Block Code: Florida Theatre Conference
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Arrival Date: 11/6/2025
Departure Date: 11/8/2025
(Several rooms available for 11/5/2025 and 11/9/2025)
Cut Off for Reservations: 10/7/2025
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Room Rate: $189 per night
Featured Events and Performances
Something that FTC goers enjoy each year are the performances and events that they get to experience with us each November. See below for a select few of these experiences. Click on a logo for more info!
Adapted by Terrance Jackson;
Presented by AsoloRep on Tour
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Friday 11/7/25 @ 7pm • Tickets $5
​​Theatre Winter Haven Mainstage
Adapted from the works of William Shakespeare and created by Asolo Rep’s Director of Education & Engagement, Terrance Jackson, Shakespeare45 is a lively and engaging revue featuring scenes, sonnets, and soliloquies from William Shakespeare's most iconic plays. Woven together with fascinating insights into Shakespeare’s life, language, and lasting legacy, this 45-minute performance and post-show talkback brings the world’s greatest playwright to life for a new generation. As Shakespeare said, “All the world’s a stage,” and this show proves it!
Written and Performed by Jerry Seeger​
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Friday 11/7/25 @ 6:30pm • Tickets $5​​​
The Norman and Linda Small Second Stage (Blackbox), Theatre Winter Haven
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In a world where the teaching profession is often maligned came a man, a short bald man, replete with the energy of a man twenty years his junior. His mission: to utilize theatre to extol the virtues of the world's greatest profession. His weapons: the art of improvisation, twenty-one years in the classroom, and the Spoken Word poetry of the first four-time National Slam Poet champion, teaching advocate and former teacher Taylor Mali.
Location
Please see below for links regarding our location for the conference this year.
