Mad Cow Theatre

What began as a two-show project conceived by a few local theater professionals in 1997 has since grown into something so big, it recently moved from its longtime downtown digs into a brandnew second-floor space on Church Street. Mad Cow, which runs everything from intimate cabarets to dramatic plays to musical productions, is an Orlando staple, well-known in the Central Florida arts community and beyond. Whether your preferences run melodic ("The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and "Dreamgirls" are among recent musical runs) or dramatic, from Anton Chekov to Tennessee Williams to the Bard Shakespeare himself, you'll likely find a Mad Cow production worthy of an evening out in the city's ever-growing downtown nightlife district.