The Sarasota area arts scene is getting quieter with each passing week, and while there may be fewer choices, there are still plenty of options to keep you entertained. Here are a few recommended by Jay and Carrie for the coming week; a full calendar listing is available from our friends at the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County.

May 13-24

Westcoast Black Theatre is a busy place this week. As the original musical “Lies, Spells & Old Wives’ Tales” hits its final week on the theater’s mainstage, it will also present a limited run of “Confederates,” a new play by Dominique Morisseau, one of our most creative and inventive playwrights. She’s the author of “Paradise Blue,” which the theater presented earlier this season., and “Pipeline,” among others. “Confederates” brings together two stories of Black womanhood across centuries. It involves a political science professor facing public scrutiny and racial bias, and an enslaved woman who was a Union spy, risking everything for her own freedom. Jim Weaver directs.

“Confederates” will be presented in the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s Howard J. Millman Black Box Theatre, 1012 N. Orange Ave., Sarasota. Tickets are $45 and $20 for students 25 and under and active military. westcoastblacktheatre.org; 941-366-1505

— Jay Handelman

May 16

And that’s not all Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is up to. For its final performance of the season, Sarasota Contemporary Dance reunites with the gifted artists of the WBTT for a dance and song explosion. SCD director Leymis Bolanos Wilmott and WBTT director Nate Jacobs have combined their considerable talents to create a joyful, spirited program highlighting the soul of gospel and the rhythm of Motown. If you’ve been to a past collaboration between these two beloved organizations, you know what to expect: a show that will have you dancing in your seat and leave you with a song in your heart.

“SCD + WBTT,” 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Manatee Performing Arts Center, 502 3rd Avenue West, Bradenton. Tickets $25-50. sarasotacontemporarydance.org. 941-26-8485.

May 16

Sarasota Orchestra Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero has a few more lessons to share with audiences as he conducts the final Discoveries concert of the season, “Unfinished Business.” One of the pieces is Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, better known as the “Unfinished Symphony,” though no one is sure why it went uncompleted. The program also includes Julia Perry’s Short Piece for Orchestra, the first work by a woman of color to be performed by the New York Philharmoinic. Haydn’s Symphony No. 45, which he wrote in 1772, rounds out the program designed to better connect audiences with the music.

“Unfinished Business” will be presented by the Sarasota Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. May 16 at the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota. Tickets are $25-$65. sarasotaorchestra.org; 941-953-3434

— Jay Handelman

May 16

Let’s be honest; Latin dancing is hot right now and you need a little help. You can get it by attending the Sarasota Cuban Ballet’s “Flavors of Dance” “fun”-raiser, where SCB alums Francois Llorente – now a professional ballroom and Latin instructor with Arthur Murray – and Camila Serrano will be teaching all the right salsa, bachata and merengue moves. Not only will you learn something about Cuban motion (that’s the “figure 8” hip movement in Latin dance), you’ll also have a chance to sample Cuban snacks and bid on a silent auction of Cuban art. It all goes to benefit the school, which has earned a reputation as the premiere spot in the country for teaching the Cuban ballet system.

“Flavors of Dance,” a benefit for the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School, 4-6 p.m. at the Sarasota Cuban Ballet Auditorium, 4740 Cattleman Road, Sarasota. Donation $25. Tickets at http://weblink.donorperfect.com/MayFlavors 941-365-8400.

May 17

The Sarasota Music Conservatory exists to make music education accessible to more families in Sarasota, through student programs, scholarships and community outreach. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the organization’s Rising Stars Gala and annual fundraising showcase, helps make that possible. The program, which is open to the entire community, features performances by advanced students the Conservatory has helped to nurture, as well as members of the school’s exceptional faculty and special guests. After the show, join in the celebration with a festive jazz and Champagne reception.

Sarasota Music Conservatory’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Rising Stars Gala, 5 p.m. at Holley Hall at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 709 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Single tickets $150; sponsorships available. sarasotamusicconservatory.org/gala

Through May 24

The best theater production in town at the moment is the inventive staging of the classic musical “Fiddler on the Roof” at Asolo Repertory Theatre. It features performers who act, sing and dance, and also play instruments, forming the show’s orchestra. Director Peter Rothstein stays true to the story about Tevye the milkman, his wife and five daughters and the struggling residents of the small Russian village of Anatevka. It will engage those who have never seen the show while it offers opportunities to see it in a whole new way for those more familiar with this international favorite. You can read my story about how the show was cast.

“Fiddler on the Roof” runs through May 24 at Asolo Repertory Theatre, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. asolorep.org; 941-351-8000

— Jay Handelman