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FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE


Fort Myers, FL

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About the Theatre

Florida Rep is one of Lee County and Southwest Florida’s most important cultural and educational institutions and has been named “Best Performing Arts Group” numerous times by Gulfshore Life Magazine and Florida Weekly, and its work was featured in the New York Times and covered in American Theatre Magazine. In addition to its work on stage as a regional theatre company, Florida Rep has very active and vital Education & Outreach arm that includes Theatre for Young Audiences & Lunchbox Theatre, Camp Florida Rep, an audition-only Theatre Conservatory Program, classes for youth and adults, and artist in residency programs.
Fully Committed
Fully Committed
12/10 - 1/12/2025


This devastatingly funny one-man tour-de-force follows a day in the life of Sam, an out-of-work actor manning the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan’s #1 restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes, and histrionics – these desperate callers will stop ...

Gid Pool and Mark Klein
1/17 - 1/24/2025


Gid Pool and Mark Klein take the stage at Florida Repertory Theatre for an engaging stand-up comedy experience. Pool, known for his unique style of ...

Lucky Stiff
Lucky Stiff
1/7 - 1/26/2025


The stage is set for hilarity in this off-beat musical-murder-mystery-farce! When hapless English shoe salesman, Harry Witherspoon, learns he’s heir to a distant uncle’s fortune ...

Bloomsday
Bloomsday
1/28 - 3/2/2025


In this touching time-travel love story from the author of “Becky’s New Car,” Robert returns to Dublin to reunite with the woman who captured his heart thirty-five years earlier. Dancing backward through time, Robert and Cait retrace ...

Boca
Boca
2/11 - 3/2/2025


Celebrate our very own Sunshine State by traveling east to Boca Raton – and a retirement community where the lawns and residents are perfectly maintained. This brand-new not-to-be-missed comedy follows a group ...

Shout! The Mod Musical
Shout! The Mod Musical
3/18 - 4/13/2025


The powerful women and smashing sounds that made England swing in the 1960s come to musical life in this non-stop revue!  SHOUT!  features the infectious, soulful pop anthems and ballads that made household names of ...

Venus in Fur
Venus in Fur
4/15 - 5/18/2025


Sexy, provocative, and witty,  Venus in Fur  turns up the heat on sexual power play and is sure to charm and mesmerize. When Vanda arrives ...


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Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Ft. Myers/Naples Awards; DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 16, 2024

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Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Ft. Myers/Naples Awards


by BWW Awards - December 09, 2024

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First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Ft. Myers/Naples Awards


by BWW Awards - December 02, 2024

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Ft. Myers/Naples Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Spotlight: BEN BUTLER at Florida Repertory Theatre


by BWW Special Offer - November 04, 2024

Did someone say Civil War comedy? Yes! Ben Butler, a battle of wit and wordplay by Richard Strand, will be staged by Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers as part of its 27th season. The production is presented through November 10. ...

Florida Rep Offers Scene Study Studio Class For Ages 11-14


by Stephi Wild - October 07, 2024

Florida Rep provides experiences to youth through quality classes taught by theatre professionals. Students ages 11 to 14 are invited to participate in a 6-week Scene Study Studio program. Participants will work on selected scenes from the one-act play, Surviving Lunch, by KT Curran....

Florida Repertory Theatre Names Chris Verrill as New Executive Director


by Stephi Wild - September 30, 2024

Florida Repertory Theatre’s board of directors has announced the hiring of Chris Verrill as the company’s next executive director....

Spotlight: FOREVER PLAID at Florida Repertory Theatre


by BWW Special Offer - September 27, 2024

Forever Plaid on stage at Florida Repertory Theatre...

Florida Rep Reveals 2024-2025 Theatre for Young Audiences Offerings


by Stephi Wild - September 25, 2024

Florida Repertory Theatre is dedicated to making professional live theatre accessible to all students and schools through its Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) touring series and on-site lunchbox performances. ...

BEN BUTLER Opens at Florida Rep in October


by Stephi Wild - September 12, 2024

Florida Repertory Theatre will present “Ben Butler,” a historical, witty comedy by Richard Strand, in the Historic Arcade Theatre from October 22 through November 10, 2024.  ...

Florida Repertory Theatre Offers Dance Masterclass With Broadway's Lily Kren


by A.A. Cristi - August 30, 2024

Florida Repertory Theatre announced a dance masterclass with Broadway's Lily Kren, where students will learn choreography from THE WHO'S TOMMY. The event offers a unique opportunity for aspiring dancers....

Past Shows

Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd


Hailed as one of Agatha Christie’s best-known stories and voted “best crime novel ever” by the British Crime Writers’ Association! This suspenseful whodunnit features a mysterious cast of suspects guarding secrets ...

Ben Butler
Ben Butler
10/22 - 11/10/2024


Inspired by true events,  Ben Butler  tells a Civil War tale with surprising silliness. The story begins when a runaway slave arrives at Fort Monroe and demands ...

Forever Plaid
Forever Plaid
9/17 - 10/27/2024


Celebrate the music of the 1950s in this nostalgic, funny – and heavenly – musical revue! When tragedy strikes on the way to their first big gig, four pals Sparky, Smudge, ...


Florida Repertory Theatre presents an open house event to kick off Season 27. On September 30 from 5 to 7 PM, attendees can explore the ...


Florida Rep's Education Conservatory Program will stage an updated musical adaptation of the classic mother-daughter body-swapping story in Freaky Friday. This production features a book ...

LATE NITE CATECHISM
LATE NITE CATECHISM
6/19 - 7/7/2024


The New York Times declared “Late Nite Catechism” speaks to an audience much broader than the membership of any one church.”

HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY
HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY
3/19 - 4/14/2024


BY RANDAL MYLER AND MARK HARELIK Exclusively sponsored by Ellie Fox Told by a company of actor-musicians, don’t miss this award-winning tribute to one of ...

THE GIN GAME
THE GIN GAME
1/30 - 3/10/2024


BY D.L. COBURN Sponsored by: Shelley Wilson & Terry Kelley This modern American classic and Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a touching, moving, and heart-wrenching story ...

KEN LUDWIG’S A COMEDY OF TENORS


Sponsored by Offshore Sailing School – Steve & Doris Colgate One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with ...

BEEHIVE: THE 60S MUSICAL
BEEHIVE: THE 60S MUSICAL
1/9 - 1/28/2024


CREATED BY LARRY GALLAGHER Sponsored by: Louis G. & Patricia A. Dunning Media Sponsor:  NBC2 – WBBH Television From Aretha Franklin to Janis Joplin, countless ...

THE MOUNTAINTOP
THE MOUNTAINTOP
12/12 - 1/14/2024


BY KATORI HALL Sponsored by Bruce & Janet Bunch A gripping and electrifying play that reimagines the night before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. ...

A SHERLOCK CAROL
A SHERLOCK CAROL
11/28 - 12/17/2023


A REGIONAL PREMIERE BY MARK SHANAHAN Sponsored by Naomi Bloom The worlds of Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle collide in this inventive holiday ...

THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE
10/24 - 11/12/2023


Casey is young, broke, behind on rent, and now his wife is pregnant! To make matters more desperate, he gets fired from his gig as ...

BEGUILED AGAIN
BEGUILED AGAIN
9/19 - 10/29/2023


Take a dazzling journey through the songbook of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart – the music that defined a generation! Featuring over fifty of their ...

Fame: The Musical
Fame: The Musical
5/18 - 5/27/2023


Florida Rep Education’s Conservatory Book by José Fernandez Music by Steve Margoshes Lyrics by Jacques Levy Conceived and Developed by David De Silva| Directed by ...

LOBBY HERO
LOBBY HERO
4/18 - 5/21/2023


Sponsored by:  Marty McLaughlin A young security guard with big ambitions clashes with his stern boss, an intense rookie cop, and her unpredictable partner in ...

RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH


Exclusively sponsored by:  Ellie Fox The iconic music of Johnny Cash comes to life with more than two dozen classic hits like “I Walk the ...

ON GOLDEN POND
ON GOLDEN POND
2/14 - 3/5/2023


Sponsored by:  Janet & Bruce Bunch • Noreen Raney Media Sponsor:  WGCU Public Media This modern American classic tells the love story of Norman and ...

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST


BY  OSCAR WILDE Sponsored by:  David Fritz •  Taylor Carpet One Floor & Home  Media Sponsor:  WZVN ABC7 Oscar Wilde’s witty and wildly funny comedy ...

RIPCORD
RIPCORD
1/10 - 1/29/2023


Sponsored by:  William E Cross Foundation:   Art & Hazel Brisker, Donald & Rebecca Linton • Dentons Cohen & Grigsby • Bob & Jane Breisch ...

FREUD’S LAST SESSION
FREUD’S LAST SESSION
12/16 - 1/15/2023


On the eve of World War II, Dr. Sigmund Freud invites C.S. Lewis to his home in London. Over the course of one evening, these ...

AGATHA CHRISTIE’S AND THEN THERE WERE NONE


In Agatha Christies most chilling whodunnit, ten strangers are summoned to a remote island by a mysterious hostbut their weekend getaway takes a bloody turn ...

INCIDENT AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP


It is 1973, and the OSheas are just like any other family in town: middle-class, Irish, Catholic, and well-behaved. 19-year-old Linda is left to tell ...

LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL


In this powerful musical tour-de-force, the ArtStage Studio transforms into the gritty Philadelphia bar where legendary Jazz singer Billie Holiday gave one of her final ...

Golden
1/5 - 1/10/2021


Florida Rep is pleased to bring audiences together in the Downtown Historic River District with an original musical revue in this safe, NEW outdoor venue! ...

Junie B. Jones
Junie B. Jones
9/28 - 5/22/2020

Junie B. Jones
Junie B. Jones
9/28 - 5/22/2020

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe


This enchanting musical is based on C.S. Lewis' adventure story about four children of war-torn England, who accidentally enter the land of Narnia by climbing ...

Matilda
Matilda
10/10 - 10/19/2019


Winner of 50 international awards including 4 Tony Awards and a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical, Matilda the Musical is the story of ...

Matilda
Matilda
10/10 - 10/19/2019


Winner of 50 international awards including 4 Tony Awards and a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical, Matilda the Musical is the story of ...

Native Gardens
Native Gardens
4/2 - 5/5/2019


Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this funny world premiere by the author of The Book Club Play. Pablo, a ...

Million Dollar Quartet
Million Dollar Quartet
3/19 - 4/16/2019


Million Dollar Quartet is a musical inspired by the December 4, 1956 recording session that brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and ...

Hay Fever
Hay Fever
2/15 - 3/6/2019

Hay Fever
Hay Fever
2/12 - 3/6/2019

Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical


Produced by The Human Race Theatre Company. The story of film actress and legendary singer Rosemary Clooney comes to life on stage in TENDERLY, an ...

August Wilson's Fences
August Wilson's Fences
1/8 - 1/30/2019


August Wilson, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a Tony Award, is widely regarded as one of the finest playwrights ever to write for the ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/27 - 12/19/2018


A Christmas Carol is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' most well-known story, in which Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth ...

Damascus
Damascus
11/9 - 12/9/2018


There’s an explosion at the Minneapolis airport, and everyone is on high alert. With all the planes grounded, a stranded teenager pleads with a Somali-American ...

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
10/26 - 11/7/2018


This hilarious and heartwarming play proves there is nothing more beautiful or more durable than the bonds of female friendship. Every Southern woman knows there ...

George Washington's Teeth
George Washington's Teeth
4/24 - 5/13/2018


A World Premiere! A hilarious comedy that follows the exploits of the women of the beleaguered New Bunion Historical Society as they battle the male ...

Cabaret
Cabaret
3/20 - 4/11/2018


The 1920s are drawing to a close, and in a seedy Berlin nightclub, the master of ceremonies tells the audience to leave their troubles outside. ...

The Miracle Worker
The Miracle Worker
2/16 - 3/7/2018


Immortalized on screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this Tony Award-winning play is the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, Helen Keller, who ...

The Miracle Worker
The Miracle Worker
2/13 - 3/7/2018


This timeless American classic tells the inspiring true story of how a determined teacher was able to save young Helen Keller from her isolated silence. ...

Night and Day
Night and Day
12/19 - 2/25/2018


A WORLD PREMIERE! Anything Goes in this BRAND NEW musical tribute to one of America’s most beloved songwriters! Night and Day: Love Lost and Found ...

Night and Day: A Cole Porter Revue


A journey through the musical talents of Cole Porter....

How the Other Half Loves
How the Other Half Loves
1/12 - 1/31/2018


About the love lives of three very different couples. Their storylines intertwine with secret affairs, friendships, and complicated work relationships....

How the Other Half Loves
How the Other Half Loves
1/9 - 1/31/2018


One secret affair, two disastrous dinner parties, and three couples heading for trouble cause matrimonial mayhem in this expertly written farce from the genius mind ...

The Last Night of Ballyhoo
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
11/28 - 12/17/2017


It is the winter of 1939: Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere and Hitler is invading Poland. But in Atlanta, the city’s ...

The Last Night of Ballyhoo
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
12/1 - 12/17/2017


A German-Jewish family living in Atlanta on the cusp of World War II faces prejudice and bias within their community....

Disgraced
Disgraced
11/7 - 12/10/2017


Disgraced is a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is an engaging and provocative story of religion, race, and betrayal. Contemporary attitudes are put under the microscope in ...

Disgraced
Disgraced
11/10 - 12/10/2017


A drama of race, religion, and betrayal. A Muslim man and his wife invite friends over for a dinner party and civil conversation quickly turns ...

Outside Mullingar
Outside Mullingar
9/22 - 11/15/2017


Set in the midlands of Ireland, this romantic comedy follows neighbor farmers, Anthony and Rosemary. Rosemary is in love with Anthony, but they may soon ...

Sylvia
Sylvia
10/24 - 11/15/2017


Sylvia is BACK by popular demand! This revival of Florida Rep’s biggest hit is the perfect play to celebrate twenty years! The Wall Street Journal ...

Sylvia
Sylvia
10/27 - 11/15/2017


A comedy about a dog named Sylvia, her loving relationship with her owner, and her rocky relationship with his wife....

Outside Mullingar
Outside Mullingar
9/21 - 10/22/2017


From the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-Winning author of Doubt and Moonstruck comes a delightful romantic comedy set in the Irish countryside. Outside Mullingar follows the ...

The 25th annual putnam county spelling bee


Six spellers enter the bee, but only one will walk away a winner in this Tony Award & Drama Desk-winning musical that has charmed audiences ...

Shear Madness
Shear Madness
1/20 - 3/12/2017


Madness erupts at a not-so-typical hair salon when the old lady upstairs gets mysteriously murdered and everyone’s dying to know WHODUNIT? Unlike any other murder ...

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird


This compelling and timeless story of racial injustice and loss of innocence is told through the eyes of six year old Scout, the tomboyish daughter ...

The House of Blue Leaves
The House of Blue Leaves
1/6 - 1/25/2017


This smart and outrageous black comedy follows the strangest day in the life of a New York zookeeper with big dreams! Artie Shaughnessy has aspirations ...

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap


Suspect everyone in this thrilling whodunit from the mind of Agatha Christie! Still running in London after 64 years, The Mousetrap tells the story of ...

The best of enemies
The best of enemies
11/18 - 12/18/2016


An electrifying and tense new play based on a true story that follows the relationship between a hate-filled leader of the KKK and a pioneering ...

Over The River And Through The Woods


A hilarious and warm-hearted family fiasco from the author of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change and the Tony-Winning Broadway sensation, Memphis! See what ...

Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End
Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End
10/7 - 11/6/2016


Hot off its world premiere in Washington, D.C., comes a witty and moving look at one of our country’s most beloved voices. Erma Bombeck captured ...

The Dingdong
The Dingdong
4/19 - 5/8/2016


Fidelity is put to the test in this masterfully-adapted classic sex farce! Follow the outrageous sexplouts of three couples caught in a sordid love triangle. ...

3rd Annual Play Lab
3rd Annual Play Lab
4/28 - 5/1/2016


A Festival of New Plays and Emerging Writers! An Intensive Weekend that showcases the new voices in America....

Becky's New Car
Becky's New Car
3/15 - 4/6/2016


Becky Foster is stalled. She feels stranded in a dead-end job and a marriage that’s lost its spark, and needs a jumpstart. Late one night, ...

Too Marvelous For Words: A Salute to Johnny Mercer


Join Florida Rep to Accentuate the Positive with a BRAND-NEW musical revue that celebrates one of America’s favorite songwriters! Called the Songbird of Savannah, Johnny ...

Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men
2/9 - 3/2/2016


The trial is over and a 19-year-old man’s fate is now in the hands of twelve strangers united only by their civic duty. As the ...

Split in Three
Split in Three
4/24 - 5/10/2015


Split in Three was part of Florida Rep’s Inaugural PlayLab Festival last spring, and left all who saw it breathless and asking for a fully ...

The Hound of the Baskervilles


The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes....

Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park
3/21 - 4/9/2014


Clybourne Park is a play by Bruce Norris written in response to Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun; it portrays fictional events set ...

A Grand Night for Singing
A Grand Night for Singing
1/31 - 3/16/2014


A Grand Night for Singing is a musical revue showcasing the music of Richard Rodgers and the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II....

Heart Song
Heart Song
2/14 - 3/5/2014

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
1/10 - 1/29/2014


Arsenic and Old Lace is a play by American playwright Joseph Kesselring, written in 1939. It has become best known through the film adaptation starring ...

The Santaland Diaries
The Santaland Diaries
12/18 - 12/29/2013


"SantaLand Diaries" is an essay by David Sedaris. It is a humorous account of Sedaris' stint working as a Christmas elf in "SantaLand" at Macy's ...

My Three Angels
My Three Angels
12/6 - 12/22/2013


My Three Angels is a comedy play by Samuel and Bella Spewack. The show is based on the French play La Cuisine Des Anges by ...

Social Security
Social Security
11/1 - 11/20/2013


They say that social security is on the verge of falling apart, that it won't be around for future generations, that it will soon be ...

Educating Rita
Educating Rita
4/16 - 5/5/2013


Rita is a brash young hairdresser with a free spirit. Frank is a disillusioned English professor who hides behind booze and books. Eager to improve ...

The Fantasticks
3/20 - 5/5/2013


ArtStage Studio Theatre: - Tom Jones; book: Tom Jones; lyrics: Tom Jones; music: Harvey Schmidt; dir: Jason Parrish....

The Fantasticks
The Fantasticks
3/20 - 4/13/2013


Still running in New York, The Fantasticks is a poetic, touching, and romantic story of love found, love lost, and love renewed. Two neighboring fathers ...

Other Desert Cities
Other Desert Cities
3/12 - 4/6/2013

Miracle On South Division Street


According to family legend there was a miracle on South Division Street when sixty years ago the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in the Nowaks barbershop. ...

Time Stands Still
Time Stands Still
1/23 - 2/16/2013


Sarah and James, a photographer and a journalist, have been together for years and share a life documenting the realities of war. But when circumstances ...

The Little Foxes
1/1 - 1/26/2013


Around the year 1900, a prosperous Southern family conflict centers around money and involving murder, theft and betrayal. Directed by David Swartz....

The Santaland Diaries
The Santaland Diaries
12/19 - 12/30/2012


Crumpet the Elf is back for a fourth smash season of yuletide mischief in this thorny comedy from acclaimed satirist, David Sedaris, and proves that ...

Talley's Folly
Talley's Folly
11/27 - 12/16/2012


Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Talleys Folly is a lyrical romance that follows the unlikely courtship of young Sally Talley and her much ...

Camping with Henry and Tom
Camping with Henry and Tom
10/31 - 11/25/2012


Inspired by true events, Camping with Henry and Tom is an enormously entertaining evening with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and President Harding. Its the summer ...

Lend Me a Tenor
Lend Me a Tenor
10/23 - 11/17/2012


It is Cleveland 1934, and the stage is set for a one-night-only command performance of Otello with the world's greatest tenor, Tito Merelli, in the ...

The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes
1/1 - 10/26/2012


Lies, deceit, treachery, and betrayaland thats just before breakfast. The Little Foxes is an electrifying story of one familys greed and reckless deception that has ...

Videos


The Nutcracker with Gulfshore Ballet in Ft. Myers/Naples The Nutcracker with Gulfshore Ballet
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall (12/21 - 12/21)
Camelot in Ft. Myers/Naples Camelot
Music & Arts Community Center (1/29 - 2/8)
A Toast to Opera: La bohème in Ft. Myers/Naples A Toast to Opera: La bohème
Wang Opera Center (2/12 - 2/12)
A Charlie Brown Christmas in Ft. Myers/Naples A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Belle Theatre (12/18 - 12/22)
The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan in Ft. Myers/Naples The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan
Cambier Park (3/7 - 3/9)
The Roommate by Jen Silverman in Ft. Myers/Naples The Roommate by Jen Silverman
The Studio Players (1/31 - 2/16)
Another Night Before Christmas in Ft. Myers/Naples Another Night Before Christmas
Broadway Palm (11/28 - 12/25)
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