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Fran Thomas

Fran Thomas co-authored a play when she was in fourth grade primarily so she could have the leading role. She has loved theater ever since. She appeared in several community theater productiions in Pittsburgh including South Pacific, Pajama Game, and Li'l Abner. With two insurance company co-workers, she created and performed "Around the World in Broadway" on the Three Rivers Arts Festival Fringe Stage.

A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Fran now makes her home in Southwest Florida.






Previews: TOMATOES TRIED TO KILL ME BUT BANJOS SAVED MY LIFE at Foulds Theater
Previews: TOMATOES TRIED TO KILL ME BUT BANJOS SAVED MY LIFE at Foulds Theater
May 31, 2024

Among the nine acts included in this year’s Fort Myers Fringe Festival is Keith Alessi’s Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life. Alessi will be on the Foulds Theatre stage at 5:30 on Saturday (June 1) and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday (June 2).

Review: LOVE LETTERS TO HUMANITY at Alliance For The Arts Classroom Theater
Review: LOVE LETTERS TO HUMANITY at Alliance For The Arts Classroom Theater
May 31, 2024

What did our critic think of LOVE LETTERS TO HUMANITY at Alliance For The Arts Classroom Theater?

Review: I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Players Circle Theater
Review: I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Players Circle Theater
May 23, 2024

The current production I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change directed by Robert Cacioppo is a complete delight. The cast of four, Natalie Brouwer, Shane Dinan, Amanda Ross, and Ted Wioncek, III, bring strong voices and impressive comedic skill to song after song about every facet of love. I laughed throughout the evening in gleeful recognition of many situations I’ve experienced.

Players Circle Theater Brings I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE to Ft. Myers
Players Circle Theater Brings I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE to Ft. Myers
May 14, 2024

Players Circle Theater presents the hilarious musical comedy I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE with book and lyrics by two-time Tony winner Joe DePietro and music by Jimmy Roberts. 

Review: OLEANNA at Florida Rep
Review: OLEANNA at Florida Rep
April 28, 2024

What did our critic think of OLEANNA at Florida Rep?

Review: GODSPELL at Players Circle Theater
Review: GODSPELL at Players Circle Theater
April 25, 2024

Musical theater performers must do it all and make it look easy. The actors appearing in Godspell at Players Circle Theater more than meet the challenge with exuberance. They act, sing, and dance and then add pantomime, funny accents, and playing musical instruments to the mix.  And get up close and personal with the audience, making eye contact without missing a beat.

Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Broadway Palm
Review: THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Broadway Palm
April 13, 2024

What did our critic think of THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Broadway Palm?

GODSPELL Comes to Players Circle Theater April 16th
GODSPELL Comes to Players Circle Theater April 16th
April 10, 2024

Players Circle Theater is ready to raise the roof with their largest production to date, GODSPELL, running April 16th – May 12th, 2024. 

Review: SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS at Players Circle Theater
Review: SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS at Players Circle Theater
March 14, 2024

What did our critic think of SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS at Players Circle Theater? Players Circle Theater has chosen a play that I’m guessing hit close to home for many in the audience. In Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, a lonely older woman hires a younger male ballroom dance teacher to come to her St. Petersburg condo for lessons.

Review: PROOF at Players Circle Theater
Review: PROOF at Players Circle Theater
March 2, 2024

I made my first visit to Players Circle Theater to see the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Proof. The intimate confines of this black box-like venue are perfect for this four-character play.

Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Broadway Palm
Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Broadway Palm
February 24, 2024

What did our critic think of BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at Broadway Palm?

Review: ELVIS: A MUSICAL REVOLUTION at Broadway Palm
Review: ELVIS: A MUSICAL REVOLUTION at Broadway Palm
January 6, 2024

What did our critic think of ELVIS: A MUSICAL REVOLUTION at Broadway Palm?

Previews: C. S. LEWIS: FURTHER UP AND FURTHER IN at B. B. Mann
Previews: C. S. LEWIS: FURTHER UP AND FURTHER IN at B. B. Mann
December 19, 2023

The Fellowship for Performing Arts is presenting an unusual evening, C. S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up and Further In, at Barbara B. Mann PAH on January 31, 2024, at 7 pm.  FPA is a not-for-profit New York City-based production company producing theatre and film from a Christian worldview to engage a diverse audience.

Review: BEGUILED AGAIN at Florida Rep
Review: BEGUILED AGAIN at Florida Rep
September 24, 2023

What did our critic think of BEGUILED AGAIN at Florida Rep?

Review: HAIRSPRAY at Broadway Palm
Review: HAIRSPRAY at Broadway Palm
September 24, 2023

What did our critic think of HAIRSPRAY at Broadway Palm?

Review: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at Broadway Palm
Review: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at Broadway Palm
August 19, 2023

What did our critic think of AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at Broadway Palm?

Review: DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID at Broadway Palm
Review: DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID at Broadway Palm
July 9, 2023

What did our critic think of DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID at Broadway Palm?

Review: FRANCINE WOLF: PLEASE DON'T TELL MY KIDS at Alliance For The Arts Classroom Theater
Review: FRANCINE WOLF: PLEASE DON'T TELL MY KIDS at Alliance For The Arts Classroom Theater
June 3, 2023

What did our critic think of FRANCINE WOLF: PLEASE DON'T TELL MY KIDS at Alliance For The Arts Classroom Theater?

Review: PACO ERHARD: WORST GERMAN EVER at Alliance For The Arts Classroom Theater
Review: PACO ERHARD: WORST GERMAN EVER at Alliance For The Arts Classroom Theater
June 3, 2023

What did our critic think of PACO ERHARD: WORST GERMAN EVER at Alliance For The Arts Classroom Theater?

Review: THE CAROUSEL OF BURLESQUE at Foulds Theater
Review: THE CAROUSEL OF BURLESQUE at Foulds Theater
June 3, 2023

What did our critic think of THE CAROUSEL OF BURLESQUE at Foulds Theater?



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