Summer Stages: BWW's Top Summer Theatre Picks - Fort Myers/Naples

Summer is just around the corner, and with its arrival comes a host of exciting entertainment options for the entire family. Here are our picks for the hottest performances that will hit the stages of Southwest Florida!

Broadway Palm presents FUNNY MONEY June 13 - August 10.

Mild-mannered Henry Perkins accidentally picks up a briefcase filled with a lot of cash. He tries to convince his wife that they should keep the money and leave the country but when they neighbors show up, the situation goes from bad to worse and things get really zany! Don't miss this side-splitting Ray Cooney classic.

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Broadway Palm presents SHREK THE MUSICAL June 27 - August 10.

The hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre comes to life on stage. SHREK THE MUSICAL is part romance, part twisted fairytale and all irreverent emerald fun for everyone! Things get ugly when an unseemly ogre shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won't shut up, a villain with a very short temper, a cookie with an attitude and more than a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got a mess that calls for a real hero - Shrek. Don't miss the summer special with kids 18 and under tickets for just $18!

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The Laboratory Theater of Florida presents BOB: A LIFE IN FIVE ACTS June 28 - July 20.

This absurd comedy by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb starts off with a frightened mother who births her son in the restroom of a White Castle and abandons him only for him to be secretly adopted by the waitress of the restaurant despite company policy. She names him and raises him while traveling across the country teaching him life's lessons. This story of "everyman," supported by a modern Greek chorus, uses Bob's experiences to highlight our own yearning to achieve greatness and leave behind our own individual legacy.

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The Laboratory Theater of Florida presents THE HOUSE OF YES August 3-24.

It's Thanksgiving, and Marty's arrival home is greatly anticipated by his mother, Mrs. Pascal, his twin sister, Jackie-O, and his younger brother, Anthony. He arrives during a hurricane, but worse than the storm is the fact that Marty brings Lesly, his fiancée. This ruins everything. Marty's engagement is a threat to the well-being of this family and a greater threat to Jackie-O, who has always wanted her brother for herself. On top of that, Jackie-O has just recently been released from a mental hospital, Anthony dropped out of Princeton, and their mother has a serious problem handling any of this.

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Gulfshore Playhouse presents the inaugural NEW WORKS FESTIVAL August 12 − 18.

Gulfshore Playhouse's inaugural New Works Festival brings together three playwrights and a team of actors and directors for a week-long festival that offers a place for each of the playwrights to hone their plays and then present their work to an audience. The Festival will take place during one week, with rehearsal and writing time, culminating in three public readings, Friday, August 16 at 8 p.m., and Saturday August 17 at 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. at The Norris Center in downtown Naples. Tickets are one play for $15, two plays for $25 and all three plays for $35.

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