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 about two people looking back on their long lives. Set against the backdrop of a dusty, run-down, southern nursing home, the story unfolds over game after game of gin. As the games intensify, Fonsia and Weller come to grips with what is left of their lives, reveal secrets, regrets, and hopes – and sometimes those revelations become weapons. Weller longs for a victory – after a lifetime of defeats, and Fonsia realizes she may be to blame for her own loneliness.
“Extremely intelligent…A fine bittersweet comedy…Funny, sad, profane, eloquent, touching, beautiful.” -WABC-TV
Year | Category | |
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1997 | Best Revival of a Play |
Florida Repertory Theatre is at 2268 Bay Street, Fort Myers, FL.
Forever Plaid (9/17/24-10/27/24)
LATE NITE CATECHISM (6/19/24-7/7/24)
HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY (3/19/24-4/14/24)
KEN LUDWIG’S A COMEDY OF TENORS (2/13/24-3/3/24)
BEEHIVE: THE 60S MUSICAL (1/9/24-1/28/24)
THE MOUNTAINTOP (12/12/23-1/14/24)
A SHERLOCK CAROL (11/28/23-12/17/23)
THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE (10/24/23-11/12/23)
BEGUILED AGAIN (9/19/23-10/29/23)
Fame: The Musical (5/18/23-5/27/23)
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.
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Forever Plaid
Florida Repertory Theatre (9/17 - 10/27) | ||
A Few Good Men
Ft Myers Theatre (9/12 - 9/22) | ||
MJ
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Center (4/1 - 4/6) | ||
Lucky Stiff
Florida Repertory Theatre (1/7 - 1/26) | ||
Every Brilliant Thing
Gulfshore Playhouse (11/10 - 12/15) | ||
Les Miserables
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Center (4/15 - 4/20) | ||
Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl
The Studio Players (10/4 - 10/13) | ||
The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan
Cambier Park (3/7 - 3/9) | ||
Rumors
The Naples Players (10/2 - 10/20) | ||
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