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.Upcoming Shows
This Olivier Award-winning comedy is a hilarious hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes. Welcome to the opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor where things...
Sixteen years after graduating, Mitch catches a TV news show appearance by his old professor and learns Morrie is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Mitch drops...
A deviously delicious American cult classic! At Mushnik’s Skid Row Florists, down-on-his-luck Seymour pines for his beautiful co-worker, Audrey (who is trapped in an abusive...
A one-woman-tour-de-force starring Denise Fennell, the scrappy Sister from last summer’s Late Nite Catechism! With less than two hours until her wedding, a bride of a...
by Fran Thomas - February 20, 2026
What did our critic think of CATS at Broadway Palm?...
by Elizabeth James - February 09, 2026
What did our critic think of GUTENBERG: THE MUSICAL at TheatreZone?...
by Fran Thomas - January 30, 2026
What did our critic think of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Music & Arts Community Center?...
by Elizabeth James - January 25, 2026
What did our critic think of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre?...
by Fran Thomas - January 18, 2026
What did our critic think of ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE at Florida Repertory Theatre?...
by Fran Thomas - January 10, 2026
What did our critic think of LITTLE WOMEN: THE MUSICAL at Players Circle Theater?...
by Fran Thomas - January 10, 2026
What did our critic think of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Broadway Palm?...
by Fran Thomas - December 06, 2025
It is no easy task to take an unrelated group of songs and create enough continuity to turn them into a viable show. Ted Wioncek III and Robert Cacioppo have done a stellar job pulling 38 songs together and creating Ho! Ho! Ho! The Christmas Show at Players Circle Theater....
Past Shows
The country music sensation is BACK by popular demand! This heartfelt and powerful true story celebrates the most popular female country singer in recording history....
We all have that one friend… On the eve of their anniversary, Joy and Ron hear the most ridiculous news: their idiot friend Gary has...
A delightful and zany holiday comedy from the author of Around the World in 80 Days. A year after his miraculous transformation, Ebenezer Scrooge is back to...
Stand-up Comedy Nights return to Florida Repertory Theatre featuring a lineup of diverse comedians across select Fridays. The series kicks off on October 17 with...
The Pulitzer Prize & Tony-Winning BEST PLAY! A powerful, electrifying, and explosive drama takes the Arcade Theatre by storm. The fireworks begin as the exacting...
Frank, Dean, and Sammy are up in heaven, but God tells them they left some unfinished business…It seems Frank made an unfulfilled promise to the...
Florida Rep’s Education Conservatory Program presents Shrek, The Musical, Jr., a family-friendly adaptation of the beloved animated film. The production features performances by thirty-seven local...
After teaching countless students about the saints, venial sins, limbo and more, Sister is now offering up hilarious lessons on the Sacraments of Marriage and...
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 several hours...
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 Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 sanctuary forcing...
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...
The New York Times declared “Late Nite Catechism” speaks to an audience much broader than the membership of any one church.”
BY RANDAL MYLER AND MARK HARELIKExclusively sponsored by Ellie FoxTold by a company of actor-musicians, don’t miss this award-winning tribute to one of the great...
BY D.L. COBURNSponsored by: Shelley Wilson & Terry KelleyThis modern American classic and Pulitzer Prize-winning play is a touching, moving, and heart-wrenching story about two...
Sponsored by Offshore Sailing School – Steve & Doris ColgateOne hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming...
CREATED BY LARRY GALLAGHERSponsored by: Louis G. & Patricia A. DunningMedia Sponsor: NBC2 – WBBH TelevisionFrom Aretha Franklin to Janis Joplin, countless powerful female voices left...
BY KATORI HALLSponsored by Bruce & Janet BunchA gripping and electrifying play that reimagines the night before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. It’s April...
A REGIONAL PREMIERE BY MARK SHANAHANSponsored by Naomi BloomThe worlds of Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle collide in this inventive holiday whodunit! Full...
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...
Take a dazzling journey through the songbook of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart – the music that defined a generation! Featuring over fifty of their...
Florida Rep Education’s ConservatoryBook by José Fernandez Music by Steve Margoshes Lyrics by Jacques Levy Conceived and Developed by David De Silva| Directed by Monique...
Sponsored by: Marty McLaughlinA young security guard with big ambitions clashes with his stern boss, an intense rookie cop, and her unpredictable partner in this electrifying,...
Exclusively sponsored by: Ellie FoxThe iconic music of Johnny Cash comes to life with more than two dozen classic hits like “I Walk the Line,” “A...
Sponsored by: Janet & Bruce Bunch • Noreen RaneyMedia Sponsor: WGCU Public MediaThis modern American classic tells the love story of Norman and Ethel Thayer, who return...
BY OSCAR WILDESponsored by: David Fritz • Taylor Carpet One Floor & Home Media Sponsor: WZVN ABC7Oscar Wilde’s witty and wildly funny comedy classic pokes fun at all things serious!...
Sponsored by: William E Cross Foundation: Art & Hazel Brisker, Donald & Rebecca Linton • Dentons Cohen & Grigsby • Bob & Jane BreischMedia Sponsor: Florida WeeklyA high-stakes...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
A journey through the musical talents of Cole Porter....
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...
About the love lives of three very different couples. Their storylines intertwine with secret affairs, friendships, and complicated work relationships....
A German-Jewish family living in Atlanta on the cusp of World War II faces prejudice and bias within their community....
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
A comedy about a dog named Sylvia, her loving relationship with her owner, and her rocky relationship with his wife....
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
ArtStage Studio Theatre: - Tom Jones; book: Tom Jones; lyrics: Tom Jones; music: Harvey Schmidt; dir: Jason Parrish....
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...
According to family legend there was a miracle on South Division Street when sixty years ago the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in the Nowaks barbershop....
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...
Around the year 1900, a prosperous Southern family conflict centers around money and involving murder, theft and betrayal. Directed by David Swartz....
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...
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Talleys Folly is a lyrical romance that follows the unlikely courtship of young Sally Talley and her much...
Inspired by true events, Camping with Henry and Tom is an enormously entertaining evening with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and President Harding. Its the summer...
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...
Lies, deceit, treachery, and betrayaland thats just before breakfast. The Little Foxes is an electrifying story of one familys greed and reckless deception that has...
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