Alliance for the Arts

Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers will deliver the final performances of its production of “The Hatmaker’s Wife,” March 30 – 31. Playwright Lauren Yee whimsical and poignant comedy includes talking walls, conjuring the spirit world and includes themes of love, marriage, memory, aging, family and fairy tales. We explore the play with two actors in the production: Joanne Hailey and Jim Yarnes.

Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts is mounting the world-premiere production of “The Last Show,” written and performed by actor, playwright and screenwriter Derek Lively. Ahead of opening night we get a preview from Lively and the production’s director and Conspiracy Theatre Founding Artistic Director Bill Taylor.

The Fort Myers nonprofit visual and performing arts center Alliance for the Arts is collecting stories as part of an oral history project called, “Storm Stories” from anyone who experienced Hurricane Ian.

Denoted by brilliant direction, emotional and enlightened acting and the imaginative use of lighting and projections to amp up the tension that crackles with each line of dialogue and turn of events, Theatre Conspiracy's production of the high-concept courtroom drama Faceless is a five-star show you don't want to miss.

Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers is mounting the Florida premiere production of the courtroom drama “Faceless.” The play, based on true events, concerns the trial of a young white American woman radicalized into Islamic extremism online and charged with conspiring to commit acts of terrorism and the Muslim attorney chosen to prosecute the case. We hear from two actors in the show: Sharon Isern and Matt Flynn.

Southwest Florida will be getting its own fringe festival with Fringe Fort Myers coming June 1-4, 2023. Performance venues for the festival include the Alliance for the Arts and Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. Artists have until Dec. 12 to apply, and participants will be chosen via a lottery on Dec. 19.

As theaters in Southwest Florida enter a new season in the wake of Hurricane Ian, the performing arts community has more attendance challenges ahead after two years of struggling through the pandemic, local theaters say.

Despite damages to the historic Arcade Theatre caused by Hurricane Ian, the Florida Repertory Theatre in downtown Fort Myers is continuing its run of the Billie Holiday musical “Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grille" at the Alliance for the Arts.

Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers kicks off its 29th anniversary season with a production of comedic noir mystery “Clown Bar.”

The Alliance for the Arts and other local arts organizations, this week, launched the Arts & Economic Prosperity survey as part of a nationwide study by Americans for the Arts to quantify the direct and indirect economic impact of the arts on local communities.