Comedy

Players Circle Theater in Fort Myers opens its 6th season with playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy “Bedroom Farce.” Ahead of opening night we explore the production in a conversation with the company’s Robert Cacioppo, Carrie Lund Cacioppo, and Ted Wioncek III.

Laboratory Theater of Florida in Fort Myers is mounting the world premiere production of “Alien: The Musical Parody.” The show is a hilarious new take on the 1979 sci-fi horror classic film “Alien.” We hear from Lab Theater founder and Artistic Director Annette Trossbach, who conceived of and wrote the show, along with Earl Sparrow who composed the music.

Players Circle Theater closes its fifth performance season with a production of the musical comedy “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” We will explore the show in a conversation with director Bob Cacioppo and actors Ted Wioncek and Amanda Ross.

The Southwest Florida-based improv comedy team “Oops, We’re a Troupe,” will present a fully improvised long-form musical courtroom drama titled, “Disorder in the Court,” on May 11 at the Alliance for the Arts. Troupe members Julian and Lucy Sundby talk about the troupe, the performance, and mastering the art of improv comedy.

Players Circle Theater kicks off the performance season with playwright Tom Dulack’s mafioso-style comedy “Breaking Legs.” The show will mark the company’s first production in its newly renovated theater space in the heart Fort Myers’ McGregor corridor. We preview the show and learn about the new theater space in a conversation with Players Circle Theater co-founders Bob Cacioppo and Carrie Lund.

Paul Reubens, the actor, comedian and Florida native whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died.Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.

POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive closed its Broadway run last August with the strongest week of its entire run. Less than a year later, the show lands at the Laboratory Theater of Florida, a venue known for edgy, avant garde productions. The show runs August 4 through 20.

The Laboratory Theater of Florida in Fort Myers is mounting the world premiere production of the parody play, “Save Hamlet.” We learn more about the play and what Lab Theater has in store for the summer and its upcoming 15th anniversary season in a conversation with the director of “Save Hamlet” Madelaine Weymouth and Lab Theater founder and artistic director Annette Trossbach.

A conversation with director Ron Lagomarsino about Florida Repertory Theatre’s season-closing production of Kenneth Lonergan’s dark comedy “Lobby Hero.”

The Studio Players in Naples are mounting a production of the multi-award winning family comedy drama play “Other Desert Cities” by playwright Jon Robin Baitz. WGCU's Tom Hall has details in this week's "spotlight on the arts," segmet.