New Phoenix Theatre

Players Circle Theatre at the Shell Factory in North Fort Myers closes its 2022-2023 season on May 7th with The Foreigner. In July, they’ll move to the space currently occupied by New Phoenix Theatre on McGregor Boulevard. Players Circle co-founder and Producing Artistic Director Robert Cacioppo is excited to move operations to the heart of the McGregor Corridor

Players Circle Theater in North Fort Myers closes the season with a production of the comedy, “The Foreigner.” We’ll talk with the lead actor in the show Dennis Delamar. After the show ends, Players Circle Theater will begin moving into the New Phoenix Theatre space along McGregor Blvd. We talk with Players Circle Theater co-founders Robert Cacioppo and Carrie Lund Cacioppo about an exciting change of venue for the theater company and what it will mean for theater-goers.

After producing such memorable shows as Rocky Horror, Young Frankenstein and The Full Monty over the past five years, New Phoenix Theatre in Fort Myers is closing. But it's going out with a flourish with a production of Stephen Sondheim's beloved musical Into the Woods. Here's why you'll want to see New Phoenix's final show.

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New Phoenix Theatre in Fort Myers opens it’s 2022-23 season this month with the musical “Jekyll & Hyde” just in time for the Halloween season.

Head over Heels opens at New Phoenix Theatre on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers on April 7th. The musical production is a resounding rejection of the divisiveness of the Don’t Say Gay Bill that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on March 28th - as Director Scott Carpenter makes abundantly clear: “When we picked this show the political climate was not quite this rancid regarding the LBGTQ community and transgender. Right now, with the Governor signing the bill into law, the Don’t Say Gay Bill, I think it’s extremely important that we’re doing this show right now. Not only are we saying gay, we’re singing it out loud to everybody with the music of the Go-Gos.”

Southwest Florida’s performing arts scene is gaining a new community theatre company. New Phoenix Theatre in South Fort Myers is currently renovating a…