Performing Arts

Urbanite Theatre’s Modern Works Festival takes place in Sarasota September 4 to 8. The festival is a celebration of female playwrights and theater-makers, who are still vastly under-represented in the theater industry.

Sometimes there's more drama backstage at a burlesque show than on the boards. That's why Carousel of Burlesque creators Pixel Winters and Freckles Galore are taking audiences "behind the curtain" at this year's Fringe Fort Myers.

Nicoletta Pavarotti's presence in Southwest Florida for Opera Naples 2024 Festival Under the Stars is more than a tribute to her late husband; it's part of an ambitious project to build an opera museum and theater in Naples.

'First Nations' Last Battle' from Angela Hicks seamlessly blends dance tradition with technology resulting in an artistic journey into indigenous identity.

The arts in Lee County provide more than food for the soul. It puts food on the table for thousands of people who live and work here. A study just released by the Americans for the Arts quantifies this economic impact and makes the case for stronger support of the arts by Lee County and City of Fort Myers government.

In July Artis-Naples announced full plans for the coming 2023-24 visual and performing arts season. The unifying theme this year is “Artistic Senses – See, Hear, Taste,” and seeks to transcend the boundaries between artistic disciples in a way that engages the senses on multiple levels.

The inaugural Fringe Fort Myers runs June 1-4 at the Alliance for the Arts and Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre. We’ll get a preview of the variety array of performance artists from all over the world who will be featured in a conversation with festival organizer Bill Taylor.

We continue highlighting ways Southwest Florida’s performing arts community is adapting to the challenges of the ongoing pandemic. We’ll hear from the founder manager of Poetz Realm Florida, LLC, Ernel Grant, whose open mic Monday virtual showcase events have gone virtual. The next event takes place Monday, Aug. 31 at 8:00 p.m. We’ll also meet Southwest Florida based rap, hip-hop and R&B artist Andre Hustle.