Theater

During Christmas week, theatergoers have six choices for their theater entertainment, including four shows on Christmas Day at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre.

“Annie the Musical” requires a large cast of child actors, but most youngsters and their parents have busy schedules during the holidays. Rather than ask anyone to choose between family and performing, Director Robin Dawn Ryan decided to field two different casts for the musical.

Players Circle Theater in Fort Myers is currently performing Tom Dudzick’s holiday play, “Greetings,” through Dec. 22. We explore the show in a conversation with director Ted Wioncek III, and cast members Carrie Lund Cacioppo and Douglas Rees.

“Clown Bar 2” is the most immersive theater experience Southwest Florida audiences will ever experience, bar none, and while it's not a musical, the show's songs really advance the action in the clown noir whodunit.

Live theater lovers have two dozen productions to choose from this week, including ten new shows, a holiday tradition and two different performances of the Nutcracker ballet.

There are no turkeys on the boards this week. Five new shows open at area community and equity theaters and seven others continue their runs.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe calls its holiday offering their Christmas card to the community. This year, WBTT returns “A Motown Christmas” to the Donelly Theatre stage.

Directed by Stuart Brown, FSW's production of “Twelfth Night” possesses a number of characteristics that audiences are sure to appreciate. At the top of the list is the rare opportunity to appreciate Shakespeare up close and personal. The audience in the FSW Black Box Theatre is a mere matter of feet from the edge of set, which is ground-level.

More than a dozen shows grace the stages of Southwest Florida's equity and community theaters during the week of November 11, 2024.

Theater season in Southwest Florida is in full swing. In all, theater-goers have more than a dozen productions from which to choose. Read here for play dates, times and a synopsis of each show.