Theatre

GulfShore Playhouse in Naples is launching a slightly modified season amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with the world premiere of the play “Higher” performed by the theatre company’s own Associate Artistic Director Jeffrey Binder who also wrote the play during quarantine. The show is being directed by founder and Producing Artistic Director Kristen Coury. Both Coury and Binder join us for a preview of the show and for a look at how Gulfshore Playhouse is rising to the challenges posed by the pandemic.

The inaugural season of Players Circle Theatre continues with the company’s upcoming production of the “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the…

The Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers began performances of August Wilson’s “Fences,” this week. The show runs through Jan. 30. The play is part of…

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

Improv comedy is coming back to Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in early May, and it comes with a message about dealing with cancer through humor. “Harry’s…

We're joined by Liza Jayne Longenhagen, she's starring as Helen Keller in Florida Repertory Theatre's current production of The Miracle Worker. She got…

The Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers began performances this week of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Disgraced,” by novelist and playwright Ayad…

Performance artist Tim Miller has made a career of mixing one-man performances with activism. The internationally-renowned writer and performer says he…

More than 200,000 people every year survive a stroke in Florida, but no two strokes are the same, and recovery can be a challenge. A new play opening in…

The Laboratory Theatre of Florida’s “The Rauschenberg Project Play” tells stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth in Southwest Florida.…