Tom Hall

For the third consecutive year, Cypress Lake High School students will take part in the Fort Myers Fringe Festival. The first of their two fringe productions is “Why Won’t Zee Quack?” a children’s show by local playwright Wayne Keller about a nonverbal duck. The other is "Elektra, A Modern Retelling."

The 16th Fort Myers Film Festival concluded on May 24 with the announcement of awards in 12 categories.

Beginning May 30, Gulf Coast Symphony is bringing Southwest Florida the “Sounds of America” in observance of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

This week, three shows open, four close and four continue their runs at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters, plus the 4th Annual Fort Myers Fringe Festival takes place at the Off Broadway Palm and Florida Repertory Theatre.

Florida Rep Education has taken on Stephen Sondheim's most renowned musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street." The cast and crew deliver an exceptional show with strong acting and vocals and eye-popping costumes, lighting and special effects.

Union soldiers will be honored on Memorial Day with taps and flowers by the Colonel Robert Barnard Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp 2. Special attention will be paid to early settler Christian Henry Funck, who enlisted at age 13 as a drummer in the Union Army during the Civil War.

The 4th Annual Fort Myers Fringe Festival takes place May 28-31. In the past, the shows included in the festival were chosen by lottery. This year, Fringe founder Bill Taylor picked the shows himself. “All these shows I have seen,” said Taylor. “I can personally guarantee these are fabulous shows.”

From the writer of “Always … Patsy Cline,” Ted Swindley, comes a new country musical, “Honky Tonk Angels.” General Manager Rebecca Hopkins says Florida Studio Theatre has wanted to bring this one to Sarasota for quite some time. “It's about following your dreams,” Hopkins noted. “What's better than that?"

When Sarasota Art Museum commissioned ceramicist Molly Hatch to create a work of art, little did the museum realize she’d show up two years later with her car loaded to the brim with 450 bubble-wrapped earthenware plates.

On Saturday, Michelle Kuntze left with a team of 20 competitors for the United Kingdom to compete in Junior Theatre Festival Europe on May 19.