Tom Hall

On Saturday, the Laboratory Theater of Florida announced that Annette Trossbach is retiring as its producing artistic director. Trossbach founded the lab in 2009. During her 16 years at the helm, she established the lab as a bastion for innovative, groundbreaking theater productions. Along the way, she transformed local theater into a safe and acceptable environment in which artists and audiences can explore, discover and expand personal horizons and raise their social consciousness.

Lerner & Lowe’s “Camelot” is a theatrical event. Southwest Florida Theatre Company’s production of the classic musical has it all – pithy themes, breathtaking performances, stunning set, earthy costumes. But when you’re talking “Camelot,” the music is center stage.

In the summer of 1945, a survivor of the Auschwitz- Birkenau death camp wrote this to his sister in Palestine: “You, over there, cannot imagine even a hundredth part of the suffering, fear, humiliation and every kind of bullying that we lived through. People who live and think as normal people cannot possibly understand.” With “Boy from Block 66,” playwright Kody C. Jones makes us understand.

This year is ArtFest Fort Myers' 25th anniversary. It's Gulf Coast Symphony's 35th anniversary. They're celebrating these milestones with a Pops Concert in the Caloosa Sound Amphitheater this Friday night.

Six shows open, one closes and 13 others continue their runs this week at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

This weekend, five outdoor art festivals take place in Southwest Florida.

The Marco Island Center for the Arts has on view a group show that features work by six accomplished artists.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is celebrating Black History Month with playwright August Wilson’s “Fences.” Each of Wilson’s Century Cycle plays speak about the African-American experience in this country. In this context, says Artistic Director Nate Jacobs, “Fences” focuses on the universal theme of families, in particular, the father-son relationship.

Internationally renowned artist Hunt Slonem recently donated an artwork titled “Totem Winter” to the Golisano Children’s Museum’s permanent collection.

“Nude Nocturne” is a celebration of the human body as a living, breathing expression of identity, emotion and spirit. While there is a weeks-long exhibition in the gallery of nude artwork submitted by talented artists from across the country, the main event takes place at the Alliance for the Arts on Saturday night.