Two Fort Myers regional theatres have announced their robust 2025-26 offerings! Contact these venues now for the best seats and pricing.
Florida Repertory Theatre, 2268 Bay Street, Fort Myers. The FL Rep is celebrating their 28th season as “one of America’s top repertory theatres” according to the Wall Street Journal. Check their website at https://www.floridarep.org for tickets for the following shows:
• The Rat Pack Lounge By James Hindman and Ray Roderick October 3 – November 9, 2025; previews September 30 – October 2 ArtStage Studio Theatre This fresh and funny musical revue celebrates the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr. In the magical story the famous “rat pack” trio, now in heaven, returns to earth for one special night to treat audiences to over 30 hit songs.
• Doubt, a Parable By John Patrick Shanley October 31 – November 16, 2025; previews October 28 – 30 Historic Arcade Theatre The fireworks begin as the exacting principal of a Bronx Catholic school—feared by students and colleagues alike—suspects improper relations between a charismatic priest and a student. She’s forced to wrestle with what’s fact, what’s fiction, and just how far she’ll go to expose what she sees as the truth.
• The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge By Mark Brown December 5 – 21, 2025; previews December 2 – 4 Historic Arcade Theatre This spirited twist on the classic holiday tale is set a year after Scrooge’s miraculous transformation. Now back to his old ways, Scrooge is suing Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future for breaking-and-entering, kidnapping, slander, pain and suffering, attempted murder, and the intentional infliction of emotional distress.
• Advice By Brent Askari December 12 – January 11, 2025; previews December 9 – 11 ArtStage Studio Theatre A hilarious new comedy follows a married couple, Joy and Ron, who on the eve of their wedding anniversary learn that their idiot friend Gary has written a self-help book… and it’s getting published! As they muse on the possible topic, Gary turns up, and invites them to try out some of his “couple exercises.”
• Always… Patsy Cline Created by Ted Swindley and based on a true story. January 9 – 26, 2026; previews January 6 – 8 Historic Arcade Theatre The heartfelt musical follows the powerful true story celebrating the most popular female country singer in recording history. Patsy Cline’s legendary voice and rise to stardom took America by storm, and this loving tribute is told through the eyes of her biggest fan and unlikely friend, Louise Seger.
• Tuesdays with Morrie By Jeffrey Hatcher & Mitch Albom January 30 – March 1, 2026; previews January 27 – 29 ArtStage Studio Theatre The best-selling book comes to life in this moving autobiographical story following Mitch Albom’s visits to his old professor, Morrie Schwartz, as he battles Lou Gehrig’s Disease. What begins as a simple visit by the career- driven journalist turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class on the meaning of life.
• The Play That Goes Wrong By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, & Henry Shields February 13 – March 6, 2026; previews February 10 – 12 Historic Arcade Theatre This hilarious hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes follows a fictitious theatre company’s opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor where things quickly go from bad to utterly disastrous. Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hysterical consequences!
• Little Shop of Horrors By Howard Ashman and Alan Menken March 20 – April 12, 2026; previews March 17 -19 Historic Arcade Theatre The musical is based on the 1960s B-movie by Roger Corman and features book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken. The story is packed with laughs, thrills, chills, and Motown and doo-wop- inspired hit songs and follows down-on-his- luck Seymour who pines for his beautiful co-worker at Mushnik’s Skid Row Florist.
• Denise Fennell’s The Bride: Or, Does This Dress Make Me Look Married? By Rick Pasqualone April 10 – May 10, 2026; previews April 7 – 9 ArtStage Studio Theatre Tour-de-force actress Denise Fennel, the scrappy Sister from last summer’s “Late Nite Catechism,” tackles the meaning of love, life, and the ritual of marriage. Drawing inspiration from her own life – and the advice of the audience – “The Bride” tackles the decision of a lifetime: Will she, or won’t she?
Players Circle Theater, 13211 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers (only about 20 minutes from HP!). Started by FL Repertory Theatre founders Bob Cacioppo and Carrie Lund, Players Circle is in its eighth season. Check their website at https://www.playerscircle.org. for tickets for the following shows:
• Vanities A New Musical By Jack Heifner Continuing through June 8, 2025 This musical comedy is the story of three Texas cheerleaders’ journey to adulthood. Friends caught up in times that are a-changing.
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged By Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winnfield July 4 – 13, 2025; previews July 1 – 3. See 37 Shakespeare plays in just 97 minutes, in this irreverent and irresistible comedy.
• Grease By Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey August 1 – 10, 2025 It’s high school in 1959. Time to enjoy – “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightning,” & “We Go Together.” Starring our area’s most talented, duck-tailed, and bobby-soxed young adults.
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Conceived by Rebecca Feldman August 22 – September 7, 2025; previews August 19 – 21. This riotous Broadway musical follows an eclectic group of awkward teens as they vie for the spelling championship. Six spellers enter: only one speller leaves champion!
• Peter and the Starcatcher By Rick Elise October 24 – November 16; previews October 21 – 23 Set sail on an enchanting trip to the Neverland you never knew, as this production invades the entire theater. Filled with playful puns and pure imagination, this action-packed adventure is destined to delight the child in all of us.
• Ho! Ho! Ho! The Christmas Show Created by Robert Cacioppo December 5 – 21, 2025; previews December 2 – 4 A favorite holiday tradition is back and better than ever! Come celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with this original musical revue brimming with love, laughter, and all your favorite holiday songs.
• Little Women Based on Louisa May Alcott’s Classic Novel January 9 – February 1; previews January 6 – 8 A story that swept the nation is brought to life in this epic musical! Full of showstopping melodies and uplifting spirit. This timeless tale about the enduring power of family is guaranteed to capture your heart and astonish!
• Over the Tavern By Tom Dudzick February 13 – March 8; previews February 10 – 12 A beguiling family comedy set in Buffalo in the Eisenhower 1950’s. The Pazinski family has a lot going on in their cramped apartment over Dad’s bar. But all hell breaks loose, when 12-year-old, wise-cracking Rudy questions being Catholic.
• 4,000 Miles By Amy Herzog March 20 – April 5; previews March 17 – 19 A Pulitzer Prize Finalist! After a cross- country bike trip, young Leo makes an unplanned visit to his feisty 91-year-old grand-mother Vera in her Greenwich Village apartment. Over the course of a single month these unlikely roommates, infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each other in this charming dramedy.
• I loved, I lost, I made spaghetti By Giulia Melucci April 17 – May 3; previews April 14 – 16 This tasty comedy invites you into Giulia’s kitchen as she recounts a string of botched romances and failed love affairs while preparing a home cooked meal.
