By Jamie Kuser
It’s time again for our annual theatre season preview issue of the magazine. In the 2023-24 season, there are nearly 120 different productions at 19 different venues in Southwest Florida. We have already started another wonderful season of theatre and we have so many choices … again. Without any further chatter, let’s see what is on stage this season.
TheatreZone in Naples has Home for the Holidays, Bonnie and Clyde: the musical, Million Dollar Quartet, Little Me and Carrie: the musical.
FGCU Theatre presents Heathers the musical (in conjunction with TheatreZone), Silent Sky and The Life of Galileo.
In Cape Coral, The Belle Theatre gives us Let’s Go to the Movies, Disenchanted, Drinking Habits, Christmas in Paradise: World Tour, Funny Girl, Unnecessary Farce, We Will Rock You and Second Chances: The Thrift Shop Musical.
Florida Repertory Theatre presents Beguiled Again, The Legend of Georgia McBride, A Sherlock Carol, The Mountaintop, Beehive: the 70s musical, The Gin Game, A Comedy of Tenors, Hank Williams: Lost Highway and Oleanna.
Laboratory Theater of Florida has POTUS, Noises Off, Misery, the 24-Hour Playwriting Project, Yippee Ki-Yay Merry Christmas, Stew, Ride the Cyclone and Crocodile Fever.
Artis–Naples Broadway series includes Funny Girl, Company, Tina, Six the musical and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Arts Bonita presents A Cracker at The Ritz, A Home…for the Holidays, A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play, Buyer and Cellar, Assisted Living the musical and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
On Marco Island, the Arts Center Theatre will stage The Music Man, The 39 Steps, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), White Christmas, Private Lives, The Queen of Bingo and Vanities.
Broadway Palm in Fort Myers presents Murder on the Orient Express, Hairspray, Elf, Elvis: A musical Revolution, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Addams Family, Swing and Mary Poppins.
The Naples Players (most of it on the road during construction) offer us The Dining Room, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Harvey, Laugh, Cry, Pee, Repeat, The Producers and The Play That Goes Wrong.
The Charlotte Players will stage Wild Women of Winedale, Murder at The Howard Johnson’s, The Foreigner, Rumors, Calendar Girls, Nunsense 2: The Second Coming, Two on the Aisle Three in a Van and Morning After Grace.
In Cape Coral, Cultural Park Theater presents Boeing Boeing, Footloose, Fame, James & the Giant Peach, Bye Bye Birdie, Sister Act, Into the Woods and Murder on the Orient Express.
Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples offers us its New Works Festival, 26 Miles, Winter Wonderettes, The Refugees, Into the Breeches and She Loves Me.
The Off Broadway Palm schedule includes Popcorn Falls, A Doublewide, Texas Christmas, Run for Your Wife, Sweet Delilah Swim Club and Perfect Wedding.
In Naples, The Studio Players present The Cemetery Club, Superior Donuts, The Lifespan of a Fact, Bus Stop and Doubt.
Players Circle Theater in Fort Myers (in their new home) will present Breaking Legs, Ho! Ho! Ho! The Christmas Show, Butterflies are Free, Proof, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks and Godspell.
Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts has Sanctuary City, Radio Golf, Clown Bar, Which Way to the Stage and The Women Who Mapped Stars.
The Barbara B. Mann Performing Arst Hall Broadway series includes Hadestown, Jagged Little Pill, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tina, Mrs. Doubtfire and Hamilton.
Gulf Coast Symphony will present Snowbird Follies, A Grand Night for Singing, Nunsense 2: The Second Coming and Route 66.
Here is the 2023-24 season schedule:
Artis–Naples
239-597-1111
5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples
artisnaples.org
Funny Girl
Dec. 26 – 31
Company
Jan. 16 – 21
Tina:
The Tina Turner musical
Feb. 20 – 25
Six the musical
March 19 – 24
To Kill a Mockingbird
April 9 – 14
Arts Bonita
239-495-8989
10150 Bonita Beach Road, Bonita
artsbonita.org
A Cracker at The Ritz
Sept. 12 & 26, Oct. 10 & 24
A HOME… for the Holidays
Dec. 2 & 3
A Christmas Carol:
A Live Radio Play
Dec. 7 – 10
Buyer and Cellar
March 7 – 9
Assisted Living the Musical
March 22 & 23
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
April 26 – 28
Arts Center Theatre
239-394-4221
1089 N Collier Blvd. #432, Marco
marcoislandart.org
The Music Man
Oct. 18 – 21
The 39 Steps
Oct. 25 – Nov. 12
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Nov. 29 – Dec. 10
White Christmas
Dec. 13 – 17
Private Lives
Jan. 3 – 21
The Queen of Bingo
Feb. 7 – 25
Vanities
March 13 – 30
The Belle Theatre
239-323-5533
2708 Santa Barbara Blvd.
#135, Cape Coral
thebelletheatre.com
Let’s Go to the Movies
Sept. 1 – 10
Disenchanted
Sept. 22 – Oct. 8
Drinking Habits
Oct. 13 – Nov. 5
Christmas in Paradise:
World Tour
Dec. 14 – 20
Funny Girl
Jan. 5 – 21
Unnecessary Farce
Feb. 2 – 18
We Will Rock You
March 8 – 24
Second Chances:
The Thrift Shop Musical
April 5 – 21
Broadway Palm
239-278-4422
1380 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers
broadwaypalm.com
Murder On The Orient Express
Aug. 18 – Sept. 16
Hairspray
Sept. 22 – Oct. 28
Elf
Nov. 10 – Dec. 25
Elvis: A Musical Revolution
Dec. 30 – Feb. 17
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Feb. 23 – April 6
The Addams Family
April 12 – May 25
Swing!
May 31 – June 22
Mary Poppins
June 28 – Aug. 10
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
239-481-4849
13350 FSW Pkwy, Fort Myers
bbmannpah.com
Hadestown
Jan. 23 – 28
Jagged Little Pill
Feb. 13 – 18
To Kill a Mockingbird
Feb. 20 – 25
Tina: The Tina Turner musical
Feb. 27 – March 3
Mrs. Doubtfire
March 26 – 31
Hamilton
April 23 – May 5
Charlotte Players
941-255-1022
1182 Market Circle, Port Charlotte
charlotteplayers.org
Wild Women of Winedale
Sept. 7 – 17
Murder at the Howard Johnson’s
Oct. 5 – 15
The Foreigner
Nov. 2 – 12
Rumors
Jan. 12 – 28
Calendar Girls
Feb. 8 – 25
Nunsense II: The Second Coming
March 14 – 30
Two on the Aisle Three in a Van
April 18 – 28
Morning After Grace
May 16 – 26
Cultural Park Theater
239-772-5862
528 Cultural Park Blvd., Cape Coral
culturalparktheater.com
Boeing, Boeing
Sept. 8 – 17
Footloose the musical
Sept. 28 – Oct. 8
Fame the musical
Nov. 9 – 19
James & The Giant Peach
Jan. 18 – 28
Bye Bye Birdie
Feb. 29 – March 10
Sister Act
March 28 – April 7
Into the Woods
May 23 – June 2
Murder on the Orient Express
June 14 – 23
FGCU Theatre
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers
239-745-4268
fgcu.edu/theatrelab
Heathers the musical
Oct. 12 – 15
Silent Sky
Feb. 16 – 25
The Life of Galileo
April 12 – 21
Florida Repertory Theatre
239-332-4488
Bay Street, Downtown Fort Myers
floridarep.org
In the Arcade Theatre
The Legend of Georgia McBride
Oct. 27 – Nov. 12
A Sherlock Carol
Dec. 1 – 17
Beehive the 60s musical
Jan. 12 – 28
A Comedy of Tenors
Feb. 17 – March 5
Hank Williams: Lost Highway
March 22 – April 14
In the ArtStage Studio Theatre
Beguiled Again
Sept. 22 – Oct. 29
The Mountaintop
Dec. 15 – Jan. 14
The Gin Game
Feb. 2 – March 3
Oleanna
April 19 – May 19
Ghostbird Theatre Company
ghostbirdtheatrecompany.org
No Single Body for Me to Follow
September
24 Hour Festival
Feb. 25
Messages
March
Liminal Stories
April
Gulf Coast Symphony
13411 Shire Lane, Fort Myers
239-277-1700
gulfcoastsymphony.org
Snowbird Follies
Nov. 29 – Dec. 23
A Grand Night for Singing
Jan. 18 – Feb. 3
Nunsense II: The Second Coming
Feb. 22 – March 9
Route 66
April 10 – 28
Gulfshore Playhouse
1-239-261-7529
755 8th Ave S, Naples
gulfshoreplayhouse.org
New Works Festival
Sept. 15 – 17
26 Miles
Oct. 12 – 29
Winter Wonderettes
Nov. 16 – Dec. 17
The Refugees
Jan. 11 – Feb. 4
Into The Breeches
Feb. 15 – March 10
She Loves Me
March 21 – April 21
Laboratory Theater of Florida
239-218-0481
1634 Woodford Ave., Fort Myers
laboratorytheaterflorida.org
POTUS
Aug. 4 – 20
Noises Off
Sept. 8 – Oct. 1
Misery
Oct. 20 – Nov. 12
24 Hour Playwriting Project
Dec. 2
Yippee Ki-Yay Merry Christmas
Dec. 8 – 28
Stew
Jan. 12 – Feb. 3
Ride the Cyclone
Feb. 23 – March 17
Crocodile Fever
April 12 – May 5
The Naples Players
239-263-7990
naplesplayers.org
The Dining Room
Oct. 4 – 22
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
Nov. 1 – 19
Harvey
Jan. 10 – 28
Laugh, Cry, Pee, Repeat
Feb. 14 – March 3
The Producers
March 13 – April 7
The Play That Goes Wrong
May 1 – 26
Off Broadway Palm
239-278-4422
1380 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers
broadwaypalm.com
Popcorn Falls
Oct. 11 – Nov. 18
A Doublewide, Texas Christmas
Nov. 23 – Dec. 25
Run For Your Wife
Jan. 11 – Feb. 25
Sweet Delilah Swim Club
Feb. 29 – April 14
Perfect Wedding
April 18 – May 19
Players Circle Theater
239-800-3292
13211 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers
PlayersCircleTheater.com
Breaking Legs
Oct. 17 – Nov. 12
Ho! Ho! Ho!
The Christmas Show
Nov. 28 – Dec. 17
Butterflies Are Free
Jan. 2 – 28
Proof
Feb. 6 – March 3
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
March 12 – April 7
Godspell
April 16 – May 12
The Studio Players
239-398-9192
4701 Golden Gate Pkwy, Naples
thestudioplayers.org
The Cemetery Club
Aug. 4 – 20
Superior Donuts
Oct. 27 – Nov. 12
The Lifespan of a Fact
Jan. 19 – Feb. 4
Bus Stop
March 8 – 24
Doubt
May 3 – 19
Theatre Conspiracy
239-939-2787
10091 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers
artinlee.org
Sanctuary City
Aug. 17 – 27
Radio Golf
Oct. 19 – 29
Clown Bar
Nov. 9 – 26
Which Way to the Stage
Jan. 18 – Feb. 3
The Women Who Mapped the Stars
Feb. 8 – 18
TheatreZone
1-888-966-3352
13275 Livingston Road, Naples
theatre.zone
Home for the Holidays
Dec. 15 – 17
Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical
Jan. 11 – 22
Million Dollar Quartet
Feb. 8 – 18
Little Me
March 7 – 17
Carrie: The Musical
April 25 – May 5
