Federation Star - November 2019

6B Federation Star November 2019
Florida Repertory Theatre’s 2019-2020 season
Florida Repertory Theatre opened
its 22 nd season on September
24 with the country musical
sensation Always...Patsy Cline in the
ArtStage Studio Theatre and the run is
already extended to November 24 due
to overwhelming demand for tickets.
The season features six productions
in the 393-seat Historic Arcade Theatre
and three in the 120-seat ArtStage
Studio Theatre. Also featured are the
multiple Tony Award-winning Best
Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love
and Murder, and A Doll’s House, Part
2 by Lucas Hnath, one of the hottest
new plays in America, and a multiple
Tony nominee.
Florida Rep is also proud to salute
the late, great Neil Simon with his
now-classic romantic comedy Barefoot
in the Park, which will take the
Arcade Theatre stage in January. The
Arcade Theatre season kicked off in
late-October with Ken Ludwig’s The
Fox on the Fairway, a farce from the
author of Lend Me a Tenor and Moon
Over Buffalo, and is scheduled to play
through November 20.
Florida Repertory Theatre’s 22 nd
season also includes a National New
Play Network Rolling World Premiere
as part of its ongoing efforts to develop
new works and nurture playwrights.
Opening December 20 in the ArtStage
Studio Theatre, Alabaster by Audrey
Cefaly is an intimate portrait of survival
showcased in Florida Rep’s 2018 Play-
Lab Festival.
“We are delighted to celebrate 22
years of professional theatre with this
varied and exciting season of musicals,
new works and classics,” said Artistic
Director Greg Longenhagen. “This diverse
lineup of plays and musicals, both
classic and contemporary, will break
new ground for the theatre, introduce
many new faces and, of course, showcase
our ensemble of artists in a variety
of roles. We hope you’ll join us for
another year of first-class professional
theatre.”
Based on overwhelmingly positive
feedback from patrons, Florida Rep
will continue to open its free parking
lot, conveniently located directly across
the street from the theatre, two hours
before each curtain time. And, for a
third season, the theatre’s weeknight
performances will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Florida Rep’s 2019-2020 Season:
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Always…Patsy Cline created and
originally directed by Ted Swindley.
Now extended through November
24, in the ArtStage Studio Theatre.
A heartfelt and powerful celebration
of the most popular female country
singer in recording history! Hear
all of Patsy’s biggest hits, including
“Crazy,” “Walkin’ After Midnight”
and “I Fall to Pieces.”
¡¡
Ken Ludwig’s The Fox on the Fairway.
November 1-20, in the Historic
Arcade Theatre. Marx Brothers’
hilarity meets country club politics
in this signature Ken Ludwig farce
about love, life and man’s eternal
love affair with golf!
Evy Lipp
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An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley.
December 6-22, Previews December
3-5, in the Historic Arcade
Theatre. A wealthy British family
is forced to examine their morality
in this chilling, Olivier and Tonywinning
masterpiece! An electrifying
and suspenseful thriller filled
with twists and turns!
¡¡
Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly. A
National New Play Network Rolling
World Premiere. December
20 - January 26, Previews December
17-19, in the ArtStage Studio
Theatre. Funny, heartbreaking and
earth-shattering, this powerful new
play about healing and survival
begins a record-breaking 10-theatre
Rolling World Premiere at Florida
Rep before taking the country by
storm!
¡¡
Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon.
January 10- 29, Previews January
7-9, in the Historic Arcade Theatre.
A hilarious romantic comedy from
the author of Rumors and Lost in
Yonkers. Newlyweds decide to play
matchmaker, and everything that
could go wrong does in this multiple
Tony-nominated play!
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Cultural Event
Celebrating 16 years of bringing noted Jewish authors
to our Federation members
ARTS & CULTURE
¡¡
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and
Murder. Book & Lyrics by Robert
L. Freedman, Music & Lyrics by
Steven Lutvak. February 14 - March
4, Previews February 11-13, in the
Historic Arcade Theatre. Can young
Monty Navarro juggle his fiancée,
his mistress, and knock off all of
the heirs ahead of him in the line of
nobility without being caught? Find
out in this fresh, irreverent and multiple
Tony-winning Best Musical!
¡¡
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan
Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe.
February 28 - March 29, Previews
February 25-27, in the ArtStage Studio
Theatre. A touching, funny and
intimate one-person tour-de-force!
Every Brilliant Thing is an exhilarating
and inventive new play that
takes audiences on an unexpected,
humorous and emotional journey of
healing and self-discovery.
¡¡
A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas
Hnath. March 20 - April 8, Previews
March 17-19, in the Historic Arcade
Theatre. This smart and sophisticated
new comedy raises fascinating
questions about marriage and the
ways the roles of women have – and
have not – changed since 1879. One
of the hottest plays in America!
¡¡
Ripcord by David Lindsay-Abaire.
April 24 - May 10, Previews April
21-23, in the Historic Arcade Theatre.
From the twisted and brilliant
mind of the Pulitzer Prize & Tonywinning
author of Rabbit Hole and
Good People comes a high-stakes
comedy about two women of a certain
age locked in a no-holds-barred
battle to the death!
Schedules may change, as shows
extend due to popularity, so call the box
office at 239.332.4488 or go online at
www.FloridaRep.org to check the full
schedule.
PROUDLY PRESENTS
Lori Gottlieb
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 at 7:30pm
Temple Shalom, 4630 Pine Ridge Road, Naples
Tickets: $18 in advance • $25 at the door
Registration is now open!
X Use the Jewish Book Festival ticket order form; call the Federation office
with your credit card number at 239.263.4205; or mail your check
($18 per person), payable to Jewish Federation of Greater Naples, to JFGN,
Attn: Renee’, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 2201, Naples, FL 34109.
X Tickets will not be mailed. Your name will be placed on a reservation list
that will be checked at the door.
X Please call Renee’ if you’d like to be a Patron of this event. Patrons receive
dinner with Lori Gottlieb, a copy of her book and VIP seating at the event.
Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and New York
Times bestselling author who writes The Atlantic’s
weekly “Dear Therapist” advice column. She
also writes for The New York Times, and appears
as a frequent expert on relationships, parenting
and hot-button mental
health topics in media
such as The Today
Show, Good Morning
America, CBS This Morning,
CNN and NPR.
Her book Maybe You
Should Talk to Someone
is in development
for a television series
at ABC. Learn more at
LoriGottlieb.com.