The Florida Repertory Theatre

“Boeing-Boeing” BY MARC CAMOLETTI; ADAPTED BY BEVERLEY CROSS Through Nov. 21

Unfasten your seatbelt and prepare to roll in the aisles at this recent smash hit Broadway comedy. It’s a hilarious 1960’s tale of a swingin’ American in Paris, and the three beautiful stewardesses he calls fiancée, fiancée and fiancée. Assume crash positions in a romping farce the New York Post calls “better than sex!” “Dial ‘M’ For Murder” BY FREDERICK KNOTT Dec. 4-20 • Previews Dec. 1-3

Tony married for money. Now he’ll kill for it. And you’ll be on the edge of your seat every thrilling moment for Broadway’s quintessential Hitchcockian murder mystery.

“The Santaland Diaries” BY DAVID SEDARIS; ADAPTED BY JOE MANTELLO Dec. 10-31

Limited seating, adult content This thorny comedy comes direct from the delightfully twisted mind of acclaimed satirist David Sedaris and tells the story of a down and out writer who desperately takes a job as a Macy’s elf, only to endure the worst of the Christmas spirit.

“Opus”
BY MICHAEL HOLLINGER
Jan. 8-24 • Previews Jan. 5-7
Adult content

The tension is tighter than a violin string quivering to snap in this hot new drama where a world-renowned string quartet must learn Beethoven’s difficult masterpiece, Opus 131, in a few short days for a performance at The White House. Passions collide to a crescendo in an elegant, provocative story as rich and powerful as its music.

“You Can’t Take it with You”
BY GEORGE S. KAUFMAN AND MOSS HART
Feb. 5-21 • Previews Feb. 2-4

2010 World Classic Initiative Production

This Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy is one of the most successful plays of all time. It’s a truth-filled, light-hearted helping of 1930’s Americana that reminds us to do what we want before it’s too late.
“Relatively Speaking”
BY ALAN AYCKBOURN
March 12-28 • Previews March 9-11

“Relatively Speaking” is one of the funniest plays ever written from England’s greatest playwright. It is a sidesplitting human-foibles farce, full of all the classic misunderstandings, mistaken identities and miscommunications.
“Trying”
BY JOANNA MCCLELLAND GLASS
April 9-25 • Previews April 6-8

Against the backdrop of 1960’s political unrest, this play finds two generations trying to coexist. One is Francis Biddle, former U.S. attorney general and judge of the Nuremberg trials, and the other is his new secretary, Sarah. The lessons they learn about each other, as well as the world, still ring true today in this life-affirming story.
“The Big Bang”
BY BOYD GRAHAM AND JED FEUER
May 7-23 • Previews May 4-6

Set in a Park Avenue apartment, two wannabe producers have written the most expensive musical ever conceived, and now must raise $83 million. From Adam and Eve to Eva and Adolf, they tear the apartment to pieces pitching this hysterical, historical epic to their potential backers, you, the audience. 

if you go

>> Tickets: Subscriptions and single tickets ($38/$42; $20/$25) are available through the box office at 332-4488. >> Information: www.floridarep.org >> Location: Florida Rep is located in the Fort Myers River District in the historic Arcade Theatre on Bay Street between Jackson and Hendry.