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The Season

PlayLab: See Monsters of the Deep

Historic Arcade Theatre

SEE MONSTERS OF THE DEEP by Mark Shanahan Friday, May 4 | 7 PM Tickets are $25 per reading or $120 for an all-access pass that includes admission to five readings plus the playwright’s panel. To purchase an ALL ACCESS PASS please call 239-332-4488 or visit our box-office There are such things as monsters. Aren’t there? August, 1937. […]

PlayLab 2023 Festival of New Works

Historic Arcade Theatre

After a two-season hiatus due to the pandemic, Florida Rep’s popular festival for new works and emerging artists returns! Florida Repertory Theatre will hold its PlayLab Festival May 4 – 7 in the Historic Arcade Theatre. The 2023 PlayLab lineup includes five plays reflecting Florida Rep’s mission to produce a wide variety of work by […]

PlayLab: ONE-SHOT

Historic Arcade Theatre

ONE-SHOT by Andrew Rosendorf Saturday, May 6 | 2 PM Tickets are $25 per reading or $120 for an all-access pass that includes admission to five readings plus the playwright’s panel. To purchase an ALL ACCESS PASS please call 239-332-4488 or visit our box-office It’s 1999. Ellen has already come out on her TV show. Jack’s […]

PlayLab: LONG LAYOVER

Historic Arcade Theatre

LONG LAYOVER by Michelle Tyrene Johnson Saturday, May 6 | 7 PM Sponsored by Lee Moore & Dee Whited Tickets are $25 per reading or $120 for an all-access pass that includes admission to five readings plus the playwright’s panel. To purchase an ALL ACCESS PASS please call 239-332-4488 or visit our box-office Lorraine is a […]

PlayLab: MOUNTAIN MAMAS

Historic Arcade Theatre

MOUNTAIN MAMAS by Daryl Lisa Fazio Sunday, May 7 | 4 PM Sponsored Judy Weiner Tickets are $25 per reading or $120 for an all-access pass that includes admission to five readings plus the playwright’s panel. To purchase an ALL ACCESS PASS please call 239-332-4488 or visit our box-office A moving and humor-filled portrait of women […]

PlayLab: Playwright’s Panel

Historic Arcade Theatre

Playwright Panel - May 7 at 6:30 PM Sponsored by Dr. Susan B Herbel During Florida Rep’s PlayLab Festival, each playwrights works with a professional director and cast of actors and receives 15 hours to workshop and develop their piece before it has one public reading during the intensive weekend festival.  The festival culminates with […]

PlayLab: TEN MINUTES ON A BENCH

Historic Arcade Theatre

by Kenneth Jones Friday, May 3 | 7 PM Sponsored by Judy Weiner A dating app called “Ten Minutes on a Bench” is the latest match-making craze, placing singles on a park bench to find common ground. The clock is ticking, but there’s no limit to the variety of quirky, heartbreaking, and humane conversations between a couple dozen characters looking for […]

PlayLab: MINDING MISS MAE MAE

Historic Arcade Theatre

by Phillip Christian Smith Saturday, May 4 | 2 PM Sponsored by Susan B Herbel Barbara is Miss Mae Mae’s home health aide. When Barbara’s son Jordan, a TV star, comes home ravaged by drug addiction, the women form their own unconventional rehab to detox him – so he can be ready for the next season of his TV show. Barbara believes in tough love; […]

PlayLab: HOW IT FEELS TO FALL FROM THE SKY

Historic Arcade Theatre

by Dominic Finocchiaro Saturday, May 4 | 7 PM Sponsored by Gail McClure After witnessing a woman plummet from the sky, five strangers in New York form a support group to process what they saw. How it Feels to Fall from the Sky is a melancholic dramedy about loneliness, loss, and the unending possibility of salvation inside human connection. In this […]

PlayLab: ROOM 1214

Historic Arcade Theatre

by Michelle Kholos Brooks Sunday, May 5 | 4 PM Sponsored by Lee Moore & Dee Whited On Valentine’s Day 2018, a nineteen-year-old boy walked into his former high school in Florida with an assault rifle. He killed fourteen students, three teachers, and injured seventeen more. Some of the worst damage was done when he shot into a Holocaust history class as […]

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