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2015-2016 Season Pass
Your season pass will gain you one seat at each of the following shows, plus a seat at all staged readings and special events! Save $88 by purchasing a Season Pass today! Once you Check Out, you will be prompted to select your seats through the BrownPaperTickets seat reservation system.
CALENDAR GIRLS
Oct 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17
By Tim Firth
A women's group focuses mainly on the ancient arts of jam-making, flower-pressing and crafts until one of its members loses her husband to lymphoma. The ladies have photos of themselves taken for a calendar to raise money for the local cancer ward. This charming and "cheeky" play shows slightly-prudish women doing whatever it takes to help a friend in need.
"The play induces a few tears along with the joy and laughter" - The British Theatre Guide
"It has heart, lots of genuine emotion and true sentimentality." - National Business Review
Some adult language, nudity.
STAGE KISS
Nov 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21
By Sarah Ruhl
When a bitter former real-life couple is united onstage to play romantic leads, the lines between illusion and reality are blurred. Is it love or just hormones? Sarah Ruhl gives us another hilarious and quirky comedy that is both clever and profound.
"CRITIC'S PICK. Suffused with warmth and humor." New York Times
"FOUR STARS. Sarah Ruhl delivers a brilliant comedy that aims for big laughs and hits its target. Funny: There's nothing like it." New York Post
Adult language, mature situations.
24-hour Playwriting Project
Dec 5
Five playwrights will bring their sleeping bags and coffee mugs to Lab Theater, where they will be assigned a theme and a director and actors. Within just twenty-four hours, you will see the fruits of their labor when we stage all five 15-minute one-act plays. Judged by a panel of area theater and arts professionals.
A hugely popular event, your season ticket will gain you entry!
Some adult language.
THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES
Dec 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20
By Jeff Goode
"When a doe says no, it means no." Comet, Dancer and the other reindeer react to charges of sexual harassment levied against Santa in this smart and scandalous holiday show.
"Arrestingly funny." - Village Voice
"THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES is a fun and laugh out loud alternative to the normal holiday offerings. " - Behind the Curtain
Strong adult language, mature situations.
THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN
Jan 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23
By Eric Coble
Alexandra has barricaded herself into her NYC brownstone with enough Molotov cocktails to take out the block. She is an 80-year-old artist who demands her independence while her family insists it is time to move into an assisted living facility. When her estranged son returns to mediate the situation, their past love and pain make for beautiful and wickedly funny theater.
"Bracing, honest, and often deliciously funnyAnyone who's even reached the crest of middle age will have an innate feeling for this admirably drawn woman." The New York Times.
"Sublime and penetrating." Variety.
Some adult language.
ART Feb 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27
By Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton
Serge, Marc and Yvan find their previously solid 15-year friendship on shaky ground when Serge buys an expensive painting. The canvas is white, with a few white lines. The play focuses on the meaning of art as well as the meaning of friendship, to both the man who bought the painting and the two friends who come to see it.
Winner of the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play.
Winner of the 1996 Olivier Award for Best Comedy.
"A nonstop cross-fire of crackling language, serious issues of life and art expressed in outbursts that sound like Don Rickles with a degree from the Sorbonne. Reza is a fiendishly clever writer. 'ART' sounds like a marriage of Molière and Woody Allen." -Newsweek.
Some adult language.
BAD JEWS
Mar 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26
By Joshua Harmon
The day after their grandfather's funeral, three cousins in their 20s argue about family, legacy, and what it is to be a "good Jew." The argument is hilarious with a serious undertone about the place of faith in the lives of all young people today. Thought-provoking and vividly funny.
"Critic's Pick. There's nothing like a death in the family to bring out the worst in people. This unhappy truth is displayed with delectably savage humor in 'Bad Jews,' a zesty play by Joshua Harmon...[;;that is];; THE BEST COMEDY OF THE SEASON." - The New York Times
Some adult language.
RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION PLAY
Mar 31, Apr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
By The Laboratory Theater of Florida ensemble
Young people aged 12-22 who self-identify as lesbian, gay, transgender or bisexual will work with Lab Theater educators to tell their stories through song, short scenes, poetry and monologues. This show will be the result of many months of workshops with the Visuality youth group and local GSAs.
Some adult language.
TWELFTH NIGHT
Apr 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, May 1, 5, 6, 7
By William Shakespeare, adapted by Annette Trossbach
Orsino is infatuated with Olivia, but she is interested in the messenger-boy Orsino sends to plead his case. Unfortunately, the "boy," Cesario, isn't a boy at all! And, to complicate things further, she's in love with Orsiono! This comedy is full of the best of Shakespeare's characters including narcissists, cross-dressers, drunks and even a Puritan!
Mature situations.
NOTE: For information on any show's adult language, mature content, nudity, simulated smoking, or more, please visit individual show pages or visit our website.
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LocationThe Laboratory Theater of Florida (View)
1634 Woodford Ave
Fort Myers, FL 33901
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 14 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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