Players Circle Announces Season Lineup

AND AS WE CROSS OVER THE CAPE CORAL BRIDGE INTO FORT MYERS, ANOTHER PRODUCTION COMPANY IS KICKING OFF ITS NEW SEASON THIS WEEK SINCE MOVING INTO THE NEW LOCATION OFF MCGREGOR BOULEVARD THE PEOPLE OF PLAYERS CIRCLE THEATRE HAVE USED THEIR AND AMID LOCATION TO LAUNCH A VERY BIG PRODUCTIONS. AND WGCUS JENNIFER CRAWFORD LEARNED ABOUT THERE UPCOMING SLATE FEATURING SHOWS THAT ACROSS A VARIETY OF GENRES. >> WITH A PREVIEW OF THE 2026 2027 THEATER SEASON. I'M NOW JOINED BY ROBERT CASTILLO PO AND TED MINDSET OF THE PLAYERS CIRCLE THEATER IN FORT MYERS. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU. >> ON SEPT. GREAT TO BE HERE. JENNIFER. >> AND THE THE SEASON KICKS OFF OCTOBER. 20TH. >> SURE DOES LIGHT ON THE SCHEDULE. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED ABOUT THIS 6 THIS SEASON. THE 7 SHOWS ARE SO VARIED AND EXCITING, BUT WE'RE OPENING UP WITH A COMEDY CALLED THE NERD AND THEN OR DOES A BRILLIANT COMEDY. THAT WAS FIRST IN LONDON WITH ROWAN BECAME THIS TO BE. BUT HE WASN'T MISSED A BEAN AND TO LEAD IN THIS. HE DID. THIS PLAYS AN ACTOR AND HE WAS PLAYING A NERD AND WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. IT WAS ALMOST THE START OF MISSED THE BEAN AND THEN WAS DONE ON BROADWAY. AND I SAW THAT BROADWAY PRODUCTION AND IT'S JUST A BRILLIANT PLAY BY GOING IN LARRY SHUE AND LARRY SHUE WAS A COMIC BRILLIANT PLAYWRIGHT WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH WHEN HE WAS 39 YEARS OLD. SO THE REAL BLOW TO THE THEATER. BUT WE ARE IN REHEARSALS AND IS REALLY NICE ARCHITECT WHOSE LIFE WAS SAVED IN VIETNAM BY A GUY. HE NEVER BET. AND THE GUY APPEARS AND HE'S THE COMPLETE A NERD AND DESTROYS THIS GUY'S LIFE. >> AND THAT OPENS OCTOBER 2 AND OCTOBER HAS REALLY GOOD SIGN BECAUSE WE'RE IN REHEARSALS FOR A WEEK AND A HALF AND WE ARE CRYING LAUGHING EVERY SINGLE. >> YEAH, IT IS JUST TOO TOO FUNNY. I MEAN, IT'S BUILT FOR ALL AUDIENCES AND I ACTUALLY GET TO PLAY THE NERD, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PROMISING FOR 41 YEARS. THAT'S ALL I GOT TO MAKE IT ON THE LINE. YEAH, NO, IT'S IT'S IT'S JUST GREAT. FINALLY GOT EVER LEFT AS MUCH AMERICA ALL. IT'S REALLY CRY. REALLY. AND YET WHEN YOU READ IT, IT'S NOT, YOU >> THERE'S SO MUCH PHYSICAL BUSINESS. BUT NOW THAT WE GOT THINGS UP AND TED IS JOINED BY 6 PROFESSIONAL ACTORS. WE'VE FLU AND SOME OF FROM NEW YORK TO PLAY ONE OF THE ROLES AND SOUNDS LIES IN ITS GOING TO BE AMAZING. AND YOU HAVE 6 OTHER SHOWS. >> WE SURE DO ON THE FULL LIFE. WONDERFUL LIFE DONE AS A RADIO PLAY. YEAH. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AROUND THE HOLIDAY SEASON, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE. A RADIO PLAY. IT'S DONE WITH LIVE FULLY SOUND EFFECTS. JUST LIKE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BACK IN THE 1940'S. AND OUR AUDIENCE IS ACTUALLY A PART OF THAT LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE TO NOT ONLY GET TO EXPERIENCE A HOLIDAY CLASSIC. YOU GET TO ACTUALLY INTERACT AND BE A PART OF BURST OF. >> IMMERSIVE TO SAY THE LEAST AWESOME. AND THEN WHAT'S NEXT? >> THEN WE'RE DOING A COMPANY CALLED SOCIAL SECURITY. THIS WILL BE THE 4TH TIME GETTING. SO ALL OF DIRECTING PLAYS COURT THOUGHT AT SOCIAL SECURITY IS WRITTEN BY THE GUY THAT WROTE BLAZING SADDLES AND THE IN-LAWS. SO THAT IS RIGHT ON THE BATTERY CELLS. YOU HOW ABSOLUTELY CRYING FUNNY IT IS. I'M DIRECTING IT. MY WIFE CARE. ELON IS STARRING IN IT. AND SO IS TED AND HIS WIFE. WE HAVE AN ENSEMBLE COMPANY. SO WE HAVE A A GROUP OF 6 OR 7 ACTORS THAT ARE IN A LOT OF OUR PLAYS. AND WHAT'S FUN ABOUT THAT IS YOU SEE THEM DO A DRAMA AND THEN YOU SEE THEM DO A COMEDY. THE NEWS, SEE THE DEW, A FARCE. SO YOU GET A REAL APPRECIATION OF ACTING WHEN YOU WATCH AN ENSEMBLE COMPANY WHEN YOU HAVE A VERY INTIMATE THEATERS. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. WE LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'RE BIG ENOUGH TO SERVE YOU SMALL ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU. >> AND HAVING THAT ENSEMBLE OF ACTORS, WE ACTUALLY DO KNOW EVERY ONE OF OUR GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE, EVERY ONE OF OUR PATRONS, THEY'RE LIKE FAMILY TO US. SO THAT'S WHAT WE SAY. WE SAY COME JOIN THE FAMILY, JOIN THE CIRCLE AND PART OF THAT INTIMACY IS WHAT MAKES THAT COME TO LIGHT. >> WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE WE WANT TO TOUCH ON A FLORIDA ROUNDUP. >> WELL, MARJORIE FOR ALL THE SHOWS THIS YEAR. THAT'S THE ONE I'M MOST EXCITED. MARJORIE PRIME IS A SHOW ABOUT AI. IT'S ABOUT AN ELDERLY WOMAN AND SHE'S AT THE END, THE REAL LIFE AND A DAUGHTER AND SON LAURA TAKING CARE OF HER AND THEY HIRE THEY. THEY CREATE AN AI ROBOT OF AI 2. BE HUSBAND WHO DIED 30 YEARS EARLIER TO KEEP A COMPANY. SO THEY FEED IN MEMORIES. BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLAY. I CANT BELIEVE WE HAVE THE RIGHTS TO IT BECAUSE IT JUST CLOSED ON BROADWAY IN FEBRUARY WE APPLIED FOR THE RIGHTS AND I CAN'T BELIEVE NO OF THE THEATER GOT IT AS IT'S SEE IT IN THIS SUMMIT. >> THE TIMING IS PERFECT. YEAH, OH, IT COULDN'T BE MORE TIMELY AND IT'S INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS PRODUCE A WIDE VARIETY OF ON THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE END OF THE SPECTRUM WILL BE DOING STEVE MARTIN'S BLUEGRASS MUSICAL BRIGHT STAR, WHICH IS REALLY I MEAN, LISTEN, WHO DOESN'T LOVE STEVE MARTIN, RIGHT? BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS A GREAT PLAY, RIGHT? AND HE LOVES BLUEGRASS MUSIC. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN HIM WITH THE BANJO. WILL THIS PRODUCTION TAKES PLACE IN THE ROUND AGAIN, SLIGHTLY IMMERSIVE. THAT WAS REALLY COOL AS WE HAVE ACTOR MUSICIANS INVOLVED AS WELL. THE MUSIC IS JUST CERTAIN. THE STORIES VERY TOUCHING, ITS TOLD ARE 2 DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS. VERY UNIQUE. BUT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT AS YOU LEAVE UPLIFTED, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT WANT TO RISE TO YOUR FEET AND CLAP ALONG TO THE MUSIC. IT'S REALLY SPECIAL LOVE. IT MAY NOT. >> 2 OTHER. AND THEN WE EXAMINE A GREAT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT MAY BE ONE OF THE GREATEST DWIGHT D EISENHOWER. AND THIS IS A PLAY THIS. BUT VERA, ANOTHER HOT PLAY THAT'S JUST BEEN PERFORMED IN AMERICA OVER THE LAST. YEAR. AND WE ARE BRINGING THE SHOW WITH THE INCREDIBLE BROADWAY ACTOR DAVID SIGLER PLAYING DWIGHT D EISENHOWER. >> AND ONE FINAL. >> AND OF COURSE, HE WAS STILL DEAL, WHICH IS ONE THAT WE BOTH ABSOLUTELY OUR GRANNY. I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW OF, BELIEVE ME, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT. PROBABLY WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT IS. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S A COMEDY ABOUT. >> A COUPLE THERE AT THE END OF THEIR CAREER, HE'S RETIRED. THEY MOVED TO NEW YORK FROM LONG ISLAND AND HE FINDS A STRAY MOTT IN CENTRAL PARK AND HE BRINGS THEM ON HOLD WHILE THE MUD RIDGLEY WAS PLAYED BY SARAH JESSICA PARKER FROM AND THE CITY LOVE FOR ED. SO THIS IS LIKE JEALOUSY GOING ON BETWEEN THE WIFE, THE MOTT AND THE HUSBAND. IT'S JUST AGAIN, A VERY, VERY FUNNY PLAY. THE THEME OF THE SEASON IS LOT LAUGHED AND LEGACY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LEFT A WITH A NERD AND SOCIAL SECURITY. AND STILL WE HAVE LEGACY WITH MARJORIE CRIME AND EISENHOWER AND AND WE HAVE A LOVE IN SO MANY OF THE PLAYERS LOVE OF A DOG, OF COURSE. AND HOW CAN PEOPLE GET TICKETS AND FIND OUT MORE? THEY GO TO A WEBSITE PLAYERS, CIRCLE THEATER T E R DOT COM AND YOU CAN BUY SINGLE TICKETS OR SUBSCRIBE TO THE SEASON. >> WHAT AN EXCITING SEASON COMING UP. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.