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TNP Sound of Music

From February 14 - March 3, 2024 in McSpadden Hall Church of Christ. Be careful what you wish for, as Stephen
at Naples United Church of Christ, The Naples Players will Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to
highlight local talent in the form of the laugh-out-loud life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-
comedy, Laugh, Cry, Pee, Repeat! From local playwrights Patti winning musical. Into the Woods Jr. features all of your favorite
Caroli, Carole Fenstermacher, and Natalie King comes this characters — Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and
uproarious comedy about womanhood, aging, and everything his beanstalk) and the Witch — in this lyrically rich retelling
in between! No topic is off the table as these women tell it like of classic Brothers Grimm fables.
is, and was, and should be. From July 28 - 30, 2023 in McSpadden Hall at Naples
From March 13 - April 7, 2024, The Naples Players will United Church of Christ comes the classic musical, Beauty and
th
reopen the 5 Avenue building with the Mel Brooks classic the Beast, Jr. Based on the original Broadway production that
musical, The Producers, presented on the newly-renovated ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony
Kizzie Theater stage (previously Blackburn Hall) by Lake Awards, and the Academy Award winning motion picture,
Michigan Credit Union. Mel Brooks' laugh-out-loud spectacle Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr. is a fantastic adaptation of the
follows a Broadway producer and his accountant, who story of transformation and tolerance. Disney’s Beauty and the
mastermind a scheme to produce Broadway's biggest flop and Beast Jr. features some of the most popular songs ever written
exploit their investors. But when the show is an accidental by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with
smash hit, the two scramble to put it together, finding new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice.
themselves in one hilarious snafu after another. During the 2023 - 2024 Season, The Naples Players will
To complete the season, The Play that Goes Wrong will be also feature new plays by their Readers Theatre program.
presented on the Kizzie Theater stage from May 1 - 26, 2024. A Source of Innocent Merriment (October 8, 2023),
The Play that Goes Wrong welcomes you to opening night of A Day Without Laughter is a Day Wasted (November 12, 2023),
The Murder at Haversham Manor where things are quickly Annual New Play Festival (January 21, 2024), and Love is a
going from bad to utterly disastrous. With an unconscious Tenuous Adventure (April 14, 2024).
leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip If interested in auditioning for any of The Naples Players’
over everything (including their lines), it’s “TONS OF FUN productions, please keep an eye on their website
FOR ALL AGES” (HuffPost) and “COMIC GOLD” (Variety) NaplesPlayers.org for more information. Each main stage
– sure to bring down the house! production will feature a Red Carpet Opening Night outside the
theater with local sponsors, vendors, and entertainment for patrons
CEO/Artistic Director, Bryce Alexander, says, “This is an
and passersby to enjoy. Sensory friendly performances will be
exciting year for The Naples Players, and our community. Not
available for select productions and announced at a later date.
only breaking ground on our renovation but continuing to
Season tickets are on sale at the TNP Box Office. Season Ticket
serve our community as we build a new home. We have chosen
holders to Season 70 get first choice of seats in the renovated
a season that reflects our current state of celebrating where we Kizzie Theatre. Please note that KidzAct performances go on sale
come from while anticipating where we will go and we hope April 3, 2023.
audiences feel that too.” Those interested can visit NaplesPlayers.org anytime or call the
The Naples Players is also pleased to announce their TNP Box Office at 239-263-7990.
education season! From June 23 - 25, 2023, Into the Woods,
Jr. will be presented in McSpadden Hall at Naples United

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