'Flatlanders' now playing at Players Circle Theater
Players Circle Theater, along with the playwright of "Flatlanders," Bruce Graham, joined Gulf Coast News to help us dive deeper into this new comic romp.
'Flatlanders' now playing at Players Circle Theater
Players Circle Theater, along with the playwright of "Flatlanders," Bruce Graham, joined Gulf Coast News to help us dive deeper into this new comic romp.
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Updated: 10:20 AM EDT Mar 14, 2025
COAST WEATHER. >> WE GET READY TO GET STUCK IN A BLIZZARD. THE PLAYERS CIRCLE THEATRE'S TAKING YOUR THE POCONOS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN FROM ARAFAT LANDERS. BUT WILL YOU BE ABLE TO WEATHER THIS STORM THIS MORNING? WE HAVE A CASIO, BUT WE HAVE OF KIMBERLY AND PLAYWRIGHT BRUCE GRAHAM. YOU'RE THE ULTIMATE HAS NOT BEEN ON THE SHOW. BRUCE, WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. FIRST TIME. THINK? YEAH. THIS IS EXCITING TO TALK ABOUT THIS SHOW >> TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IF YOU A MARRIED COUPLE IN PHILLY AND A THEATER IN PHILLY ASKED ME TO WRITE THEM UP LIKE THEIR OLD FRIENDS AND NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER MARRIED COUPLE ARE A WHOLE DIFFERENT MATTER I KNOW THEM FROM NEW JERSEY. SO ALWAYS FASCINATED WITH HOW THE FACT THAT WE DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER MUCH ANYMORE WITH TEXT AND THEY LEAVE MESSAGES AND E-MAIL. BUT SITTING DOWN ACTUALLY HAVING A CALMING. I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 43 YEARS. SO I'VE BEEN TOLD TO SIT DOWN NUMBER, SAY YOU, LISTEN, WELL, WELL TRAINED. AND SO THAT'S REALLY. AND SO I HAD TO PUT CHARACTERS INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF FORCE NO TV. THERE'S NO NETFLIX. THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW YOUR PHONES, IT'S JUST THEM. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE INSPIRATION. NO RIGHT TO RIGHT. AND YOU FRIENDS THAT WE HAVE. A BUDDY OF DROVE HIS CAR OFF THE ROAD UP IN THE POCONOS, BROKE INTO A TRAILER. ONLY IT WAS NOT A NICE HOUSE LIKE THEY BREAK. IT'S A COMEDY YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THIS TERRIBLE OVER. IT'S OVER AND THEY BREAK INTO A VERY NICE THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT SHOW. I KNOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY COMEDIC AND BODY ALWAYS LIKE TO BRING DIFFERENT A NEW THEATER EXPERIENCE IS HERE TO TELL. WELL, IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING DO SOMETHING NEW. I MEAN, I THINK ALL THE ALL THEATERS, A SORT DOING A SHOW THAT'S BEEN ON 1000 TIMES IN 500 TIMES AT TO DO THE SECOND PRODUCTION OF A PLAY IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT. AND I DO THINK IT'S ABOUT MARRIAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. >> YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S FUN THAT YOU WROTE FOR A MARRIED COUPLE. I SEE A LOT OF YOU AND YOUR WIFE OR THE AT ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW. YOU'RE A LOT YOUNGER WE DID. WE DID A READING OF THIS PLAY FOR A SMALL SELECT GROUP OF PEOPLE AND WHAT SOLD ME ON DOING. IT IS ONE OF THE MARRIAGE COUPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU THE THINGS THEY DON'T LIKE ABOUT EACH OTHER. YOU LEAVE DRAWS OPEN. YOU LEAVE LIGHTS ICE. OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS LIKE NOT WHY THAT HAS BEEN NUDGING. I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK. I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD THINK ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY IPHONES COMPUTERS WOULD MAKE OUR LIFE EASIER, RIGHT. BUT AS BRUCE SAID, WE'RE NOT TALKING TO EACH OTHER. SO THIS COUPLE IS FORCED TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AND IT REALLY BE IF I WOULD EVEN CALL IT A ROMANTIC COMEDY, OK, I CALL IT A ROMANCE THAT I THINK AND ROMANCES. IT WILL DRILL LIKE GOOD THINGS. DON'T ALWAYS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE. ROMANCE IS THEY DO. AT OF THE END, WE SEE THE BLOSSOMING OF THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 8 YEARS TO GUYS WELL, SEASONED ACTORS CAUSE IT TO PLAY THIS. AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN AND OBVIOUSLY. >> I COULD SEE WHAT YOUR CAST AND MAKE SENSE. I MEAN, IT'S A BLAST SAYING GETTING TO WORK WITH MY HUSBAND STAGE. WE'VE NEVER DONE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN IN A PLAY AND WE'RE INVENTION FIRES EARLIER THIS SEASON PLAYING OPPOSITE EACH OTHER. >> BUT THIS JUST BEING THE 2 OF US. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN SO GREAT YOU GET TO LIVE WITH YOUR SCENE PARTNER. IT'S GREAT FOR REHEARSAL PURPOSES. YEAH, I CAN RUN LINES. YEAH. ACTUALLY, IT'S A IT WHERE THERE ANY CHALLENGES WITH IT WITH YOU BEING AN ACTUAL MARRIED COUPLE TRYING TO PORTRAY SOMEONE ELSE? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK ACTUALLY HELPED A LOT OF WAYS. AND STRANGELY ENOUGH, SOME OF WHAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP WITH COMMUNICATING. >> BEING IN THIS PRODUCTION, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WHAT IS GOING TO BE A 4 YEAR-OLD AND LIKE A MATTER OF WEEKS, RIGHT? THIS PRODUCTION ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO COMMUNICATE AND MAKE MORE EYE CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE PRODUCTION THAT WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IS ART IMITATING LIFE RIGHT THAT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S IT'S REALLY FUN AND FRESH AND MODERN. AND I LOVE THAT TO HOW I KNOW YOU GUYS DID PREVIEWS. HOW IS THE AUDIENCE RESPONSE BEEN GANG BUSTERS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YEAH, HE'S LOVING AND THERE'S A LOT OF PHYSICAL COMEDY, TOO, WHICH IS GREAT. A LITTLE BIT OF SLAPSTICK IN THERE, WHICH BRUCE IS GREAT AT WHICH WE LOVE DOING ITS COULD BUT YOU CAN TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THEATER BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SNOW BIRDS THAT ARE DOWN HERE. MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T POST GREAT. WELL, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW MY HISTORY. WE STARTED THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL FIELD IN THIS AREA. 92 ON SANIBEL. >> THEN RAN UP. >> FLORIDA REP FOR 20 YEARS AND THEN WE CREATED THIS THEATER. BUT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION MCGREGOR BOULEVARD AND IT IS JUST A LOVELY THEATER. I'VE RUN 40500 THEATERS. I RUN 90 SEAT THEATERS. THIS IS ABOUT 135 SEATS. BUT PEOPLE LOVE BEING MOST. THERE'S NOTHING CAN REPLACE THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING, YOU KNOW, 10 FEET FROM ACTOR TO BEING TO 3 ROWS. FROM THE BACK THAT INTIMACY IS JUST GREAT AT THE LOCATION. OPPOSITE THE LANDINGS, GOLF, BOB OR THAT'S THE AND YEAH, WALK. IT'S A GREAT IT'S GREAT LOCATION FOR SHIRTS OFF FOREVER. FOREVER HOME. OKAY. HOW CAN WE CHECK IT OUT AND HOW CAN WE GET TICKETS? GO TO PLAY YOUR CIRCLE DOT COM OR YOU CAN CALL US OFF BAD 2, 3, 9, 832 92 OR JUST LET ME SOMEBODY ON THE WAY OUT AND THERE YOU GO. THAT WORKS THIS INFO AS WELL ON OUR GULF COAST NEWS APP. YOU CAN FIND IT THERE BREAK A LEG. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU GUYS. AND THANKS FOR BEIN
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'Flatlanders' now playing at Players Circle Theater
Players Circle Theater, along with the playwright of "Flatlanders," Bruce Graham, joined Gulf Coast News to help us dive deeper into this new comic romp.
Get ready to get stuck in a blizzard. The Players Circle Theater in Fort Myers is taking to the Poconos in the southeastern premiere of "Flatlanders." But will you be able to weather this storm?Robert Cacioppo, Artistic Director at Players Circle Theater, along with actors Ted Wioncek III and Kimberly Suskind and the playwright of "Flatlanders," Bruce Graham, joined Gulf Coast News to help us dive deeper into this new comic romp.The story starts when a car gets stuck in a blizzard. To survive, a couple breaks into a cabin belonging to total strangers. They discover secrets about their hosts and each other."Flatlanders" is playing from March 14 to April 6. They are offering evening shows at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays through Saturdays. There are also matinee shows at 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets start at $40.For more information, visit the Players Circle Theater online.
FORT MYERS, Fla. —
Get ready to get stuck in a blizzard. The Players Circle Theater in Fort Myers is taking to the Poconos in the southeastern premiere of "Flatlanders." But will you be able to weather this storm?
Robert Cacioppo, Artistic Director at Players Circle Theater, along with actors Ted Wioncek III and Kimberly Suskind and the playwright of "Flatlanders," Bruce Graham, joined Gulf Coast News to help us dive deeper into this new comic romp.
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The story starts when a car gets stuck in a blizzard. To survive, a couple breaks into a cabin belonging to total strangers. They discover secrets about their hosts and each other.
"Flatlanders" is playing from March 14 to April 6. They are offering evening shows at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays through Saturdays. There are also matinee shows at 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets start at $40.