2025-2026 SEASON
CELEBRATING OVER 30 YEARS OF THEATRE EXCELLENCE
Join us for an unforgettable final season from the Classics to the Cutting Edge
SUMMER SHOWS AT OFF BROADWAY PALM

Eula Mae's Beauty, Bait & Tackle
JUNE 5 - 8, 2025
Off Broadway Palm
Set in Odeopolis, Alabama, Eula Mae left the rodeo circuit and built her own business, Eula Mae's Beauty, Bait and Tackle–formerly Eula Mae's Bait and Tackle, but changed to accommodate the towns need for an "all-in-one shop." This is not to mention facilitating Rita Mae Raspberry's sixth consecutive fruitless campaign to become Miss Alabama.
This year, she's aimin' to win. As Rita Mae says, "You have to want that crown Body and Soul." After all, Miss Alabama is not just another pageant. It won't happen, however, if the interview, swimsuit, and talent competitions have anything to say about it. Helping the facade are all the colorful characters that made the play an institution in Atlanta.
Tickets: General admission
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The 39 Steps
JUNE 13 - 22, 2025
Preview: June 12
Off Broadway Palm
The 39 Steps is a stage play adapted by Patrick Barlow from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name. The play follows the story of Richard Hannay, a man who finds himself caught up in a dangerous and exciting adventure.
Set in 1930s England, the play begins with Hannay attending a dull evening at the theater. His evening takes an unexpected turn when he meets a mysterious woman who asks to accompany him back to his flat. Later that night, she reveals that she is a spy and has uncovered a plot to steal important military secrets. However, when she is murdered in Hannay's flat, he becomes the prime suspect and must go on the run to clear his name.
As Hannay tries to unravel the conspiracy, he encounters a series of eccentric characters, including a crofter's wife, a saleswoman, and a Scottish police officer. Along the way, he is pursued by both the police and the spies and must use all his cunning and wit to evade capture.
The play is famous for its fast-paced action and slapstick humor, with the actors switching between multiple characters at a rapid pace. The show's inventive staging includes shadow puppets and clever use of sound effects to create the illusion of car chases, airplane crashes, and other action-packed moments.
Tickets: $35 general admission
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Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life
JULY 10 - 13, 2025
Off Broadway Palm
After touring across Canada, the UK and the US, garnering numerous five star reviews, the inspiring Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life is back. A one-man show with an inspirational true story about overcoming obstacles, pursuing one's passions, and the healing power of music. Sold out Off-Broadway in 2019. Playing banjos, telling jokes, and healing hearts!
Special Charity Event
50% of sales from this show go to cancer nonprofits in Southwest Florida.
Nonprofit Partners
- United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades Counties - A volunteer organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for all people in our community. All of the money raised stays right here in our community.
- Barbara's Friends—Golisano Children's Hospital Cancer Fund - Provides resources to fulfill the treatment and educational needs of pediatric oncology and hematology patients at Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida.
- ACMA (American Community Music Association) - Provides a venue for nationally touring artists, many award winning performers in the national and international Americana/Folk community.
- The Acoustic Music Society of Southwest Florida - A 501c3 non-profit community supported music organization doing business as Palmgrass. We host bluegrass music events primarily in Lee and Collier counties in southwest Florida.
- One more nonprofit to be announced
Tickets: $40 general admission
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Escaped Alone
JULY 18 - 26, 2025
Preview: July 17
Off Broadway Palm
Three old friends and a neighbour. A summer of afternoons in the backyard. Tea and catastrophe. Caryl Churchill's Escaped Alone is a by turns hilarious and harrowing, exploratory, and utterly relevant play by a modern playwriting master.
Tickets: $25 general admission
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OOPS We're A Troupe Improv: A Haunted Improv Musical
AUGUST 1, 2025 at 7:30PM
Off Broadway Palm
Join us for an unforgettable night of comedy as our improv troupe presents "A Haunted Improv Musical" - where spooky meets silly in an entirely improvised performance!

Katelyn and Jules in Concert
AUGUST 2, 2025 at 7:30PM
Off Broadway Palm
Experience an intimate evening of music with talented performers Katelyn and Jules as they bring their unique sound to our stage for one night only.

Sharing the Same Umbrella
AUGUST 22 - 31, 2025
Matinee on August 31
Off Broadway Palm
A World Premiere production! This exciting new work by playwright Wayne Keller is currently being rewritten. Join us for this powerful and engaging theatrical experience.
Tickets: $35 general admission
GET TICKETS NOWFALL SHOWS AT CALUSA NATURE CENTER AND PLANETARIUM

MUTTNIK
NOVEMBER 7 - 8, 2025 at 7:30PM
NOVEMBER 9, 2025 at 4:00PM
Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium
In November of 1957, Soviet scientists sent the first living thing into space; a stray dog. MUTTNIK is a "one dog play" that draws from historical events to create a story of purpose, life, and death told from the perspective of a Russian pup.
Written and performed by Bruce Ryan Costella, MUTTNIK debuted at 2018 Orlando Fringe and enjoyed multiple sell-out performances and received an Orlando Fringe Critic's Choice Award.
Special Benefit Performance
A fundraiser for the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium
WINTER SHOWS AT THE LAB THEATER

Clown Bar Christmas
Evening Shows (7:30PM):
Dec 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 2025
Matinees (2:00PM):
Dec 7, 13, 14, 21, 2025
The Lab Theater
The clowns have all come home for the holidays! Set before the events of Clown Bar, Clown Bar Christmas tells the story of clowns... in a bar... at Christmas.
There's more to it, but you'll have to venture into the seedy underbelly of clown crime to see for yourself.
Note: This play is not appropriate for children.
Tickets: $35 general admission
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Candy Roberts is Larry
Evening Shows (7:30PM):
Jan 8, 9, 10, 2026
Matinee (2:00PM):
Jan 11, 2026
The Lab Theater
Award-winning Canadian Clown Artist Candice Roberts assumes her alter ego in this daring and comedic piece about one dude's hilarious attempt at self-improvement. With rock and roll, a little life-couching, and a dip into his own psyche, Larry uncovers a little more than anyone expected.
Culled lovingly from the male archetypes that surrounded her during her upbringing, LARRY helps Candice compassionately examine the limitations of the gender binary, aging as a woman in society, and the complexities of being human.
This show is for anyone who is, or knows a woman. Gear-down Big-Rig, you just might bust a gut and shed a tear!
Tickets: $30 general admission
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Two Trains Running
Evening Shows (7:30PM):
Feb 20, 21, 26, 27
March 5, 6, 7
Matinees (2:00PM):
Feb 22, 28
March 1, 8
The Lab Theater
The 8th play in August Wilson's renowned "Pittsburgh Cycle." Set in 1969, Two Trains Running is about racial tensions in the Civil Rights era, as argued over by regulars at a soon-to-be-demolished diner, including a waitress, an ex-convict and a 322-year-old sage.
In a decade that held so much promise, the Civil Rights movement does not hold center stage in Wilson's play, but rather simply a cameo: a rights rally offstage, a short exchange about Malcolm X. Two Trains Running almost solely revolves around one subject: money. The weekly numbers game, the price that Memphis can acquire for his building as the neighborhood gentrifies, and West's financial success are all topics of conversation.
This juxtaposition between the lofty ideals of the sixties and the reality of Black hardship demonstrates Wilson's genius. His characters anxiously grapple with value: of money, of culture, of rights, of freedom. In Memphis' own words: "Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to it and hope your back hold up. And if you around here looking for justice, you got a long wait."
Tickets: $35 general admission
GET TICKETS NOWFORT MYERS' TOP PROFESSIONAL THEATRE COMPANY
Theatre Conspiracy at the Alliance for the Arts is Southwest Florida's premier professional theatre company, presenting innovative and thought-provoking performances in Fort Myers since 1995. Our productions take place at multiple venues across the region for our 2025-2026 season, allowing audiences in Lee County an up-close experience with exceptional acting, directing, and production values.
As a leader in the SWFL arts community, we're proud to showcase both contemporary works and classics, presenting thought-provoking productions that challenge and entertain our audiences. Our annual New Play Contest is one of the longest-running in the country, bringing world premieres to Florida's Gulf Coast.
Looking for professional live theatre near Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, Cape Coral, Estero, or Naples? Theatre Conspiracy performances take place at the Off Broadway Palm, The Lab Theater, Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium, and other venues around Southwest Florida. Call 239-936-3239 for more information about our current season, auditions, or to purchase tickets.
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