Cape Cafe Dessert Theatre

Producing Artistic Director Joe Simonelli has announced the closing of Cape Café Dessert Theatre in Cape Coral. Citing sparse ticket sales, the theater will close permanently as of January 1.

WGCU details the 19 Christmas shows onstage this holiday season at Southwest Florida community and equity theaters from Marco Island to Sarasota.

This week, four shows open, five close, 11 continue their runs and there are three limited engagements at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

This week, four shows open, five close, 11 continue their runs and there are three limited engagements at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

'The Spirit of Bay Manor' opens at the Cape Café Dessert Theatre on Oct. 4 and will be performed every weekend through Nov. 2.

This week, two shows open, four shows close and four shows continue their runs at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

This week, one show opens, two shows close and six shows continue their runs at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

This week, three shows open, five shows continue their runs and there is one limited engagement at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.

"BackStage Broads" is the latest comedy by Joe Simonelli and Lori Sigrist. The play is about a 60-something woman who inherits a vacant theater from her uncle and decides to revive it with the help of three of her neighbors. She doesn’t have much money, so they have to build the set themselves. And to save on licensing fees, she hires a director who’s written a musical loosely based on George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion.”

This week, one show opens, six close, three continue their runs and there are five limited engagements at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters.