Fringe Fort Myers

For the third consecutive year, Cypress Lake High School students will take part in the Fort Myers Fringe Festival. The first of their two fringe productions is “Why Won’t Zee Quack?” a children’s show by local playwright Wayne Keller about a nonverbal duck. The other is "Elektra, A Modern Retelling."

The fourth annual Fort Myers Fringe culminates, May 31, 2026, with a special closing performance of “Josephine: A burlesque cabaret dream play,” honoring the life of dancer, singer, actress, spy, and civil rights activist Josephine Baker. We will delve into the performance in a conversation with the show’s co-creator and star Tymisha Harris.

This week, three shows open, four close and four continue their runs at Southwest Florida equity and community theaters, plus the 4th Annual Fort Myers Fringe Festival takes place at the Off Broadway Palm and Florida Repertory Theatre.

The 4th Annual Fort Myers Fringe Festival takes place May 28-31. In the past, the shows included in the festival were chosen by lottery. This year, Fringe founder Bill Taylor picked the shows himself. “All these shows I have seen,” said Taylor. “I can personally guarantee these are fabulous shows.”

The third annual Fringe Fort Myers runs May 29 – June 1, 2025. Ahead of the opening “Flamingle with the Artists” at the Alliance for the Arts, we talk with one of this year’s nine featured performers, Dawn Truax, about her one-woman show “Genius, Madness and Murder: Tales of the Scandalous Family of John Wilkes Booth.”

Stage 2 Improv is one of nine performers taking part in the 3rd Annual Fringe Fort Myers. The troupe is looking forward to shows on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Foulds Theatre at the Alliance for the Arts, plus a 5-to-7-minute preview following Thursday evening's Flamingle reception.

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

Fringe returns to Fort Myers next month. As in the past, this year’s Fringe Fort Myers will feature nine shows. But this year, shows will only be performed in the Foulds Theatre at the Alliance for the Arts and the Off Broadway Palm at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre.

Sometimes there's more drama backstage at a burlesque show than on the boards. That's why Carousel of Burlesque creators Pixel Winters and Freckles Galore are taking audiences "behind the curtain" at this year's Fringe Fort Myers.

The second annual Fringe Fort Myers returns May 30 – June 2. The four-day festival includes a wide array of performances from independent, experimental and alternative artists from all over the world. We get a preview from festival organizer and founder Bill Taylor. We also hear from featured performer Keith Alessi about the true experiences that inspired his one-man show “Tomatoes Tried To Kill Me But Banjoes Saved My Life.”