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ANNOUNCING TNP'S 2017-2018 SEASON
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The Naples Players is ready to announce our 2017-2018 season and we want you to be the first to know! This year's exciting season includes family classics, daring adventures, and electrifying story telling. With our Exclusive Tobye productions, you can access the boldest plays, personal talkbacks, and stimulating special engagements. With our Blackburn Hall productions, you can enjoy your favorite classics, new adventures, and heartfelt journeys. There's something for everyone, and there are savings for all.
This year's subscriptions are the best yet! Current subscribers have the opportunity to renew their subscriptions by February 28, 2017 to guarantee the best seats.
CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS: Subscription renewal forms are in the mail and you should receive them any day. When you renew your subscription, you are guaranteed the best available ticket prices to see great theatre for less (up to $60 savings on our full season of shows), but your subscription also allows The Naples Players to serve more students, reach new audiences, and achieve new success.
NEW this year, as a subscriber you can purchase unlimited tickets throughout the year for friends, family, or colleagues at your guaranteed low subscriber rate!
Not to mention the other fantastic perks including first choice seating, free ticket exchanges and the new benefit of priority Tobye seating and subscriber bar access. Show descriptions and dates are provided in this email. Renew your 5-show "PREFERRED" subscription or upgrade to our "PREMIER" subscription series and enjoy every show in our season!
NOT A SUBSCRIBER YET? No problem. Watch for emails and information on how to sign up as a new subscriber beginning March 1, 2017. Individual tickets go on sale September 2017.
Our subscription chart can help you choose the subscription series that's best for you. Please call us with any questions, we are happy to help you renew your subscription and find the package that is best for you - (239) 263-7990.
Our sincere appreciation to each of you who make contributions with your subscriptions. As you know, our mission is to provide quality theatre at an affordable price. Because ticket sales only cover 65% of our costs, your contributions are critical to our success. We have the best subscribers in Florida, and we are glad to extend our best prices to YOU to say "thanks." We are excited for you to join us again this year, and thankful for your support.
All my best,
Bryce Alexander
Artistic Director
The Naples Players
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SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL
Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Glenn Slater, Book by Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner, Additional Book Material by Douglas Carter Beane, Based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture, Sister Act, written by Joseph Howard
JUNE 29 - JULY 30, 2017
BLACKBURN HALL
A fun musical comedy full of dancing and great music! When disco-diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a murder, she is put in protective custody in a convent! Disguised as a nun, she finds herself at odds with both the rigid lifestyle and uptight Mother Superior. Using her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir, Deloris breathes new life into the church and community but, in doing so, blows her cover.
ENTERTAINING & UPLIFTING - A FAMILY FRIENDLY MUSICAL
Tickets: $45 Adults, Students/Educators $10
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SHE KILLS MONSTERS
By Qui Nguyen
OCTOBER 11 - NOVEMBER 5, 2017
BLACKBURN HALL
She Kills Monsters transports you into the world of the Dungeons & Dragons playbook left behind by Tilly Evans when she dies suddenly at the age of 15. A high-octane dramatic comedy packed with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, action, wit, and some of the nerdiest and most heroic characters to be found outside of a video game. Tilly's sister Agnes loses herself in her sister's game to reclaim their connection. Acclaimed young playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.
DARING & FUN - COMEDY
Tickets: $40 Adults, Students/Educators $10
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MAPLE & VINE - DRAMA
By Jordan Harrison
OCTOBER 25 - NOVEMBER 19, 2017
TOBYE STUDIO EXCLUSIVE
Katha and Ryu have become allergic to their 21st-century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950s re-enactors, they forsake cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. In this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors - and they themselves - are willing to sacrifice for happiness.
CLEVER & SHARP - DRAMA
Tickets: $40 Adults, Students/Educators $10
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MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET - THE MUSICAL
Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson
Book by Meredith Willson
NOVEMBER 29 - DECEMBER 23, 2017
BLACKBURN HALL
A Holiday tradition. Based on the movie of the same name,
Miracle On 34th Street features a book and score by Meredith Willson. Single mother Doris Walker doesn't want her six-year-old's head filled with romantic notions. Their neighbor Fred Gailey tries to woo Doris by taking her daughter to see Santa Claus at Macy's. Doris is not impressed, but when it turns out Macy's Santa may in fact be the real Kris Kringle, a wave of love spreads across New York City that melts even the most cynical of hearts.
TRADITIONAL & WARM - FAMILY-FRIENDLY MUSICAL
Tickets: $45 Adults, Students/Educators $10
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CHARLES IVES TAKE ME HOME
By Jessica Dickey
JANUARY 17 - FEBUARY 11, 2018
BLACKBURN HALL
A father's love of music and a daughter's passion for basketball are at odds; thankfully they have modernist composer Charles Ives playing referee. Dissonance, defense, and devotion are explored in the poignant and comedic story of
Charles Ives Take Me Home.
POIGNANT & ELOQUENT -
FAMILY-FRIENDLY DRAMA
Tickets: $40 Adults, Students/Educators $10
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RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN
By Gina Gionfriddo
FEBRUARY 7 - MARCH 4, 2018
TOBYE STUDIO EXCLUSIVE
After grad school, Catherine and Gwen chose opposite paths. Catherine built a career as a rockstar academic, while Gwen built a home with her husband and children. Decades later, unfulfilled in contrasting ways, each woman covets the other's life, commencing a dangerous game of musical chairs-the prize being Gwen's husband. With searing insight and trademark wit, this comedy is an unflinching look at gender politics in the wake of 20th-century feminist ideals.
SMART & SCATHING -
DRAMA
Tickets: $40 Adults, Students/Educators $10
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THE MUSIC MAN - MUSICAL
Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Willson, Based on a story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey
MARCH 7 - APRIL 8, 2018
BLACKBURN HALL
Funny, warm, romantic, and touching,
The Music Man is family entertainment at its best. Meredith Willson's six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 and is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation.
The Music Man follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that he vows to organize. When he falls for the librarian, his plans to skip town with the cash are foiled.
FUNNY & TOUCHING - FAMILY-FRIENDLY MUSICAL
Tickets: $45 Adults, Students/Educators $10
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KALAMAZOO
By Michelle Kholos Brooks and Kelly Younger
MARCH 28 - APRIL 22, 2018
TOBYE STUDIO EXCLUSIVE
Peg and Irv, two quirky but endearing baby-boomers, bravely venture into the world of modern dating. But when these opposites attract, they discover love isn't any easier the second time around. Winner of the Riva Shiner Comedy Award,
KALAMAZOO is a romantic comedy about life's second act and learning you're never too old to be young.
LIGHT & ROMANTIC - COMEDY
Tickets: $40 Adults, Students/Educators $10
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RIPCORD
By David Lindsay-Abaire
APRIL 25 - MAY 20, 2018
BLACKBURN HALL
A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, so when the cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with new arrival Marilyn, she has no choice but to get rid of the infuriatingly chipper woman by any means necessary. A seemingly harmless bet between the old women quickly escalates into a dangerous game of one-upmanship that reveals not just the tenacity of these worthy opponents, but also deeper truths that each of them would rather remain hidden.
HEARTFELT & HILARIOUS -
COMEDY
Tickets: $40 Adults, Students/Educators $10
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QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR SUBSCRIPTION?
Call (239) 263-7990
We will be happy to answer all of your questions and help you select the subscription package that is best for you.
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TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE BOX OFFICE
BY TELEPHONE 239-263-7990
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