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LINK TO DIGITAL PLAYBILL HERE
LINKS TO PHOTOS
• PHOTO CALL PHOTOS – HERE Credit Florida Rep / Nick Adams
• PR PHOTOS & GRAPHICS HERE – Credit Florida Rep
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
• Promotional Video: HERE
• Social Media Video Reel: HERE
• Now Playing Video: HERE
• Now Playing Video 2: HERE
IN THE NEWS
Florida Weekly - https://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/articles/life-in-technicolor/
Happenings - https://www.happeningsmagazine.net/musical-takes-florida-rep-audiences-back-to-the-60s/
News-Press: https://www.news-press.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2025/04/15/florida-repertorytheater/82744913007/
Gulf Coast News ABC - https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/entertainment-shout-mod-musicalflorida-repertory-theatre/64351812
Gulf Coast New NBC – REVIEW - https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/entertainment-theater-reviewshout-mod-musical/64399104
Broadway World (Gala) - https://www.broadwayworld.com/ft-myers-naples/article/Florida-RepertoryTheatre-Fundraising-Gala-Raises-Over-800000-20250403
Thank you for bringing this fun, nostalgic, girl-powered musical to the stage!
Deborah Jonsson, Marketing Director djonsson@floridarep.org
PATRON COMMENTS RETRIEVED FROM POST-SHOW SURVEYS
Every character was perfectly cast. Great voices and high energy.
Loved the songs, singing, acting and the storyline. Had a lot of fun.
They sang popular songs from the 50s and 60s we loved then and still do, and did them in a fun way.
The five young ladies were good singers and knew their material well even though it was the first night.
The singers were excellent. What a great idea for a play like this.
So upbeat!
All singers had great voices.
It was uplifting and happy. Exactly what I needed!
Amazing singing and staging – also excellent music.
So fun! The music, the choreography, and the humor.
Outstanding performance. Made me want to SHOUT!
The dancing and singing could not have been better on Broadway.
Each actor was superb!
Great set and orchestra.
Performers were on par with any Broadway show that we’ve ever seen.
The women were energetic, entertaining, and talented.
It was fun.
As a woman who grew up in the 1960s, it spoke volumes to me.
Loved every minute including the set, the musicians, and the performers.
Cast was great.
These ladies were fantastic! I enjoyed this show so much! We were singing and clapping. One of the BEST shows yet! I LOVED it!
GREAT SHOW. LOVED IT ALL.
Professionalism of actors. Red girl, Yellow girl, and Blue girl were exceptionally good.
The show had great music and was so entertaining.
So energetic!
Best show of the season!!
We all loved it!! Great singing, costumes, and dancing!
Quality of the performance and energy. Loved having a live band.
One of the best shows of the season.
The 5 actresses were phenomenal – both singing and acting.
We know to expect the absolute best directing from Jason Parrish!
SHOUT was an unexpected treat. The cast outdid themselves!
Best musical you’ve had EVER.
Spectacular performers, set, musicians – an outstanding production!
Everything! Great voices, great music, great costumes.
Shout was great. Boca was funny. Enjoyed all but Roger Ackroyd.
A delightful performance with exceptional singers.
Loved the costumes.
Love the performance after intermission... especially the SHOUT song!
Loved the sounds & the trip down memory lane.
The cast harmonized very well together.
The voices of the ladies were absolutely wonderful and strong.
A great performance.
So much energy – a really exciting show.
Everything!!
All of it!
Great musical, beautiful and talented ladies, and the band was superb.
Highly recommend!
Shows they care about what they do.
Ladies performed very well, and the music was great!
Great show!
Loved the music!
Loved the songs.
Talent was outstanding musically and acting-wise.
Costuming was perfect.
Very entertaining.
Loved those songs – grew up hearing them – well performed.
One of the best shows we've seen.
The cast was fabulous!
Got the audience involved.
The play was great – unexpectedly funny!
Some lines and scenes were hysterical!
Music and acting wonderful.
It was done very well.
One of the best performances we had seen in SWFL.
Terrific actors, set design, costumes.
Loved the music & costumes.
Well written and executed.
Fabulous production.
Singers so talented and energetic.
Great performers sounded like original artists.
Clever staging and columnist responses.
Just a wonderful show.
Phenomenal. Best musical of the season.
Loved the Laugh-in humor mixed with the vintage music.
Set and Shout magazine design were great.
Energy and passion of the performers.
Just always great shows and gracious staff & volunteers.
Expected a jukebox musical, but the theme of growth & empowerment made it special.
We live in NY – this matched Broadway quality!
Four women were outstanding in vocals, stamina, and charm.
Brewery
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Back to the beer
Gutierrez spent 27 years in the Navy andbeganhome-brewinganddreaming of owning a brewery two decades ago.
That dream is in the form of a shiny and bright 10-barrel brewing system and his 12 beers on tap.
“We have seven or eight core beers,” he said. “Then we will experiment with small batch ones to keep it fresh and interesting.”
So far in the very early goings the Boat Day Blonde Ale, Suncoast West Coast IPA and Swamp Cat Pilsner have been best sellers.
Also popular are on tap collaborationswithFlyingEagle(kombucha),Kaleidoscope and Crazy Dingo Brewing (traditional ale).
There are also blood orange and New England IPAs, a hefeweizen, sangria, an elderberry cider and brown, American amber and hazy pale ales available.
A
long time coming
It’s taken a while to get Swamp Cat open.
The partners originally closed on it in
July2022andheldapost-HurricaneIan groundbreaking in June 2023.
“We lost a year with Ian,” Gutierrez said. “Then (Hurricanes) Milton and Helene again slowed down the process to get here. Opening this was one of the greatest moments of my life.”
“Everyone overuses the word resilience, but this is what resilience is,” Leger added. “We buckled down and kept moving forward.”
And they intend to keep moving forward with live music, trivia, brunch, Taco Tuesdays and more coming very soon.
“You can’t just open a brewery and have decent beer nowadays,” Gutierrez said. “You have to have more. People have been waiting a long time for this. Everything has to be fantastic to keep people coming back. We know that. Hopefully, this will become one of the best destinations in Southwest Florida.”
We’ll be here for it.
Swamp Cat Brewing, 1943 Fowler St., Fort Myers; open at 11 a.m. seven days a week; some parking is available on site (enter from Hough Street) but more is offered a short walk away at Royal Palm Avenue and Thompson Street; swampcatbrewco.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram.
Robyn George is a food and dining reporter for The News-Press. Connect at rhgeorge@fortmyer.gannett.com
Exposed beams and reclaimed pews are part of the charm at Swamp Cat Brewing. ROBYN GEORGE/THE NEWS-PRESS
Teens, donuts and Taylor Swift A
‘yes day’ with my daughter led to lessons in teenager adventures and laughter
As a high school teacher and mother of a 16-year-old daughter, I spend a lot of time with teenagers. That said, I have never had any intention to try to be one again — that is until a student suggested that my next adventure should be what she referred to as a “yes day” with my daughter.
As I have since learned, a “yes day” consists of agreeing to go along with any activities, no matter how ridiculous your “yes day” partner suggests. This sounded somewhat alarming, but my lovely child promised to go easy on me and decided to let me tag along with her for a day and show me what the kids are into.
We chose a Sunday, and the first suggested activity was a drive-through trip to get coffee and donuts. Since she has the nice car and I have the hand-me-down, we took her car, but she asked me to drive — and pay, of course.
When I get in my car, I have a destination in mind, but I quickly caught on that there was no agenda other than the consumption of fuel and the collection of friends to whittle it away with. In that spirit, we bought extra donuts and picked up two of her friends to join us. Their effervescent chatter
brought a sense of joy to my heart — especially when I acknowledged the privilege of being welcomed into their world. Unfortunately, their musical tastes are not among my favorites. I remember when George Michael’s song “I Want Your Sex” was scandalous, but the songs on the playlist for the “yes” day would make a sailor blush. Because it was a “yes” day, I was instructed to roll down the window at stoplights and blast the preposterous cacophony across lanes of traffic while trying to shield my eyes from nearby drivers. But it was fun. They sang, I complained and we laughed with abandon so hard my sides hurt — at
my discomfort, at the lyrical nonsense and with the delirium of delighting in each other’s company.
After driving past the beach (which was nowhere near where we picked up her friends), we meandered through the pharmacy and stocked up on Celsius, Red Bull and gummy bears.
I was instructed to drive around the block three extra times before we got home so they could finish listening to a Taylor Swift song (a much-needed musical reprieve). Then, the girls set to work giving me their signature look of oversized false eyelashes. I was amazed at how well they
multi-tasked. The TV was on, phones were always nearby and we had a video phone call with four other friends, while all of them audibly and furiously typed Snapchat messages with their long, manicured fingernails.
All afternoon, they threw out ideas for things they wanted to do, but the day passed quickly despite the lack of direction. Honestly, I can’t even tell you what exactly we did. Finally, we drove to watch the sunset on the beach. Afterward, they declared that I was free from “yes day” obligations, and they dropped me off at home before driving off again.
As I reflected on the fleeting days of adolescence and the rites of passage into adulthood, it was clear that teenagers aren’t much different now than they were when I was younger, and they are kind, funny, clever and spontaneous — the perfect companions for adventure. I was reminded that the journey and the company I keep along the way are the whole point I set out in search of adventures in the first place. ■
Kristin Voit is a high school teacher, writer and yoga instructor. A book-a-day reading habit and a passion for the arts fuel her creativity. An eternal optimist, Kristin embraces the journey of lifelong learning and personal growth. When she’s not in the classroom, engrossed in a book or on the mat, she’s feeding her innate curiosity and on the hunt for enriching life experiences. She can be reached at kjvoit@gmail.com.
Kristin Voit
Adventure Awaits
Lila Brosseit, left, and her mother, Kristin Voit, enjoyed sunset on the beach during a “yes day.”
COURTESY PHOTOS
Kristin Voit’s daughter, Lila Brosseit.
Tips
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few hundred individuals to about 2,000 non-hatchling crocodiles today and have been downlisted from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. While American crocodiles are found in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, Florida is the only place in the United States where they can be seen in the wild.
TheFloridaFishandWildlifeConservation Commission (FWC) recommends taking the following precautions when in and around the water to prevent conflicts with crocodiles:
h Keep a safe distance if you see a crocodile.
h Keep pets on a leash and small children away from the water’s edge, espe-
Gardening
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higher the height of cut on a lawn the deeper and more extensive the root system will be. Adjust the frequency of mowing to the growth of the turf. At leastonceaweekinsummer,whileonce a month may be enough in the winter. Trynottocutoffmorethanathirdofthe blade with each cut. Also, keep the mower blades sharp. A clean-cut leaf blade will heal more quickly and thus lose less water than a shredded blade.
Proper fertilization practices can enhancethedroughttoleranceofgrass.All the drought conditioning accomplished by proper irrigation and mowing practices may be eliminated by excessive nitrogen fertilization. Shoot growth is enhanced and root growth reduced by excessive nitrogen.
Drought conditioning can only be accomplished by applying just enough nitrogen to obtain a small, but continuous, amount of growth. Lawns should never be fertilized to deepen the green color since St. Augustine grass is naturally more yellow-green. Potassium fertilization promotes increased root growth and thicker cell walls.
Drought tolerance is improved by applying potassium. Grass requires potassium in nearly the same amount as nitrogen, especially in sandy soils where both can readily leach out. In times of
cially during nighttime hours, to avoid cases of mistaken identity. Pets often resemble crocodiles’ natural prey.
h Swim only in designated swimming areas during daylight hours and without your pet. Crocodiles are most active between dusk and dawn.
h Never feed a crocodile – it is illegal and dangerous. When fed, crocodiles canlosetheirnaturalwarinessofpeople and instead learn to associate people with the availability of food. This includes indirect feeding, which can happen when feeding other wildlife or when improperly disposing of fish scraps.
If someone is concerned about a crocodile, they should call FWC’s tollfree hotline at 866-FWC-GATOR (866392-4286), and we will work with you to accurately assess the situation and respond appropriately.
Find more resources about living with crocodiles at MyFWC.com/Crocodile.
drought a 15-0-15 lawn fertilizer would be preferable over a 16-0-8 analysis. In addition, the palms in your landscape require more potassium than nitrogen and would also benefit from the higher potassium content in your lawn fertilizer.
Pest control on lawns should be done with great care during the hot, dry spring months because pesticides can add extra stress through phytotoxicity (chemical damage to plants). Pesticides should never be applied on a preventative basis. When a pest problem is diagnosed however, it should be treated appropriately as necessary. Spot treatments can be as effective as treating the whole lawn. Be particularly watchful for insects and diseases which attack the grass root systems such as grubs or root rots.
If you have areas in your lawn which will not survive without extraordinary care consider using mulched beds, shrubs and ground covers which do not require supplemental irrigation.
Even if we begin to have a lot of rain, we should not squander our water. Prepare your lawn for drought and save our valuable water resources every day of the year.
Peter and Eileen Ward have sold Greensward of Marco after 40 years in the lawn and landscape business on Marco Island. You can reach Eileen with comments or questions on her columns via email at Gswdmarco@comcast.net or call 239-269-0192.
