GUEST ARTIST PACKET
LINK TO DIGITAL PLAYBILL HERE
LINKS TO PHOTOS
• PHOTOCALL PHOTOS HERE – credit Nick Adams
• PR PICTURES HERE – credit Joe Dafeldecker/Florida Rep
• COMPANY RUN PICTURES HERE – credit Joe Dafeldecker/Florida Rep
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
• Meet the Cast Reel - HERE
• Production introduction by Michael Marotta HERE
• Rat Pack Lounge Patron Comments HERE IN THE NEWS
• Fort Myers Magazine: https://issuu.com/ftmyers.magazine/docs/october-november_2025/44
• WGCU Radio : https://www.wgcu.org/arts-and-culture/2025-09-26/florida-repertory-theatre-opens-seasonwith-rat-pack-lounge
• Happenings Magazine : https://www.happeningsmagazine.net/rat-pack-lounge-extended-to-nov-16/
• GULF COAST ABC - https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/entertainment-florida-rep-theatre-fort-myersmusic/69031012
• Florida Weekly
o https://www.floridaweekly.com/articles/fort-myers-ae/the-sparkle-of-september-is-over-as-wewelcome-an-awesome-october/
o https://www.floridaweekly.com/articles/fort-myers-ae/what-to-do-where-to-go-3327/
o https://www.floridaweekly.com/articles/fort-myers-ae/florida-rep-kicks-off-28th-season-with-the-ratpack-lounge-celebration/
o REVIEW - https://www.floridaweekly.com/articles/fort-myers-ae/old-souls-new-nightclub-groove/
Thank you for bringing The Rat Pack Lounge to life so beautifully! Best Wishes!
Deborah Jonsson, Marketing Director djonsson@floridarep.org
PATRON COMMENTS
• Excellent local theatre. The team went above and beyond with curtesy and I appreciate the detail of handwriting my WillCall tickets. Will be back for more, congratulations!
• Play was well done
• Everyone has always been extremely pleasant and helpful.
• As the designated driver, I did not go to the bar in the Rat Pack Lounge during intermission. However I thought it was a great idea to have that available and I wish I could have!
• Great show. Actors were very talented.
• Wonderful show.
• Nice talent, happy group
• I especially appreciated having a Rep person distribute our season tickets away from the ticket windows …. easy pickup!
• Great performance!!!!!!
• Staff are always nice and helpful.
• What a wonderful group of people working in the box office and behide the bar especially Lori and Rick the are very good !!!
• Excellent start to the season! Loved Rat Pack.
• Enjoyed the production.
• Such a great show! And the staff was terrific!
• Staff and performers and even some of the crowd were great!
• everyone is always helpful and nice, and so happy to be there.
• Everyone we dealt with was helpful.
• I love the theater, so small and it’s been around for a while, very homey and comfy. I really enjoyed the show. performers were wonderful.
• "Fun show. Music brought back lots of memories. Really enjoyed the show”
• “Highly recommend seeing it"
• Can’t wait for our next attendance, due to frequent travel we can’t attend every performance!
• Amazing show and staff!
• Very good show, performers were excellent, would recommend to others.
• Great talent of the actors. Stage decorations really good.
• Love this and Arcade theater.
• Always meets the highest standards.
• Great show. Thank you
• I have been attending for about 15 years and will continue to attend in the future.
• Our tickets for all the shows this season were printed and ready to pick up.
• We loved the storyline and the actors did a superb job. The choice of music was spot on considering the characters and their musical legacies. The set design was great and we especially enjoyed the bar being functional during intermission. We are season ticket holders and look forward to all the great shows being offered for the 25-26 season.
• Loved the production. It was great meeting the cast afterwards
• It was fun to experience the plays once again. The ushers were very friendly and the production was outstanding
• Very good event!
• "The entire experience was fantastic. Thank you "
• The show was great and the volunteers were very helpful.
• David and I enjoy all your productions, that is why we joined! Your staff, the quality of the productions and the theater ambiance all make the experience perfect for us. This is our second year as subscribers we look forward to many more years ahead
• The performance was very good and the staff and volunteers went above and beyond to make sure our experience was great!
• Gina was terrific in straightening out our ticket situation! Bravo!
• The show was fantastic. My friends and I loved it.
• Enjoyed the show, especially the music. Fun to hear so many old favorites.
• Staff is incredibly nice and friendly.
• Ushers were so friendly
• Everything was great.
• Loved the show. I have not yet seen a performance I didn't enjoy. ALL of the performers are excellent !!
• The cast for this show was amazing.
• Everyone is always very friendly and helpful. The volunteers are always smiling and greet you like a friend
• Everything was great!
• Great show
• My first time here and had a very pleasant experience.
• a very ni ce experience. everybody goes out of their way to be helpful
• I may be in love with Samantha Stevens.
• Great experience for us and our guests
• Always great shows!
• One of the best plays I’ve ever seen
• Show was entertaining.
• What a fantastic experience from the free parking across the road to all the wonderful people working the show to the musical event. It was world class and I truly enjoyed it all. Thank you! Sincerely, Colleen, from Punta Gorda
• It was hard not to sing along! Fabulous show
• My first time. Really loved the experience! The show was fabulous. Our seats were great. I had my elderly aunt with her walker and the staff was so considerate and helpful. Both my aunt and I can't wait to come for another show.
• First time users… great experience
• Always entertaining
• Definitely one of the best performances we have ever seen. The theater, the set, the music, the performers and the sweet, loving play itself were all just the best ever. I was near tears with emotion. Thank you, once again, for a wonderful evening.
• The music
• One thing I thought was cool was the bar option at intermission. Acting and voicesWere good
• The singing was very good. The volume could have been just a little louder.
• Wonderful voices and acting
• I loved the whole performance. It was funny, heartfelt and entertaining. The actors were superb.
• great performances
• Great show. Loved the performances.
• Very entertaining. Fun show.
• The props and stage set up were exceptional. It looked like we were really in a lounge.
• The singing and acting were great. I enjoyed the colorful lights that lit up the bar near the end of the show.
• Great singing & set design
• Very entertaining
• Voice quality, Message
• It was perfect! For a preview performance, it was fantastic! It looked like everything went exactly as it should have !
• Very good acting singing
• Loved the singing and performers.
• Performers were outstanding. Our seats were on the side and made it difficult to clearly view some of the interactions. We enjoyed the performance though!
• Musical voices
• Great music
• THE RAT PACK LOUNGE was are really good show. Fabulous stage and presentation. Team performance was truly a wonderful.
• The cast
• it was a night out with live entertainment
• Love: the professionalism both in front of and behind the curtain.
• It was a supper performance, really enjoyed the evening!
• Great acting, singing and imaginative staging. Everyone was so excellent.
• Wonderful performance, many happy memories thanks to great actors
• Actors sand and acted as professionally talented as any show I’ve seen!
• Wonderful!!! They always do such a good job!!
• Excellent singers, direction and choreography. Set was superb.
• Final quarter of show was excellent; singing was great!!!!!
• Loved entire show!
• As always, the intimacy of the small theater was wonderful.
• The talent
• All professional and very talented
• Beautiful set, talented cast.
• Sammy Davis was awesome. Dean Martin was very good and had a nice voice.
• Strong performances and great music.
• Enjoyed all of the music.
• Great set and talented performers
• Very entertaining
• Loved the set. Liked the play, storyline.
• The setting and venue were great. The cast was excellent.
• Loved the production, singing voices great. Good humor included.
• The first half of the show was better than the second half. The performance were all wonderful.
• Very talented actors and thanks to all behind the scenes.
• The performers were so talented and the play was very creative. Loved the set and the musicians as well.
• Probably favorite show in last 5 yrs!!! Would see it again!
• Set is awesome.
• Great theme/show.
• I love seeing the show in the little theatre. It was very enjoyable!!!
• Quality of performers
• Loved it all
• Very entertaining and loved the set
• best show we've seen in the 25 years we've had season tickets. Performance was wonderful, actors were the best, scenery perfect.
• We enjoyed the music and all the actors were really good.
• Nice to have live music accompaniment (trio).
• I enjoyed it very much. The actors were excellent and their singing was outstanding. Bravo
• Loved the staging and the entire ensemble
• Didn’t expect the twist in the story of tge “Rat Pack” coming back as ghosts. Great idea!
• Fun premise, of course best music
• Having a small audience made it very personal. Actors and actress were fabulous.
• Great voices! Fun to be so close to the actors in this small venue.
• Most enjoyable.
• Set, lighting and music were great. The singers all had great voices and the harmony was spot on.
• Performers were excellent
• Having a son that struggled with stuttering, it was so heartwarming to see a person have a leading role that dealt with the sane struggles. Kudos to you all!! E joyed the uniqueness of the show,
• Actors were of great voice, lively and well rehearsed.
• It was a wonderful evening. From the songs to the old quips, the actors did a wonderful job of creating a grand trip down memory lane. Bravo!
• Outstanding
• Loved the set ! Great job. Singing was also grate !! Band was fabulous !!!!
• loved the song choices. performers were great
• The set was beautiful and the actors were enjoyable.
• Very interesting story- the cast was awesome in their character- we enjoyed it very much
• Actors were professional.
• The voices of the actors portraying the Rat Pack were AWESOME!
• Really enjoyed the performance!
• great, great show
• The acting, as always, was excellent. The singing, however, was WELL ABOVE my expectations, especially that of Frank Sinatra!
• The show content and actors was great
• Performance was great! Set was great! Story was not what I was expecting. Very creative to use the set bar during intermission!
• I enjoyed the intimate setting.
• The play was cute and the singing was very good.
• The play was very funny, and the music and songs were wonderfully staged.
• Great performers
• We have a great evening everytime we attend
• Very Good music
• Loved being so close to the performers. And the music.
• Always excellent!
• Florida Repertory Theatre - saw the “Rat Pack Lounge” at the Rep this weekend. Outstanding performances, on point singers, creative and funny script, with a live trio providing the music. The set became a working bar at intermission; the set was a mini museum to the 3 Rat Pack stars. Each performer had a great voice and the Actor portraying Sammy Davis jr really nailed his tribute performance.
• All sang well
• Loved the whole concept.
• The cast was top notch!
• Great actors/singers with big personality. Great talent!
• It was funny and the voices were terrific!
• Extremely thought producing
• The story brought the characters to life!
• Actors were very talented
• I enjoyed it all from start to finish!
• It was like going down memory lane, actors were phenomenal
• Didn't expect story line. Opening the bar on stage during intermission was pretty cool.
• Love the intimate small theatre. Good talent and a sweet script.
• We loved the cast-all were great singers! Especially liked the guy who played Dean Martin, and the guy who played Frank Sinatra. Set was amazing!
• Up close seating. Great talent
• As I said, loved every minute of the performance, including the martinis!
Scary thing: Stephen King is thinking about a break
Brian Truitt USA TODAY
Stephen King has two novels on his to-do list. After that? Well, his Constant Readers will have to wait and see as the legendary writer contemplates a well-deserved break.
“I’m trying to clear my desk as much as I can, ” King, 78, tells USA TODAY. “At my age, you’re off the warranty. You can’t take anything for granted.”
This year has enjoyed a slew of adaptations of his works, from movies (“The Monkey,” “The Life of Chuck,” “The Long Walk” and upcoming “The Running Man”) to TV series (“The Institute” and this month’s “It: Welcome to Derry”). The master of horror also dipped back into his detective side for the novel “Never Flinch,” the latest case for his fan-favorite sleuth Holly Gibney.
King plans one more book starring Gibney, one he hopes to write this winter. “I love Holly,” he says “Right now I am rereading ‘The Outsider’ because I have a way into this last Holly book so I need to refresh myself with that.”
Before that, he still has work to do on his next novel, a third book in a series with his friend Peter Straub that began with 1984’s “The Talisman” and 2001’s “Black House.” At the end of the sequel, King says, it was made “pretty clear” that the fantasy world of the “Talisman ” books, the Territories, also is the Mid-World of his “Dark Tower” tomes, so he plans to “button up” both series with the new tome.
Straub had given King some ideas for their third book before his death in 2022. “I kept putting it off when Peter was alive,” he says. “Peter had stuff to do, too. I mean, it wasn’t all on me. But I would say, ‘Well, this time, this time. …’ and time ran out for Peter. That made me feel really bad.”
King wants to take some time off “while I’m still healthy,” he reveals. “You can’t guarantee anything once you get past the age of 75, 76. So you’ve got to be a little bit careful. Anything can happen to anybody. I got hit by a car while I was in my prime, so to speak. I might have another10,15 years, but you can’t count on it, that’s all.”
King’s output always has been prodigious, but it has been especially remarkable in his later years. Other writ-
Master of horror Stephen King, seen at the premiere of “The Life of Chuck” during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, is planning one more book featuring quirky sleuth Holly Gibney, and a third book in a series he started with Peter Straub. OLIVIA WONG/GETTY IMAGES
ers have been inspired: In an interview about his new novel “King Sorrow,” his son Joe Hill said he wants to be a “booka-year guy” like King. “He’s a force, man. My dad (sneezes) and then he pulls out the tissue and goes, ‘Oh wow. Look, there’s a novel there.’”
What’s his secret? “The thing is, I try to entertain myself,” King says. “I sit down like at quarter of 6 in the morning before anybody’s up, and before my wife’s having her first cup of coffee and she’s in another part of the house. I really enjoy those three or four hours where I can play in a kind of a fantasy world. It’s kind of nice.”
Don’t worry, folks, King’s not retiring tomorrow. As he says, “I’m a busy guy. ” But the author concedes he’d “like to stop before I start to drivel. Like, repeat myself. I feel like I’ve still got a little more space to explore, but I have to watch out and not become a bore. I hate that idea, of being a boring person. I’d like to still surprise people a little bit.”