GUEST ARTIST PACKET
LINK TO DIGITAL PLAYBILL HERE
LINKS TO PHOTOS
• PHOTO CALL PHOTOS HERE – Credit Florida Rep / Nick Adams
• GUEST STIFF PHOTOS – Credit Florida Rep / Joe Dafeldecker
o Mayor Anderson HERE
o Greg Parker HERE
• COMPANY RUN HERE – Credit Florida Rep / Joe Dafeldecker
• PR PHOTOS & GRAPHICS HERE – Credit Florida Rep
PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS
• Promotional Video: HERE
• Social Media Video Reel: HERE
• Now Playing Video: HERE
• Social Media ad video: HERE
IN THE NEWS
• Florida Weekly:
o https://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/articles/arts-briefs-28/
o https://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/articles/a-corpse-on-the-go/
• Broadway World REVIEW:
o https://www.broadwayworld.com/ft-myers-naples/article/Review-LUCKY-STIFF-at-Florida-Rep20250115
• Happenings Magazine:
o https://www.happeningsmagazine.net/florida-rep-presents-musical-farce-lucky-stiff/
• WGCU INTERVIEW with Greg Longenhagen
PATRON COMMENTS…………………………………….…………...Page 2
PRINT ADVERTISING SAMPLES..…………………….….….….…Page 4
Thank you for bringing this zany comedy to life! Laughter is always the best medicine!
Deborah Jonsson, Marketing Director djonsson@floridarep.org
Patron Survey Comments
• A fun comedy. Good production.
• A very fun show!
• Beautiful voices, amazing acting, and superb enthusiasm and entertainment! Go Jason!
• best show this year
• Cast seemed to really like and enjoy each other
• complex music dialog and movements done extremely well
• Entertaining Musical Comedy
• Enthusiastic cast
• Everyone & everything was great - crowd, actors, music, volunteers
• everyone was talented and professional
• Excellent actor portrayal
• Excellent show with great acting and singing
• Excellent singing
• Extremely talented cast - great voices and acting.
• Fabulous! Great show. Enjoyed everyone’s performances
• Fantastic!
• Fun & new show for me
• Fun choice of play. Lots of plot twists
• Fun show and great cast!
• Fun show, no way to tell it was a preview.
• Fun‼️
• Funny, funny
• Funny play and acting was great!
• Funny!
• Great acting, as per usual!
• Great acting, singing and pure enjoyment!
• great cast.
• Great characters in the play like the dentist- very funny!
• Great performances
• Great performances by all
• Great production with scenery, music and performers
• Great story line, fantastic actors & singers! Very entertaining!!
• Hilarious
• Hysterical and very entertaining
• I found it to be delightful. A fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon. The voices of the women were outstanding!!!!!
• I thought it was a fantastic performance.
• I thought the cast did a terrific job.
• I thought the farce was rather silly but thought it was fun anyway. The actors all looked like they were having a good time and their talent was undeniable.
• I was fun with excellent performances.
• I’m not usually a fan of “slap stick” but this was a hoot! Actors were great as was their timing. Great fun
• It was a funny show. It was nice how silly it was!
• It was a little hard to follow the story line...perhaps because it was told via the lyrics of the songs. The costuming was superb, as was the setting. Very creative.
• Just loved the entire performance. Laughed all through it. Such a great cast, play and it’s Direction by Jason.
• Love the show. The perspective set was intriguing.
• Loved everything, very clever.
• loved it all
• Loved it all. Excellent cast.
• Loved music, sets and great actors! Choreography as well!
• Loved our seats and the madcap musical comedy. Great voices and scripture writing.
• Loved the entire show, but the nightmare song and dance number were THE BEST!
• Loved the good sets, costumes, the great voices of the actors.
• Loved the performers but looked for more of a farce like last year’s Lend Me Tenor
• Loved the set and production. Actors did an amazing job.
• Loved the twist at the end and Rita's performance
• Lucky Stiff kept me smiling the whole time. So much fun and frenzy. The optometrist, Vinny, was especially delightful...playing the nebbish role perfectly.
• Lucky Stiff was a fun farce. The acting, singing and casting were all very good.
• Made us laugh. It was very well done
• Many funny lines - too many to remember. The song that ends…”This is Act Two!”
• Seemed perfect. Didn't see and mistakes
• Show was a lot of fun
• Show was fun and exciting
• Show was one of the best!
• Singing was fabulous
• So entertaining!
• So good we went back a second time
• Spectacular
• Staging was great, performances very good
• Story line was followed, acoustics a little loud, was quirky as advertised
• Talented actors, well written play and fantastic set
• Talented cast.
• The acting was superb considering all the lines and songs that needed to be learned
• The actors’ voices were incredible.
• The actors were great! Very entertaining and loved the "mystery guest."
• The high energy performance, quality of character acting and voices.
• The performance was well done.
• The professionalism of the actors!
• The singers were fantastic
Jenna Bush Hager is pumped about Johansson joining ‘Today’ show
Anna Kaufman USA TODAY
Move over Hoda Kotb, there’s a new co-host in town.
Jenna Bush Hager, who has hosted the “Today” show’s fourth-hour broadcast (aka “Hoda & Jenna”) alongside Kotb since 2019, announced on Tuesday that actress Scarlett Johansson will take a turn at the anchor desk, according to Hager’s interview with People magazine.
Johansson, a staple of the Marvelverse, will sit opposite Hager for a week startingJan.21.Partofanewapproachin the wake of Kotb’s exit, Johansson is just one in a carousel of celebrities who will guest-host the show.
Taraji P. Henson, Eva Longoria and Keke Palmer are among the other A-listers set to join Hager, “Today” shared on Monday.Hensonwillappearontheshow on Jan.13 and Jan.17, Longoria on Jan.14 and Palmer on Jan. 15.
“It’s just a wild dream,” Hager told People of Johansson’s appearance. “The fact that she’s coming to give us a week of her time, she could be doing anything, is a testament to the show that we have built. So I am beyond thrilled. I cannot wait.”
“Today with Jenna & Friends” will premiere on Jan. 13. The show’s revised format,whichfeaturesHageralongsidea revolving cast of guest-hosts, serves as a placeholder until Hager’s permanent cohost is named, per Today.com
The rotating host format has gained popularity in recent years, as both latenight Jimmys (Fallon and Kimmel) have opted to use it when they are on extended leave. Similarly, “The Daily Show”has employed it since Trevor Noah’s exit.
“What’s so cool about it is that it really does feel like we’re pulling up chairs for all different types of people,” Hager said. “Yes, we have actors, but we also have comedians and people in media. And I think that really is what we’re hoping to have: a total representation of who watches our show and something for every viewer.”
OnTuesday’sepisodeof“Today,”Kotb basked in the excitement of Johansson’s appearance.
Scarlett Johansson will take a turn at the “Today” show anchor desk alongside Jenna Bush Hager after Hoda Kotb’s exit. DAN MACMEDAN/USA TODAY
“First of all, you guys had a great click. She is an awesome person,”the longtime NBC anchor said.
Kotb’s last day on the show will be Friday, bookending nearly three decades at the network and 18 years on the “Today” show. She has teased a new venture likely to be announced fully in the spring: a wellness company featuring podcasts and retreats.
Kotb announced her departure from the “Today” show in September 2024, describing the decision as the “hardest thing in the world.” She said turning 60 was a “monumental” moment that made her think about the decade ahead.
“I realized that it was time for me to turn the page at 60, and to try something new,” she said at the time, adding, “This is the right time for me to move on.”
While she will be dearly missed by Hager, the former first daughter is excited to kick off something new.
“I think we’re going to have a blast,” she told Kotb on Tuesday.
Contributing: Brendan Morrow and Edward Segarra, USA TODAY
