Alliance for the Arts to present ‘The Parking Lot’ by Adam Szymkowicz
Bring your chairs and coolers to this outdoor theater performance series Dec. 8-18
Alliance for the Arts continues to offer out of the box performances with The Parking Lot by Adam Szymkowicz . Director Madelaine Weymouth takes theatre goers outdoors, to watch the most private and intimate exchange in the most public and open venue, The Alliance’s parking lot.
“The Parking Lot”, starring Rachael Endrizzi and Ken Quiricone, is a new play by Adam Szymkowicz, internationally acclaimed playwright. Szymkowicz is the author of Clown Bar, which recently performed multiple sold out shows at the Alliance. His work balances whimsical conceits with characters who plumb the depths of human emotion.
Bring your chairs and coolers to watch as J and Terry work through answering one of life’s biggest questions: should they get divorced. Some married couples go to therapy to work through their problems, but Terry and J take a very different approach. This brave couple will decide their fate in the confines of a parking lot. Will they overcome their obstacles and accept that they are worthy of each other’s love? Or are they destined for divorce? This new play explores what it means to love and be loved, even when opposing forces are at play.
Tickets are $25 for members, $30 for non-members and available at ArtInLee.org or by calling the box office at 239-939-2787. Performances are Dec. 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 18 at 3 p.m.
Please note this performance takes place outside in our parking lot. In the event of inclement weather, we will reach out to you to either refund or reschedule the viewing.
About the Director
Madelaine Weymouth is a freelance director and actor in Southwest Florida. This season, she is directing “The Parking Lot” at the Alliance for the Arts, her directorial debut for Theater Conspiracy. Previously, she has directed The Thanksgiving Play, Trap, Five Times in One Night, The Wolves, and others for the Laboratory Theater of Florida. She has had starring roles at the Alliance for the Arts in The Cake and Baskerville, Botticelli in the Fire and Sex Tips For Straight Women From a Gay Man at the Lab Theater, and at the Studio Players in Nuts and Venus in Fur. She has been named one of ArtSWFL’s 31 influential women in the Southwest Florida art scene in 2021, starred in 2020’s Critics’ Choice winner of the Lab Theater’s 24 Hour Screenwriting Contest, and directed the 2019 Audience Choice winner of the 24 Hour Playwriting Contest. She graduated from Ohio University and was the inaugural winner of the Lost Flamingo Theater Company’s Collegiate Achievement Award.
About the Actors
Rachael Endrizzi is delighted to be performing in “The Parking Lot” with Theatre Conspiracy. Although she hasn’t appeared on stage here since 2008, Rachael has been honored to direct several productions over the years including Men on Boats, Marian, Baskerville, Gideon’s Knot, and 33 Variations. Originally from the Greater Cleveland area, Rachael is a graduate of the American Musical & Dramatic Academy in NYC, and has been blessed to perform throughout the country, but also locally with Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, the former Strauss Theatre at BIG Arts on Sanibel and the Florida Rep. Other favorite credits include The Medora Musical (2019-2022), Baruska in Once (Stark Theatre), and Lana Sherwood in It’s a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play (Gypsy Theatre). Rachael also enjoys narrating audiobooks for Audible, and running a small non-profit, Spark Theatre Company in Ohio. She thanks Bill for another great show to work on, Maddie for her wonderful direction, and Ken for being the best partner on stage and off.
“The Parking Lot” marks Ken Quiricone’s first show at Theatre Conspiracy. You may have seen him next door on the Broadway Palm stage over the years. Favorites there include, Not Now Darling, Social Security, Don’t Dress For Dinner, and Til’ Theft Do Us Part. Other credits this year include The Medora Musical in Medora North Dakota, The Full Monty, Bye Bye Birdie, and The Producers at The Palace Theatre in New Hampshire. He is originally from Connecticut with many New York City and Children’s Theatre credits as well. So much thanks to Bill for letting him play in this parking lot, Maddie our wonderful director, and Rachael for being his ON & OFF stage partner. He thanks you for coming to the show tonight, supporting this unique theater experience, and the arts here in Fort Myers.
About Alliance for the Arts
The Alliance for the Arts is a nonprofit community arts and cultural center located in the heart of Fort Myers, Florida. For over 40 years, the Alliance has been charged with the mission to facilitate and nurture the creation, development, promotion and education of arts and culture in southwest Florida. For more information, please call 239-939-2787 or visit us at www.ArtInLee.org.