7. MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. >> ALL RIGHT, LAUREN, THANK YOU. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO GET YOUR CHILD INTO AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL? IDEA? ROOM RIPPED FROM THE PAGES OF TODAY'S HEADLINES. IT IS A QUESTION. IN ADMISSIONS AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO ANSWER THAT. IT'S AN AWARD-WINNING DRAMA, D PLAYING NOW AT THE PLAYERS CIRCLE IN FORT MYERS THIS MORNING. WE HAVE SOME OF THE CAST JOINING US AS WELL TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ON THIS PRODUCTION. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S WONDERFUL, GUYS. WELCOME BACK. ALWAYS HAPPY. AND A BOUGHT KICKING OFF WHAT IS? WELL, FIRST OF ALL. THIS PLAYS WRITTEN BY A GUY NAMED JOSHUA HARMON. >> AND HE'S PROBABLY THE HOTTEST PLAYWRIGHT IN AMERICA TODAY. HE'S BARELY 40 YEARS OLD. HE WANT TO DRAW. BUT THAT'S WAS HIS LAST PLAY WENT FROM OFF BROADWAY TO BROADWAY AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT IN THE WAY HE EXPLORES THING THAT I HAD THIS PLAY IS ABOUT WHITE PRIVILEGE, WHITE PRIVILEGE, WHITE GUILT, WHITE OPPORTUNITIES THAT GET. AND IT'S REALLY FASCINATING AND AND I THINK OF THE 150 PLAYS, I'VE DIRECTED MY CAREER AND A LOT OF THEM IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SMARTEST FUNNIEST PLAYS AND IT'S REALLY FUN. IT'S ROTTEN. YOU KNOW, NOWADA IT'S A PLUS TO SAY IT'S ONLY 95 MINUTES WITHOUT INTERMISSION. COME IN THAT ARE OUT OF HERE BY 10 AFTER 9. BUT IT'S ALSO ONE LEARNED FROM LERNER AND WROTE, YOU KNOW, MY FAIR LADY SAID COUGHING IN THE THEAR. IS IT EPIDEMIC? IT'S A CRITICISM, ? AND WE HAVE EVERYONE ON THE EDGE OF THIS SEAT. AND ONE BIG SURPRISE. THAT EVERY WE'VE GOT 3 PREVIEWS. IS THAT A LAUGHING SO MUCH? THERE ARE SO MANY FUNNY, FUNNY MOMES IN THAT'S SURPRISING THAT THEY LEFT SO HARD OR WELL. YOU KNOW, WE DID THE PLATE 2 YEARS AGO WITH WITH BILL AND CARRY AND HOBBY. BUT WE HAVE 2 NEW CAST MEMBERS AND I DON'T OW WHY. BUT THIS PRODUCTION IS GETTING A LISTENING. A LOT MORE LAUGHS AND THAT'S GREAT. COLE JUST MAKES THE MEDICINE GO DOWN. BUT IT'S UP. AND ALSO IT'S A TO ACT. IT'S ONE THAT PLAY ACTUALLY AT 2 IS THE AUDIENCE IS TALKING ABOUT IT AFTER THE SHOW OVER A GLASS OF WE OVER A CUP OF COFFEE THIS MORNING. IT'S THE KIND OF SHOW THAT STAYS WITH YOU. I LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT, YOUR WELL, I GET TO PLAY MOM, OK, BUT I'M ALSO THE ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR AT THIS PRIVATE EARTH. THIS PREP SCHOOL IN NEW ENGLAND. >> AND WE, MY HUSBAND, WHO'S THE HEAD MASTER WHERE DEAD SAID ABOUT GETTING DIVERSITY IN OUR SCHOOL. SO WE GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO DO THAT. AND WE'VE MANAGED TO MOVE THE SCHOOL IN 15 YEARS FROM 6% TO 18%. OKAY. SO IT'S A BIG THING IN OUR SON HAS BEEN RAISED WITH ALL OF THAT AND HAS REALLY PROUD OF IT AS WELL. BUT WERE THE BIG PROBLEM FOR ME IS THE MAN. I DON'T THINK THIS IS A SPOILERS THAT WHEN HE DOESN'T GET INTO THE SCHOOL OF HIS CHOICE, HE'S DEVASTATED AND I'M WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO GET HIM INTERESTING COVER CITY BLUES THING. IF USE MOBILE, TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER. CARRIE. KIND OF TOUCH UP A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. PLAY THE HEADMASTER AT THIS SCHOOL. MY WIFE AND ARSON AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AT THE WHICH ADD MASTER AND HE IS DEAD SAID IS KERRY SAID IT GOING YALE ALL HIS LIFE SINCE HE'S BEEN IT'S BEEN THIS BIG DREAM. BUTHE DOESN'T THINK IS. THEY HAVE THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS AND HE HAS DO WITH A SEAN PAY FOR THE THAT'S THAT'S THE DRAMA. HIS BEST FRIEND IS ONE QUARTER BLOCK. AND HI BEST FRIEND WAS LOW SAT SCORES. LOWER GRADES DOES LESS EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES GETS IN ORDER THERE. AND JUST THE CORONER MADE OUT WELL GET INTO YALE AND HE DOES IT. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE GOING PEOPLE HAVE THIS WHITE PRIVILEGE OF GOING BALLISTIC AND IT'S ALSO LIKE WILL YOU TRADE YOUR VALUES FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW FOR YOUR KID? YEAH. SO THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOWGOING AGAINST THE VALUE OF TRYING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, MINORITIES GET INTO THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY PAPA BAD. THEY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS AND OUR SON ACTUALLY IS THE DEVICE FOR US TO COMING BECAUSE WE START OUT IN THE PLACE OR AT A CERTAIN PLACE OF CONFIDENCE THAT HE'S GOING TO GET IN. BUT THEN AFTER SOME LIFE LESSONS THAT LEARNS, HE TEACHES AND ITS KIND. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS CONVERSATION AFTER THE SHOW IS HE BRINGS UNDERSTANDING OF WHY HE SHOULDN'T GO AND WHY HE HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP MINORITIES GET INTO SCHOOLS. SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING. SO SATIRICAL. SO, IT IS. I IF PEOPLE CALL US AT HIGHER, HE SETS OUT THE RIGHT DRAMAS, BUT EVERYONE CALL OFF THEM A CALL THIS PLACE COMEDIES. WELL, THERE'S AN OLD JOKE. HOW DO YOU MAKE SOMETHING FUNNY? MAKE IT MORE SERIOUS? YES, YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER A FUNNY TO THE PERSON. THIS SIDE OF THE STATE. IT'S FUNNY TO THE PERSON ON THAT SIDE. RAY AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S FINDING HUMOR IN SERIOUS. YEAH, IT'S THERE. IT TAKES A VERY IMPORTANT. TOPIC IN TODAY'S WORLD FROM OF ACTION, PRO AGAINST WHATEVER. AND IT REALLY SKEWERS BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT IS SO CLEVER AND HE REALLY PUNCHES HOLES. >> AND EVERYTHING AND IT ENDS UP BEING REALLY NOT ABOUT THAT IS KERRY SAID ULTIMATELY A FAMILY DRAMA. IT'S ABOUT US AND OUR KID. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE'S ALTHIS VERY FUNNY AND TOPICAL >> AND, YOU KNOW, A PLAYER WE STRIVE TO DO A WIDE VARIETY PLAYS. I MEAN, I LIKE CHINESE FOOD. I DO WANT TO 7 NIGHTS A WEEK. I LIKE IT GO. SO WE OPENED UP WITH A BRITISH FARCE AND THEN WE DID THIS MAGICAL CHRISTMAS SHOW. NOW WITH DOING THIS THOUGHT PROVOKING SHOW THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU. THAT WE FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A MUSICAL. SO THIS AND PLUS, I HAVE TO SAY THERE'S A YOUNG ACTOR NAME HOBBY EVANS AND HE PLAYED THE LEAD AND CURIOUS INCIDENT, BUT IT WAS A FREE GREETINGS AND HE'S THE STUDIOS FOR YOUR TIME. COULD BE IT IS JUST REMARKABLE. WITNESSES PERFORMANCE. I MEAN, I REALLY THINK ALL OF US OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL SOMEDAY SAY WE DO HOBBY EVANS, WHAT HE WAS A PLAYER CIRCLE. PUT MONEY WHEN DOES IT OPEN? HAS AN OPEN. IT OPENS TONIGHT, OK, YET OPEN TONIGHT AND RUNS THROUGH JANUARY. 26 AND AT OF SOMEONE LIKE SMART THOUGHT PROVOKING FUNNY COMES THAT WERE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, SUCH A GREAT LOCATION. COPS OF THE LANDINGS YEAH, EAT RELEVANT ALL ABOUT YET. THEY'RE OFF MCGREGOR. CHECK IT OUT. THERE'S INFORMATION THERE. I'M CURIOUS TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, GUYS. >> AND IS THAT YOU HAD IT AT THIS AT THE PLAYERS CIRCLE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, RIGHT? I WONDER IF NOW PEOPLE ARE JUST A LITTLE MORE OPEN TO THE IDEA. LITTLE MORE OPEN TO THE SUBJECT ITSELF. AND IT LENDS ITSELF TO A LITTLE BIT PARDON AND YEAH, IT RE-LIT. I MEAN, SINCE WE DID THE LAST TIME, THE SUPREME COURT CAME DOWN AND BASICALLY SAID FROM OF ACTION, I I SO YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S RIGHT THERE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND AND YOU KNOW WHAT? >> THIS NEW LOCATION, OPS OF THE LANDINGS NEAR GULF HARBOR HAS BROUGHT ALL-NEW WHAT IT SAYS. SO THAT LETS FLY. I'VE BEEN ASKING THE AUDIENCE EVERY NIGHT HOW MANY EVEN EVER BEEN HERE AND ESPECIALLY LAST YEAR, 60 65% OF THE AUDIENCE ARE RAISING THE HAVE. SO WE'RE GETTING KEEPING PEOPLE BECOMING A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE. WE ARE AT A GREAT SPOT LEAD. WERE YOUR YES, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO? YEAH, IT WAS. IT'S A VERY GREAT SPOT. AND CONGRATULATIONS. ACCESS. >> BEST OF LUCK TONIGHT ON OPENING NIGHT AND DEFINITELY CHECK THIS OUT. EV