PRESS RELEASE: OCTOBER 13, 2026

FloArts presents “Boeing Boeing”

Three fiancées. One bachelor. Zero room for error.

Pictured (front) Zoe Elixson (Gloria) and Winston Sejda (Robert); and Emma Decker (Gabriella), Jeanell Pike (Gretchen). Adrian Pietras (Bernard)

After a yearlong renovation, Florida School of the Arts is open and will present its first performance in the new facility. “Boeing Boeing,” by Marc Camoletti and translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans runs Oct. 23- 25.

This 1960s French farce features self-styled Parisian lothario Bernard, a charming bachelor who thinks he’s perfected the art of juggling three flight attendant fiancées until an unexpected airline schedule change brings them all to town at the same time.

FloArts instructor and play director Ryan Mahannah said the show is fast, physical, ridiculous, and requires an incredible amount of precision from the actors. “Farce only works when everyone fully commits to the circumstances, no matter how outrageous they become, and this cast has really embraced that challenge,” Mahannah said. “We’re excited for audiences to come laugh with us and experience this wonderfully chaotic world.”

Mahannah said this production is especially exciting because it’s the first play to be performed in the newly renovated Mainstage Theatre. “There’s something really special about getting to introduce audiences to a new performance venue with a comedy like this,” he said. “It gives our students an opportunity to make a little bit of FloArts history, and I can’t think of a better way to open the space than with a show that is energetic, joyful, and built around the connection between actors and a live audience.”

Performance times at the FloArts Mainstage Theater:
Friday, October 23 - 7:30 p.m. (ASL interpreted performance)
Saturday, October 24 - 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 25 - 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance online or at the box office one hour prior to showtime. Content Disclosure: Recommended for teen and adult audiences. Contains mature themes, sexual humor, alcohol use, and outdated gender stereotypes presented in the context of a classic farce.

The cast includes: Adrian Pietras as Bernard, as Winston Sejda as Robert, Zoe Elixson as Gloria, Emma Decker as Gabriella, Jeanell Pike as Gretchen, Christ Jean Claude as Berthe, assistant director Jollie Tucker and stage manager Daniella Melendez.

Florida School of the Arts is located on the St. Johns River State College Palatka Campus and serves the entire state of Florida. FloArts is part of the academic and administrative structure of SJR State and awards associate degrees in acting, dance performance, musical theater, stage management, theater technology, graphic design/new media and studio art. For more information, call (386) 312-4300 or visit FloArts.

Florida School of the Arts presents “Boeing Boeing.” Pictured are Emma Decker (Gabriella), Jeanell Pike (Gretchen). Adrian Pietras (Bernard) and Zoe Elixson (Gloria).