TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school team up for "Of Thee I Sing"

Gerritt VanderMeer, right, rehearses a scene with Kellie Cullinan from "Of Thee I Sing," a George & Ira Gershwin musical, at the Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music and Arts on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school are collaborating on the musical that won a Pulitzer prize for spearing American politics in song and dance.

Leads Gerritt VanderMeer, right, and Kellie Cullinan, second from right, rehearse a scene as lovers John P. Wintergreen and Mary Turner, respectively, from "Of Thee I Sing," a George & Ira Gershwin musical, at the Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music and Arts on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school are collaborating on the musical that won a Pulitzer prize for spearing American politics in song and dance.

Wayne Morton, top, rehearses a soliloquy as Alexander Throttlebottom from "Of Thee I Sing," a George & Ira Gershwin musical, at the Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music and Arts on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school are collaborating on the musical that won a Pulitzer prize for spearing American politics in song and dance.

Elizabeth Granowicz, center, laughs with Wayne Morton before rehearsals of "Of Thee I Sing," a George & Ira Gershwin musical, at the Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music and Arts on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school are collaborating on the musical that won a Pulitzer prize for spearing American politics in song and dance.

A stack of signed posters sits in the theater during rehearsals at the Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music and Arts on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school are collaborating on the musical "Of Thee I Sing" that won a Pulitzer prize for spearing American politics in song and dance.

Gerritt VanderMeer reads through his lines before rehearsals of "Of Thee I Sing," a George & Ira Gershwin musical, at the Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music and Arts on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school are collaborating on the musical that won a Pulitzer prize for spearing American politics in song and dance.

The cast of "Of Thee I Sing," a George & Ira Gershwin musical, runs through scenes at the Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music and Arts on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school are collaborating on the musical that won a Pulitzer prize for spearing American politics in song and dance.

Wayne Morton rehearses a soliloquy as Alexander Throttlebottom from "Of Thee I Sing," a George & Ira Gershwin musical, at the Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music and Arts on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school are collaborating on the musical that won a Pulitzer prize for spearing American politics in song and dance.

Noelani Brown, from left, Kayley Stevens and Alana Ferraro rehearse a scene from "Of Thee I Sing," a George & Ira Gershwin musical, at the Florida Gulf Coast University's Bower School of Music and Arts on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. TheatreZone and the FGCU drama school are collaborating on the musical that won a Pulitzer prize for spearing American politics in song and dance.