\u201cErma Bombeck: At Wit\u2019s End\u201d is a one-woman show that takes a comic look at the beloved humorist who captured the frustrations of her generation by asking, \u201cIf life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing in the pits?\u201d Louise Cornetta has played this part on multiple occasions. Her performance for Arts Bonita in 2022 resulted in a nomination for a Broadway World award for best solo performance.<\/p>\n
Following a 27-year career at ESPN that took her to every major sporting event, the former USC theater major has performed leading roles for Arts Center Theatre, The Naples Players and Arts Bonita since moving here full time in 2022.<\/p>\n
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Louise Cornetta has played Erma Bombeck on multiple occasions and her performance for Arts Bonita in 2022 resulted in a Broadway World nomination for best solo performance.<\/p>\n
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Cornetta will perform \u201cErma Bombeck: At Wit\u2019s End\u201d at 7 p.m. on Nov. 28, at 2 and 6 p.m. on Nov. 29 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 30.<\/p>\n
Bombeck was the most widely distributed columnist in America in the 1960s and \u201870s. She wrote about the humorous side of being a wife and mother, championing women\u2019s lives with wit born of unvarnished truth. The comedy presents the story behind America\u2019s beloved humorist.<\/p>\n
In addition to her performance in 2022 at Arts Bonita, Cornetta starred in the role twice for Arts Center Theatre, most recently in July as part of Arts Center Theatre\u2019s summer encore series.<\/p>\n
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Cornetta astonished audiences with her portrayal of Carol Burnette’s real-life mother in ‘Hollywood Arms’ at Marco Island’s Arts Center Theatre.<\/p>\n
Cornetta\u2019s other credits include \u201cHollywood Arms\u201d (a role based on Carol Burnette\u2019s real-life mother, who struggled with and eventually died from alcoholism), \u201cVanities\u201d and \u201cLove Letters\u201d at Arts Center Theatre, \u201cBeer for Breakfast\u201d at The Studio Players and \u201cA Girl\u2019s Guide to Chaos,\u201d \u201cFunny Shorts Live,” “Stage It” and staged readings at Arts Bonita Center for Performing Arts.<\/p>\n
During the pandemic, she performed her dream role of Margo Channing (which Bette Davis made famous in \u201cAll About Eve\u201d) for FaceBook Live. The pandemic also offered numerous FaceBook Live readings of plays such as \u201cLove Letters for Valentine\u2019s Day,\u201d \u201cA Christmas Carol for Christmas Time,\u201d \u201cShakespeare\u201d and \u201cEvil Under the Sun\u201d with Abbynormal Productions. <\/p>\n
She also narrated scary stories for Halloween.<\/p>\n
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Louise Cornetta had a 27-year career as a journalist and sports commentator at ESPN. <\/p>\n
Before moving to Florida in 2022, Cornetta played the lead in \u201cCahoots, Misdeeds of the Mistletoe Mine\u201d at the Actors Gym in Hamden, Connecticut, and appeared in \u201cComing to Town\u201d and \u201cZooming Through Life\u201d with The Orange Players Theater Company. <\/p>\n
In Connecticut, Louise also appeared in short films, showcases and commercials. Shortly before the pandemic, she made her feature film debut in \u201cThe Dangerfields,\u201d which was released nationally in June 2022 and is now available on Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n
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Louise Cornetta in the role of Lillie Boudini in the Seminole Gulf Murder Mystery Train’s production of ‘Illusion of Death.’ <\/p>\n
Cornetta performs regularly on the Seminole Gulf Murder Mystery Dinner Train and for GibsonHouse Mystery Performers.<\/p>\n
\u201cErma Bombeck: At Wit\u2019s End\u201d is being produced and presented by MariLou Productions, which Cornetta co-founded with the late Marilee Warner to bring theatrical productions, such as the Erma Bombeck show, to country clubs, retirement communities, theaters and other venues across Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n
Cornetta will next perform the show at The Norris Center on Feb. 26 and 27 and March 19 and 20, 2026.<\/p>\n
Support for WGCU\u2019s arts & culture reporting comes from the Estate of Myra Janco Daniels, the Charles M. and Joan R. Taylor Foundation, and Naomi Bloom in loving memory of her husband, Ron Wallace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cErma Bombeck: At Wit\u2019s End\u201d is a one-woman show that takes a comic look at the beloved humorist…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-54465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}