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By Kenneth Jones
06 Sep 2007
Gulfshore Playhouse, the young producing organization on
Florida's southwest coast, is still reaching for its dream
of a permanent home in the Naples area, but that isn't keeping
the Equity troupe from producing two full-scale productions
in 2007-08.
Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza (who penned the popular Art) and
the Florida premiere of the regional hit musical comedy,
Married Alive!, will be staged at locations in both Lee and
Collier counties, capturing the imaginations of the theatre-going
base that Gulfshore Playhouse wants to make its future audience.
The company previously announced a wish to construct a new
550-seat theatre in Estero, FL, north of Naples. That long
journey includes zoning approval, fundraising and more.
Unlike the previous Gulfshore Playhouse productions, (David
Mamet's Oleanna and the original musical, Romeo and Juliet
Redefined), this season's offerings will run for 10 days
each in both Ft. Myers and Naples.
"We are delighted to have finally secured theatre space
for a sufficient length of time to be able to offer both
Lee and Collier County audiences an extremely high quality
of professional theatre at affordable prices," stated
Bob Harden, Gulfshore Playhouse chairman of the board.
Life x 3, the domestic comedy about unexpected guests, played
out in three different scenarios, will be performed Oct.
4-13 at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers, FL, and
Oct. 18-27 at The Norris Center in Naples, FL.
The cast will feature Bruce Somerville and Beth Hylton,
with more to be announced.
Married Alive!, by lyricist-librettist
Sean Grennan and composer Leah Okimoto, has been popular
in productions in Kansas City, Chicago, Virginia and Nebraska
and is likely to blossom beyond that — it's got a small cast (playing
a pair of newlyweds and a pair of "oldyweds"),
an amiable marriage theme and songs that are touching and
comic.
Married Alive! will play March 6-20, 2008, at the Alliance
in Ft. Myers, and March 27-April 5, 2008, at the Norris Center,
Naples.
"The choice of plays and performers reflects our unwavering
commitment to offer southwest Florida exciting new and/or
rarely seen plays performed by some of the best professional
actors in America, as well as to create a much-needed platform
for new playwrights and composers," stated founder and
producing artistic director Kristen Coury.
Casting and other creative team members will be announced
at a later date. For more information and to order tickets,
visit www.gulfshoreplayhouse.org or call toll free (866)
811-4111.
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