Interview with Karen and Ian Merrill Peakes We interviewed Karen and Ian Merrill Peakes, the stars of Maytag Virgin. Read...
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2020-2021 Season
Interview with Audrey Cefaly We interviewed Audrey Cefaly, playwright of Maytag Virgin. Read her interview below, and be sure to...
2019-2020 Season Shutdown
The Lady Demands Satisfaction
This lady demands satisfaction — as we all should when we attend the theater — and I certainly found it...
THE LADY DEMANDS SATISFACTION at Gulfshore Playhouse, directed by Jeffrey Binder, is a fun tale about dueling and deception. When Trothe...
What was the initial inspiration behind “The Lady Demands Satisfaction”? I knew I was writing the play for a stage-combat...
Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theatre will present the Florida premiere of “The Lady Demands Satisfaction.” The comedy by...
Native Gardens
NATIVE GARDENS at Gulfshore Playhouse, directed by Kristen Coury, tells the story of the two couples at war over a property...
By the time “Native Gardens” roars toward its conclusion, there are few hot buttons left to push. The two couples...
You sit down at your desk one morning to find the ledge overlooking your cubicle a veritable livestock parade of...
Actors Maureen Silliman and William Parry have been a couple in real life for almost three decades, but they rarely...
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
If you go see “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” at Gulfshore Playhouse — and if you’re a...
“It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” stokes a Yule log on the fire for Gulfshore Playhouse with a...
Bedlam’s Saint Joan
Two things to know about “St. Joan,” the current production at Gulfshore Playhouse: It heats UP a bit slowly. The...
Isn’t it interesting how men in power hate it when women speak out? Even men without positions of authority can...
Seventh Annual New Works Festival
Playwrights plumb weaknesses and quirks in the human condition to illuminate new perspectives on our own lives and society through theater....
For theater-lovers, Gulfshore Playhouse’s annual New Works Festival is akin to celebrating a birth — or in this case, triplets:...
FOR THEATER-LOVERS, GULFSHORE PLAYhouse’s annual New Works Festival is akin to celebrating a birth — or in this case, triplets:...
New Theatre Construction
Gulfshore Life Home 2020 – Gulfshore Playhouse Speaks Up
An effort to build a new downtown Naples theater received a big boost Tuesday. Sandi and Tom Moran of Naples...
Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional theatre, has announced Brian Roland of Crave Culinaire/Venue Naples has joined the consultant team designing...
A Naples public-private partnership to build a new downtown parking garage would bring value to the area and spur redevelopment, city officials...
What drives economic growth and personal prosperity in Southwest Florida? If you ask most people, they’ll answer by discussing the...
Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theater, has its eye on the future as it works toward the creation of...
Gulfshore Playhouse is one step closer to building its premier professional theater with its first corporate gift. The regional theater’s founder...
Gulfshore Playhouse hired three new executives to its team to help with a capital campaign to build a new theatre...
Cleveland builder to help oversee construction of $45M theater project Gulfshore Playhouse named a construction industry veteran chairman of the...
In tight quarters, Gulfshore Playhouse’s plans for new downtown Naples theater advance As she squeezes behind a cramped stage at Gulfshore...
2018 was Southwest Florida arts groups’ year for building, rebuilding, getting ready for building Gulfshore Playhouse founder Kristen Coury has...
Skylight
Gulfshore Playhouse closes out the 2018-19 season with ‘Skylight’ Is true love enough to bridge the distance between two people?...
BWW Review: SKYLIGHT at Gulfshore Playhouse SKYLIGHT at Gulfshore Playhouse, directed by Christian Parker, tells the story of lost love in...
Meeting your ex? Gulfshore Playhouse “Skylight” explores possibility Ever wonder what it would be like to run into your ex?...
Laugh, cry, hope, wonder: Three Naples plays opening this week tackle it all He’s a self-made entrepreneur, who recently lost his wife...
Holmes & Watson
Showtime’s David Whalen And Broadway’s Jeffrey Binder To Star In Gulfshore Playhouse Mystery Thriller HOLMES AND WATSON Mystery takes the...
2’s Review: Holmes & Watson Our critic thoroughly enjoyed a preview performance of “Holmes & Watson” at the Gulfshore Playhouse...
BWW Review: HOLMES AND WATSON at Gulfshore Playhouse is Cleverly Covert! Gulfshore Playhouse’s HOLMES AND WATSON, directed by Andrew Paul,...
PHOTOS: Gulfshore Playhouse’s production of ‘Holmes and Watson’ starts March 23 Joanna Strapp rehearses a scene in ‘Holmes and Watson’,...
Review: Gulfshore Playhouse Holmes thriller full of twists, humor Detective Sherlock Holmes is always on the case. But in “Holmes and...
Gulfshore Playhouse may just crack the case, ‘Holmes and Watson’ opens March 23 What happened to Sherlock Holmes? That’s a...
Holmes again, Holmes again, jiggety jig at Gulfshore Playhouse Fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes was famous for saying, “It’s elementary, my...
Education
Broadway’s Becky Timms To Direct Gulfshore Playhouse Teen Conservatory Production Of LES MISERABLES Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theater,...
Gulfshore Playhouse Education Announces Summer Programs for 2019 Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theater, has finalized its 2019 summer...
2019-2020 Season
Gulfshore Playhouse is one step closer to building its premier professional theater with its first corporate gift. The regional theater’s founder...
FOR THEATER-LOVERS, GULFSHORE PLAYhouse’s annual New Works Festival is akin to celebrating a birth — or in this case, triplets:...
KRISTEN COURY: THE FORCE BEHIND THE DRAMA “This was by accident. Completely.” Sitting in her office at Gulfshore Playhouse’s Fifth...
Gulfshore Playhouse Announces 2019-20 Season Tickets And Subscriptions On Sale Now Gulfshore Playhouse is celebrating its 15th Season with legendary...
Gulfshore Playhouse plans 15th party: lions, babes with blades and a seasonal sweet Gulfshore Playhouse is celebrating its 15th anniversary...
In The Next Room
BWW Review: IN THE NEXT ROOM at Gulfshore Playhouse is Electric and Emotional! Gulfshore Playhouse’s production of IN THE NEXT...
Gulfshore Playhouse Gets Audiences Buzzing With IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY There’s a buzz building at Gulfshore...
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT… VIBRATORS? The patients in Dr. Givings’ exam room in Gulfshore Playhouse’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s “In the Next...
Gulfshore Playhouse gives us something to buzz about, “In the Next Room” opens Feb. 16 There’s a buzz surrounding Gulfshore Playhouse’s latest stage...
Review: Gulfshore Playhouse work sends out comic, cathartic vibes You spend the first 15 minutes of “In the Next Room,...
The Revolutionists
Gulfshore Playhouse unleashes women warriors with a sense of humor Those headed to the Women’s March in Naples this Saturday may want to...
Gulfshore Playhouse Reignites Courageous Call To Action In THE REVOLUTIONISTS For its third production of the 2018-19 season, Gulfshore Playhouse,...
Grrrl talk in Naples: Women take on the French Revolution at Gulfshore Playhouse Essence makes a much more delicious dish...
Vive ‘The Revolutionists’ and badass women at Gulfshore Playhouse I may have discovered my favorite new play. I wasn’t sure...
The women get their due in ‘The Revolutionists’ Liberte, egalite — sororite? While the male characters behind the French Revolution,...
BWW Review: THE REVOLUTIONISTS at Gulfshore Playhouse is Refreshing and Resilient! THE REVOLUTIONISTS at Gulfshore Playhouse tells the story of Olympe...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
BWW Review: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM at Gulfshore Playhouse is Hilarious and Fresh! Whether...
Review: Gulfshore’s ‘Forum’ makes musical comedy a real Roman circus If you need a break from the season — and you...
Gulfshore Playhouse’s ‘Forum’ pleases, teases This version of “Forum” is so zany, so fun, I hope to go see it...
Gulfshore Playhouse performs “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” with a Twist Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples...
FORUM with a TWIST I BEGAN THE YEAR AS A MAN AND I’M ENDING it as a man,” declares the...
Naples take on ‘Forum’ twists the genders but puts the fun first The current production of “A Funny Thing Happened on...
Photos: Gulfshore Playhouse rehearses for ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ Naples Daily News Read...
Gulfshore Playhouse Brings To Life One Of Broadway’s Funniest Musicals Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theater, travels back to...
An Iliad
Twist on a Greek classic opens Gulfshore Playhouse season Gulfshore Playhouse kicks off a new season of professional theater with...
Naples theater’s ‘Iliad’ a different odyssey from classic Note to high school honors students: You will not get an easy Cliff...
Review: Gulfshore Playhouse ‘Iliad’ is tragedy for today as well as for ancient Greece One of the major hurdles to...
War: What is it good for? ‘An Illiad’ retold at Gulfshore Playhouse This is the one they’re all going to...
Photos: Gulfshore Playhouse rehearses for one-man performance of An Iliad Jeffrey Binder rehearses his one-man performance for Gulfshore Playhouse’s upcoming...
9th Annual Gala “Bubbles, Baubles, and Broadway”
Gulfshore Playhouse Raises More Than $1 Million At Annual Gala Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theater, recently celebrated its...
Barbara And George Franks Named Event Chairs For Gulfshore Playhouse Annual ‘Bubbles, Baubles, And Broadway’ Gala Gulfshore Playhouse will host...
New Works Festival 2018
Gulfshore Playhouse Announces Call For Submissions For 2019 New Works Festival Gulfshore Playhouse has announced the Seventh Annual New Works...
Gulfshore Playhouse
A Wealth Of History, A History Of Wealth The warm weather and white sand beaches are what draw people to...
Gulfshore Playhouse Donates More Than $3,000 In Show Tickets To Local Veterans Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premiere professional regional theatre, recently...
Gulfshore Playhouse Patrons Donate $12,412 For Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS And Gulfshore Playhouse Education Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premiere professional...
Naples philanthropist Sandi Moran has been named to the Gulfshore Playhouse board of directors. Sandi Moran, a Tony Award-winning...
Gulfshore Playhouse’s SCAPINO to Hold Staged Reading in NYC Today, Dec 3 Following a record-breaking World Premiere at Gulfshore Playhouse...
Tony Award-Winning Producer Sandi Moran Joins Gulfshore Playhouse Board Of Directors Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theater, recently...
Gulfshore Playhouse Hires Nonprofit Fundraising Expert As Interim Capital Campaign Director Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theater, has named...
Regional Awards Voting is now open for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Ft. Myers/Naples Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were...
Kristen Coury: The Force Behind the Drama How the Gulfshore Playhouse founder is leading the way to fresh initiatives and...
Fourteen local theaters announce upcoming seasons There are large-cast musicals (“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”...