A Wealth Of History, A History Of Wealth The warm weather and white sand beaches are what draw people to Naples, in southwest Florida. The active, philanthropic community and access to sophisticated dining, shopping and culture are what keep them there. The city on the Gulf of Mexico, about a 45-minute drive from Fort Myers,...
Gulfshore Playhouse Donates More Than $3,000 In Show Tickets To Local Veterans Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premiere professional regional theatre, recently hosted 50 local veterans for a free showing of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” and “The Revolutionists,” currently running through Feb. 3 The donated tickets are valued at $3,451. For...
Gulfshore Playhouse Patrons Donate $12,412 For Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS And Gulfshore Playhouse Education Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premiere professional regional theatre, recently raised a record-breaking $12,412.12 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the Gulfshore Playhouse Education Fund through the national “Bucket Brigade” challenge. The tradition started in 1989 during the off-Broadway production of “Steel...
Naples philanthropist Sandi Moran has been named to the Gulfshore Playhouse board of directors. Sandi Moran, a Tony Award-winning producer and longtime Naples philanthropic leader, theater and arts education enthusiast, has been named to the board of directors of Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples. She has invested in and provided creative input and guidance for...
Gulfshore Playhouse’s SCAPINO to Hold Staged Reading in NYC Today, Dec 3 Following a record-breaking World Premiere at Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, Fla., the hit play Scapino is headed to New York for the show’s first commercial reading on Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at The Davenport Theater located at 354 W....
Tony Award-Winning Producer Sandi Moran Joins Gulfshore Playhouse Board Of Directors Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theater, recently named Sandi Moran to its board of directors. The Tony Award-winning producer is a long-time Naples philanthropic leader, theater and arts education enthusiast, and fifth generation Floridian. Moran currently serves as chairman of the board for the...
Gulfshore Playhouse Hires Nonprofit Fundraising Expert As Interim Capital Campaign Director Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional regional theater, has named Jeanne Sigler as its interim capital campaign director of the Next Stage Campaign. Sigler has served as the theater’s capital campaign consultant for several years and will fill this position until the end of the...
Regional Awards Voting is now open for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Ft. Myers/Naples Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.
Kristen Coury: The Force Behind the Drama How the Gulfshore Playhouse founder is leading the way to fresh initiatives and a bold new theater space. “This was by accident. Completely.” Sitting in her office at Gulfshore Playhouse’s Fifth Avenue South administrative headquarters, Kristen Coury gives a quick shake of her brunette curls and giggles at...
Fourteen local theaters announce upcoming seasons There are large-cast musicals (“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at Gulfshore Playhouse, “The Music Man” at Asolo Repertory Theatre) and one-person shows (“Becoming Doc tor Ruth” at Florida Repertory Theatre, “An Iliad” at Gulfshore Playhouse.) There are old chestnuts (Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers”...
