The Gulfshore Playhouse Production is … certainly one of the region’s must see shows this season.
Category: I Am My Own Wife
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Engaged to a hit ‘I Am My Own Wife’
“Wife” offers Neapolitan audiences a brilliant piece of theater that they rarely get the chance to see. Vapid musicals, Neil Simon comedies and throwaway farces might entertain, but they fail to feed the mind. “I Am My Own Wife” marries smart direction, a a bravura performance and top-notch creative work to ensure a spellbinding night...
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A Week in the Life of an Artistic Director by Kristen Coury
Last year, for “Coury’s Corner” I wrote an article that chronicled “A Day in the Life” which some patrons found interesting. This time around, I choose to focus on “A Week in the Life of an Artistic Director”…this week. A week ago today, we had our Preview Performance of I AM MY OWN WIFE. Following...
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Stuff I’ve Learned by Kraig Swartz
Well, gosh, what a whirlwind! 37 characters, 3 weeks of rehearsal, and 1 actor. Me. So far, this has been an exciting, exhilarating, and exhausting process. But one that’s been intensely rewarding. I have learned a huge amount during the past four weeks at Gulfshore Playhouse. In addition to learning German (well, not the whole...
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Why Directing a One-Man Show Could Have Been a Total Disaster by Kristen Coury
I was driving in my car the other morning on the way to tech, thinking about how lovely the whole process of working on this show has been, and how blessed I felt to have Kraig Swartz playing each and every one of these 37 characters…and then it hit me. . OH MY GOODNESS THIS...
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Great Casting Wins the Battle by Kristen Coury
Here we are! We started running the show and the fun began. Now our usual plan includes a full run of the show each day. We also spend several hours a day working on dialects, pronunciation of German words, and other things that make the show happen like costume fittings and recording answering machine messages...
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Preparing for a One-Man Show by Kraig Swartz
Hi All! Kraig Swartz here. I am the actor who will be playing the 37 characters in I AM MY OWN WIFE. This is my very first attempt at Blogging, so thanks for your understanding. I arrived in Naples about twelve days ago for my first rehearsal, with high hopes, high expectations and high anxiety. High hopes...
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Directing a 37-Person Show With Just One Man by Kristen Coury
This is my first time directing a One-Man Show. Hard for me to believe, but it is true. And what better way to cut my teeth than to start with a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-Winning play about a variety of interesting themes and characters?? This is a true story about a person named Charlotte...
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Join Us as Our Spectacular 7th Season Continues!
Happy New Year! We here at Gulfshore Playhouse hope you had a wonderful holiday season! 2012 was a busy year for us, and we are looking forward to our upcoming spring season! With the remaining four plays of our season being presented from mid January to late April, we are very excited to continue...