On the Move

Gulfshore Playhouse announced two new hires as the organization ramps up to move into the Baker Theatre and Education Center in fall 2023. Rachel Applegate joins the organization as the chief marketing officer. She has significant experience in marketing in the arts fields, recently serving as the director of marketing and communications for the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, she was the chief marketing and community engagement officer at the Zach Theatre in Austin, Texas and has worked at Arena Stage and Signature Theatre, both LORT Theatres in the D.C. area. Naples is familiar territory for Ms. Applegate who also worked as the marketing director for Artis–Naples between 2012 and 2014. Raymond Inkel will lead the production department as the director of production. He brings 30 years of production management and senior leadership experience to Gulfshore Playhouse. For the past decade, he served as the director of production at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Prior to the Alley, Mr. Inkel led the production departments at the Utah Shakespeare Festival and the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. He received his M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama and his bachelor’s from the College of Wooster.