December 30, 2024

NEXT ACT FOR PLAYHOUSE: MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION

Beauty — and there is a lot of it — is more than skin deep at Naples’ new $72 million Gulfshore Playhouse. Look beyond the wavy architecture, gracious facilities and top-notch entertainment, and you start to appreciate what drives the second dimension of GP’s Baker Theater and Education Center. “Gulfshore Playhouse is one of the ... News & Updates

March 30, 2022

Gulfshore Playhouse makes investment, insurrection detonate in ‘The Invisible Hand’

“The Invisible Hand” is a term for which most ecnomics students have a working knowledge and most spiritual people have a personal interpretation.  Both are likely at work in the Ayad Akhtar play of that name at Gulfshore Playhouse. What befalls its characters under both definitions is suspense on a level that never lets you relax into a deep breath. Nick ... Gulfshore Playhouse makes investment, insurrection detonate in ‘The Invisible Hand’

March 24, 2022

Gulfshore Playhouse brings Pulitzer winner’s ‘Invisible Hand’ to Naples

Money changes everything. Tom Gray composed it. Cyndi Lauper recorded it. Ayad Akhtar used it. Money is the plot fulcrum for his “The Invisible Hand,” opening Saturday at Gulfshore Playhouse. This play isn’t about a mom-and-pop company that comes into a fortune or the bitcoin speculator next door or the ne’er-do-well who strikes oil on his Texas property. It’s about a ... Gulfshore Playhouse brings Pulitzer winner’s ‘Invisible Hand’ to Naples

March 18, 2022

The Most Anticipated New Developments in Southwest Florida

In 2016, the vision for the Gulfshore Playhouse was initiated when philanthropists Patty and Jay Baker offered a $10 million matching gift challenge that was met in 2019. In April 2021, they initiated a second $10 million matching gift challenge that was achieved in less than two months. Over the past six years, the fundraising ... The Most Anticipated New Developments in Southwest Florida

March 18, 2022

Gulfshore Playhouse’s feel-good year: ‘Barefoot in the Park,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’

Gulfshore Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Kristen Coury read a comment about an upcoming play, and it confirmed her schedule for the upcoming season. “‘That’s too heavy. I’m not in the mood for that with the war,'” she recalled of the message. She understands, she said: “We’re coming out of a pandemic, and who thought there’d be a ... Gulfshore Playhouse’s feel-good year: ‘Barefoot in the Park,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’

March 17, 2022

Cast and Crew Announced For THE INVISIBLE HAND At Gulfshore Playhouse

Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples’ premier professional theater and nationally recognized LORT theater member, will present the suspenseful and provocative political thriller, “The Invisible Hand.” Written by Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Ayad Akhtar and directed by Kristen Coury, this show will run March 26 through April 16, 2022 with previews on March 24 and 25. “The Invisible Hand” follows an American ... Cast and Crew Announced For THE INVISIBLE HAND At Gulfshore Playhouse

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