‘Acting Olympics’

“Making money can be intoxicating,” proclaims a character in “The Invisible Hand” (at Gulfshore Playhouse through April 16). “Greed is like a silkworm: the more it wraps itself in a cocoon, the less chance it has of escaping,” says another. And Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar’s four-man play proceeds to demonstrate just how greed for ... Money, greed and power plays in Gulfshore Playhouse’s “The Invisible Hand”

THE INVISIBLE HAND by Ayad Akhtar is now playing at Gulfshore Playhouse. The story follows an American investment banker who is being held for ransom by a militant group in Pakistan and his attempt to try and find a way to get them the money and get out. Kohler McKenzie plays the American investment banker, Nick Bright. ... BWW Review: THE INVISIBLE HAND at Gulfshore Playhouse

“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’

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

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