Gulfshore Playhouse Announces Its 5th Season

Gulfshore Playhouse Announces its 5th Season

Gulfshore Playhouse is gearing up for their 5th season with an eclectic mix of productions. For the 2010-2011 Season, the professional company will stage four mainstage selections running from October through April. Productions will range from the funny to heartwarming, featuring the work of an American Master, new works and beloved classics. Subscription packages are on sale now.

"It is heartening to see the ways in which we are growing in our ability to serve the community of Southwest Florida, both residents and visitors alike, with our increased offerings of New York-quality professional productions as well as in-school, after-school and summer classes for students, and classes for adults with our "Saturday Series", states Kristen Coury, Playhouse Founder and Producing Artistic Director.

Opening the Gulfshore Playhouse mainstage season is "Tuesdays With Morrie" by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, based on the book by Mitch Albom, playing October 29th - November 21st, 2010, with a preview performance on October 28th. This theatrical incarnation of the beloved bestseller is the heartwarming autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie's appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease or ALS. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life. Hal Robinson will headline as Morrie. Hal's Broadway credits include "Cabaret", "Grand Hotel", and George Abbott's "Broadway" as well as numerous appearances around the country in major regional theatres, and a recurring role on "The Practice" as Judge Callahan. Wayne LeGette, who played Cleante in Gulfshore Playhouse's production of "Tartuffe" will star as Mitch. Wayne sports numerous credits in and around the state of Florida, most recently Charles Condomine in "Blithe Spirit" at American Stage and the leading role in the world premiere of "Dr. Radio" at Florida Stage in West Palm Beach.

"Unnecessary Farce" by Paul Slade Smith, will be the second show of the season playing January 28th - February 13th, 2011 with a preview performance Jan 27th. Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go! In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next-door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's some confusion as to who's in which room, who's being videotaped, who's taken the money, who's hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes.

The American classic, "A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller fills the third slot and runs March 4th - 20th, 2011, with a preview performance March 3rd. This story is a fiercely compelling drama about love, belonging and betrayal that centers on Eddie Carbone, an Italian-American longshoreman who lives in Brooklyn with his wife Beatrice and his orphaned 17-year-old niece Catherine, with whom he is obsessed. Beatrice's two cousins enter the country illegally seeking a better life in America, and when Catherine falls in love with one of them, Eddie's jealousy erupts in a rage that consumes him, his family and his world. This great play just finished a critically-acclaimed, run on Broadway.

Gulfshore Playhouse's fourth and final show of the season: Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" plays April 8th - 23rd, with a preview performance on April 7th. This stylish comedy from Noel Coward, the author of "Private Lives" and "Hay Fever", is the story of a cantankerous novelist, Charles Condomine, who is re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. When a "happy medium", one Madame Arcati, conjures up the specter of his former spouse, all the personalities, worldly and otherwise, clash with witty results. 

Season Subscriptions are available now for both 3 and four show packages.

Gulfshore Playhouse is Naples' first and finest professional theatre company offering a variety of stimulating, thought-provoking and entertaining productions from important classics to Broadway hits and innovative new works. Shows are conceived and created in-house using a team of professional designers and technicians as well as Equity actors with credits ranging from Broadway shows to film and television. All Gulfshore Playhouse productions are presented exclusively at The Norris Center in Downtown Naples.

All shows are presented exclusively at the Norris Center, 755 8th Avenue South Naples. Subscription packages and single tickets are on sale now by calling (866) 811-4111 or on their website www.gulfshoreplayhouse.org.  The Gulfshore Playhouse administrative office staff is also available to assist customers in purchasing their subscriptions. They can be reached at (239) 261-PLAY (7529).

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