About the Theatre
Gulfshore Playhouse creates theatre of the highest caliber because we believe that diverse theatre experiences brought to life by professionals can transform lives.
Our Mission
Gulfshore Playhouse is passionately committed to enriching the cultural landscape of our region by producing professional theatre to the highest artistic standards and providing unique educational opportunities to diverse groups of people in a spirit of service, adventure, and excitement. Our work is inspired by a belief in the magic of theatre to expand the imagination, challenge the senses, provoke discussion, and revitalize in our audience an understanding of our common humanity. This belief drives the care with which we treat our artists, audiences, students, staff, and members of the greater community.
Our Commitment
We create experiences to the highest professional standards for all people. True to our mission statement and organizational charter, we are creating a place where diverse groups of people can experience, enjoy, and participate in professional theatre and educational programming produced to the highest artistic standards. Because we believe that inclusion is essential to fully understanding our common humanity, Gulfshore Playhouse aspires to be an inclusive space where people from all walks of life are welcomed, respected, seen, and valued. We work to be an artistic home for diverse artists, staff, students, and audiences.
Gulfshore Playhouse is creating transformative theatrical experiences through its professional mainstage season and educational programming for over 30,000 residents and visitors every year. Since its founding in 2004, Gulfshore Playhouse has established itself as a preeminent, nationally-recognized regional theatre in Southwest Florida. In the coming years, Gulfshore Playhouse will enter its exciting next stage as it moves into the Baker Theatre and Education Center, a state-of-the-art facility currently in construction on the corner of 1st Avenue S and Goodlette-Frank Rd.
Every Anne Frank is a poignant exploration of identity and authority, focusing on Majkin, a white public-school teacher who seeks to connect her students with ...
The Frozen Ones is a poignant drama by Stella Ferra, directed by Amy Marie Seidel, that explores complex themes of memory, grief, and the passage ...
Circle Forward
1/31
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2/1/2026
Circle Forward will have its world premiere at the inaugural Next Wave Festival at Gulfshore Playhouse from January 31 to February 1, 2026. This festival ...
Fundraiser is a comedic exploration of social dynamics, centering on two couples with differing economic backgrounds attending a private-school fundraiser. As they compete over a ...
The Mousetrap
1/11
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2/15/2026
The Mousetrap By Agatha Christie Previews: January 11, 13 & 14, 2026 Opening Night: Thursday, January 15, 2026 Final Performance: Sunday, February 15, 2026 Don’t ...
Circle Forward - World Premiere By Deb Hiett | Directed by Jeffrey Binder Previews: January 27 & 28, 2026 Opening Night: Thursday, January 29, 2026 ...
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde | Directed by Kristen Coury Previews: March 1, 3 & 4, 2026 Opening Night: Thursday, March 5, ...
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde | Directed by Kristen Coury Previews: March 1, 3 & 4, 2026 Opening Night: Thursday, March 5, ...
Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise By Ken Ludwig | Directed by Risa Brainin Previews: March 24 & 25, 2026 Opening Night: Thursday, March 26, ...
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Directed by Matt Lenz | Choreographed by Dann Dunn Previews: April 26, 28 & 29, 2026 Opening Night: Thursday, April 30, 2026 ...
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Casting Announced at Gulfshore Playhouse
by A.A. Cristi - September 22, 2025
Gulfshore Playhouse will open its 2025–2026 season with Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, running October 23–November 23, 2025 in the Struthers Studio. Directed by Kristen Coury, the production stars Jeffrey Binder, Beth Hylton, Becca Ballenger, and Sam Bell-Gurwitz. Tickets are on sal...
Gulfshore Playhouse Reveals Cast Of Roald Dahl's MATILDA THE MUSICAL
by A.A. Cristi - July 10, 2025
Gulfshore Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for its 2025 Summer Conservatory production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Jr., which will take the stage July 25–27 at the Baker Theatre and Education Center in Naples, FL. ...
Past Shows
White Christmas
11/11
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12/21/2025
Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin | Directed by Dann Dunn | Choreography by Sara Brians Previews: November 11, 12 & 13, 2025 Opening Night: Friday, November ...
Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By Edward Albee | Directed by Kristen Coury Previews: October 21 & 22, 2025 Opening Night: Thursday, October ...
Dial M for Murder is a gripping thriller that explores the complexities of betrayal, greed, and revenge. The story follows Tony Wendice, who devises a ...
Angus and Abigail are two strangers who dont think their lives will hold any more surprises that is until they fall into each others lives ...
The free-spirited Corie and the buttoned-up Paul put the new in newlywed as they quickly realize the honeymoon really is over when everything that can ...
Return for a brief and shining moment to experience the beloved classic musical as youve never seen it before. The legendary King Arthur dreams of ...
Regine must decide the fate of a house she never wanted, the same house where Toshis been squatting for three months. Elsie is willing to ...
Steel Magnolias
11/10
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12/4/2022
Anybody whos anybody is a regular at Truvys beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana where you are guaranteed to be pampered with gossip. Both hilarious and ...
26 Miles
10/13
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10/30/2022
When Beatriz receives a late night call-for-help from her estranged teenage daughter Olivia, she spirits her away on an impromptu cross-country roadtrip. As they trek ...
Ages: ALLDates: March 26 - April 16, 2022Time: Evening performances @ 7:30/8 PM / Matinees @ 2 PMTickets: Start at $45 ($45-$71)Location: The Norris Center, ...
The 39 Steps
2/12
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3/13/2022
This hilarious whodunit adapted by Patrick Barlow and directed by Kristen Coury tells the tale of Richard Hannay. Trapped in a boring life, he encounters ...
This world premiere production, written by and starring Jeffrey Binder, will finally be seen the way it was intended: live on stage. Whether or not ...
Radio Golf
11/13
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12/5/2021
Ambitious real estate developer Harmond Wilks is determined to save his blighted childhood neighborhood by becoming the first Black mayor of Pittsburgh. But his efforts ...
Grammy and Emmy Awardwinning performer John McDaniel will serve as master of ceremonies for the three fabulous performances. Patrons can experience Broadway in a new ...
Its the energetic and electric musical comedy tribute to the age of rock n roll. Join in the fun of the hilarious antics of Rydell ...
Join in the fun of the hilarious antics of Rydell Highs class of 59 and rock to songs like Summer Nights, Beauty School Dropout and ...
Its Junie B.s first day of first grade, and a lot of things have changed for her. In this hilarious story about friendship and change, ...
Its Junie B.s first day of first grade, and a lot of things have changed for her. In this hilarious story about friendship and change, ...
Gulfshore Playhouse is offering a Broadway Bootcamp workshop where musical theatre students ages 6-8 can learn songs and dance routines to kick off their summer ...
Young performers build confidence in musical theatre performance with the half-day Broadway Bootcamp program! Students will learn songs and choreography to summer-themed songs from High ...
Maytag Virgin
3/20
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4/3/2021
On leave from her job as a high school teacher after a sudden loss, the last thing Lizzy Nash expected was a blossoming relationship with ...
On a cold winter night, Kyra, a schoolteacher, is unexpectedly reunited with her former lover, the recently widowed Tom, in her London apartment. Now forced ...
Holmes and Watson
3/23
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4/20/2019
It’s been three years since Sherlock Holmes plunged to his death off Reichenbach Falls…or so the world believed. When Dr. John Watson receives a mysterious ...
In a well-to-do Victorian home, a doctor innocently invents a new machine to treat female “hysteria.” While his young and lively wife tends to their ...
Liberté, égalité… sororité. In the chaos of the French Revolution, anything can happen — especially laughter. Against the backdrop of France’s Reign of Terror, former ...
Comedy tonight! Broadway’s greatest musical farce takes us back to Ancient Rome for a unique and unforgettable production featuring a gender-bent ensemble. Pseudolus, a devious ...
An Iliad
10/20
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11/4/2018
Passed down from the campfires of Ancient Greece comes a fresh retelling of Homer’s soaring epic. Featuring a virtuosic one-man performance, one embattled storyteller grapples ...
All My Sons
3/27
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4/19/2014
This electrifying American classic focuses on two families in the aftermath of World War II. In a quiet Ohio neighborhood, a marriage proposal unlocks secrets ...
The Game's Afoot
2/20
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3/16/2014
This new hilarious play from master of comedy Ken Ludwig brings murder, mystery, mayhem and madcap adventure to our stage. Broadway superstar William Gillette, famous ...
The God Game
1/16
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2/9/2014
Tom is a Virginia Senator and a rising star in the Republican Party. He's asked to join the ticket as the Vice-Presidential candidate. The only ...
This heartfelt reimagining of Dickens' classic tale of redemption invites you into the heroic behind-the-scenes efforts of Jacob Marley as he attempts to save Scrooge's ...
Master Class
4/4
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4/21/2013
Enter an empty opera hall at Julliard. Focus center stage on a piano and opera diva Maria Callas. Join her as she coaxes, prods and ...
The Whipping Man
3/15
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3/30/2013
In 1865, The Civil War is over and throughout the south, slaves are being freed, soldiers are returning home and in Jewish homes, the annual ...
One of the funniest comedies in the English language, this play revolves around Ernest Worthing, who has come from the country to propose to Algernon's ...
I Am My Own Wife
1/18
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2/3/2013
How hard would you fight to BE who your soul wants you to be? Based on a true story and inspired by interviews conducted by ...
Have you ever argued with a friend who had a different worldview? Was it bad enough that you considered ending the friendship over it? Probably ...
God of Carnage
10/20
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11/18/2012
This Internationally-acclaimed comedy brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents after a playground altercation between their eleven-year-old boys. Though the meeting to resolve the matter ...