Gulfshore Playhouse

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.

Guys & Dolls

Mar 3 – Apr 11, 2027

Musical

Articles

Review: FROZEN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at Arts Bonita

by Elizabeth James · August 3, 2026

What did our critic think of FROZEN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL at Arts Bonita?…

Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre

by Elizabeth James · July 15, 2026

What did our critic think of THE WIZARD OF OZ at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre?…

Review: THE WIZARD OF OZ at Broadway Palm

by Fran Thomas · June 27, 2026

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Review: THE SOUNDS OF 1967 at Broadway Palm

by Fran Thomas · May 23, 2026

What did our critic think of THE SOUNDS OF 1967 at Broadway Palm?…

Review: SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR at Players Circle Theater

by Fran Thomas · May 22, 2026

Is it possible to be in love with two people at the same time? Is cheating on one’s spouse ever acceptable? Can physical intimacy exist without emotional intimacy?…

Review: ALL SHOOK UP at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre

by Elizabeth James · May 11, 2026

What did our critic think of ALL SHOOK UP at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre?…

Review: TITANIC: THE MUSICAL at Arts Bonita

by Elizabeth James · April 22, 2026

What did our critic think of TITANIC: THE MUSICAL at Arts Bonita?…

Review: I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI at Players Circle Theater

by Fran Thomas · April 15, 2026

The set designed by Steven McLean for I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti at Players Circle Theater is that good. Exposed brick walls, stainless steel appliances, artsy posters. And, as the lady sitting next to me observed, a clean up crew that comes in at intermission.…

Review: ALL SHOOK UP at Broadway Palm

by Fran Thomas · April 11, 2026

What did our critic think of ALL SHOOK UP at Broadway Palm?…

Review: SH-BOOM! LIFE COULD BE A DREAM at Music & Arts Community Center

by Fran Thomas · March 20, 2026

What did our critic think of SH-BOOM! LIFE COULD BE A DREAM at Music & Arts Community Center?…

Holmes and Watson

Mar 23 – Apr 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 telegram from a doctor who states that three men claiming to be Sherlock Holmes are in his care, it is up to Watson, now...

In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play

Feb 16 – Mar 10, 2019

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 newborn baby, she begins to wonder what her husband is up to in the next room. As she tries to uncover what all the buzz is about...

The Revolutionists

Jan 12 – Feb 3, 2019

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 queen Marie Antoinette, assassin Charlotte Corday, playwright Olympe de Gouges, and spy Marianne Angelle form an...

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Nov 17 – Dec 30, 2018

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 slave, makes a deal to win his freedom by playing matchmaker for his lovesick master, Hero. Rife with...

An Iliad

Oct 20 – Nov 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 with The Iliad’s timeless tale of the horrors and heroism of war. With intimacy and immediacy, this...

All My Sons

Mar 27 – Apr 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 and threatens to shatter the American dream. Arthur Miller won the first Tony Award ever given to a playwright and...

The Game's Afoot

Feb 20 – Mar 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 world over for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, has invited fellow cast members to his opulent home for a...

The God Game

Jan 16 – Feb 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 catch: he needs to sound "more Christian" on the campaign trail. Will he sacrifice his firmly held belief that faith and religion are...

Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol

Dec 5 – Dec 22, 2013

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 soul, and in the process, his own. Celebrate your holidays with us with this funny and deeply moving story...

Master Class

Apr 4 – Apr 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 inspires her opera students into giving the performances of their lives, Filled with funny quips about life, love and her relationship to Aristotle...