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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.

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

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.…

Past Shows

45 total · showing 41–45

The Whipping Man

The Whipping Man

Mar 15 – Mar 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 celebration of Passover is being celebrated. Three men are at a crossroads - a Jewish Confederate soldier who has returned from battle...

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Feb 15 – Mar 3, 2013

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 cousin, Gwendolen. Algernon, however, refuses his consent until Ernest explains why his cigarette case bears the inscription...

I Am My Own Wife

I Am My Own Wife

Jan 18 – Feb 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 the playwright over several years, I Am My Own Wife tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German man who managed to survive both the...

Art

Art

Oct 20 – Nov 18, 2012

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 the dispute was over something important, something about which you were so passionate that you were willing to stake your friendship...

God of Carnage

God of Carnage

Oct 20 – Nov 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 begins with polite pleasantries, it quickly descends into primal madness as tempers...

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Florida Repertory Theatre (1/26-3/07)
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The Studio Players (5/14-5/30)
Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D Hunter in Ft. Myers/Naples Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D Hunter
The Studio Players (3/05-3/21)
Guys & Dolls in Ft. Myers/Naples Guys & Dolls
Gulfshore Playhouse (3/03-4/11)
Ken Ludwig's The Game's A Foot in Ft. Myers/Naples Ken Ludwig's The Game's A Foot
Belle Theatre (9/18-9/26)
I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo in Ft. Myers/Naples I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Baker Park (3/24-3/25)
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan adapted by Bill Taylor in Ft. Myers/Naples The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan adapted by Bill Taylor
The Laboratory Theater of Florida (11/13-11/29)
SIX (Boleyn Tour) in Ft. Myers/Naples SIX (Boleyn Tour)
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Center (3/05-3/07)
Tom Briscoe’s “It’s Not Mansplaining, It’s Old Mansplaining” in Ft. Myers/Naples Tom Briscoe’s “It’s Not Mansplaining, It’s Old Mansplaining”
Arts Center Theatre (9/27-9/27)
The Glass Menagerie in Ft. Myers/Naples The Glass Menagerie
The Naples Players (2/03-3/07)