Gulfshore Playhouse cuts season short

With theater shuttered, it focuses on preparing for the future.

Courtesy. Gulfshore Playhouse’s founder and producing artistic director, Kristen Coury, says the organization has started planning for the future after its season was cut short.
Courtesy. Gulfshore Playhouse’s founder and producing artistic director, Kristen Coury, says the organization has started planning for the future after its season was cut short.
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Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples recently had to lay off 21 employees, send its nine education interns home, and cancel the last two productions of its current season. Now a group of eight core staff members representing various departments at the theater are working from home at reduced pay to keep things afloat. 

 

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