In November, 1981, the State of Florida granted a Charter to the Gulfport Community Players, Inc., designating us as a Not-for-Profit organization. As of Dec. 2003, we now have 501(C)(3) tax status.
We are a completely separate entity from the City of Gulfport, but we do, however, rent the
Catherine A. Hickman Theater of Gulfport for our mainstage performances.
All of our mainstage productions are currently performed at the Catherine A. Hickman Theater of Gulfport. This theater is entirely owned and operated by the City of Gulfport, Florida. It is located
at 5501- 27th Avenue South in Gulfport, FL. We rent this theater for our performances from the City.
Theater rental rates may by obtained from the City of Gulfport by contacting Gulfport's Events Supervisor, Gail Kelley, at: gkelley@ci.gulfport.fl.us
2007-2008 Mainstage Season Schedule
(Performed at the Hickman Theater)
Do Not Go Gentle a drama by Suzan L. Zeder
Play dates: April 24th - May 4th, 2008
Audition dates: Feb. 25 & 26th, 2008 @ 7 p.m.
Director: Bill Rucker
8th Summer One-Act Festival, by many playwrights
Play dates: July 10 - 20th, 2008
Audition dates:May 26 & 27th, 2008 @ 7 p.m.
Directors: Assorted
2008-2009 Season Schedule
Laura, a murder mystery by Vera Caspary & G. Sklar
Play dates: Nov. 6th - 16, 2008
Audition dates: Sept. 8th & 9th, 2008
Director: Vic Carr
The Silver Whistle, a drama/comedy by Robert McEnroe
Play dates: Jan. 8th - 25th, 2009
Audition dates: Nov. 10th & 11th, 2008
Director: not yet available
Auntie Mame (the play), by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Play dates: March 5th - 15th, 2009
Audition dates: Jan. 5th & 6th, 2009
Director: Ed Stevens
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, a drama by Frank McGuinness
Play dates: April 23rd - May 3rd, 2009
Audition dates: Feb. 23rd & 24th, 2009
Director: Bill Rucker
9th Annual Summer One Act Play Festival
Play dates: July 9th - 19th, 2009
Audition dates: May 25th & 26th, 2009
Directors: assorted
5501- 27th Avenue South
Gulfport, Florida
2007-2008
Board of Directors
Eileen Navarro, President
Judy Ryerson, Vice-President
Gil Perlroth, Secretary
Jim Russell, Treasurer
Donna Naughton-Adell
Julius Preston Brock
Carol Polk
Frank Hale
Cathy Culler
Miki Vaughan, Facilities Chair
Bill Rucker, Funding/Marketing
A SPECIAL INVITATION
This is a FIRST! The Players are inviting directors, throughout the area, to submit their requests for plays that they would like our theater group to perform.
Also tell us why you would like us to put on the play, in 25 words or less.
Keep in mind that we perform our plays at the Hickman Theater- a great theater, but it has only 172 seats, and VERY limited space for any musical back-up group.
The Gulfport Community Players will be holding auditions for our 8th Annual Summer One Act Play Festival on Monday and Tuesday, May 26th & 27th. These cold script reading auditions will be held at our Back Door Theater, located at 4919- 17th Avenue South, in Gulfport, FL. Auditions will begin at 7 p.m.
The Players need both male and female actors, ages 20 to 70, for 8 short plays that were picked for this year's Festival. Some actors may be used in more than one of the plays. All interested people are urged to try out for a part. This is a great way to break into the community theater scene, by the way. The plays vary from 5 to 25 minutes in length, so the parts won't require a lot of memorization.
The Fesitval consists of relatively new plays, most of which haven't been performed on a stage before. Some were written by professional playwrights and some were written by unknown playwrights. The plays being done contain both drama and comedy and should be appeal to just about everyone.
The Festival will run from July 10th through July 20th and will be performed at the Catherine A. Hickman Theater of Gulfport. All interested people are urged to try out for a part, regardless of experience levels.
For even more information, please click on this link.
