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 have had a 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.
2011-2012
Board of Directors
Eileen Navarro, President
Judy Ryerson, Vice-President
Jim Russell, Treasurer
Donna Naughton-Adell
Julius Preston Brock
Miki Vaughan
Mary Brophy
Jim Tobin
Cathy Culler
Todd Wertalik
Pete Shepherd
Carol Polk, Board Member Honorarium
GCP 2011-2012 Season
11th Annual Summer Play Festival, by many authors
Audition dates: May 23rd & 24th, 2011
Play dates: July 7th - 17th, 2011
Directed by various directors
The Constant Wife, a comedy by Somerset Maugham
Audition dates: Sept. 6th & 7th, 2011
Play dates: November 3rd - 13th, 2011
Directed by Olga Kruse
The Curious Savage, a comedy by John Patrick
Audition dates: November 7th & 8th, 2011
Play dates: January 5th - 22rd, 2012
Directed by Eileen Navarro
An Inspector Calls, a drama by J. B. Priestley
Audition dates: January 2nd & 3rd, 2012
Play dates: March 1st - 11th, 2012
Directed by Rob Colwell
Breaking Legs, a comedy by Tom Dulack
Audition dates: February 27th & 28th, 2012
Play dates: April 19th - 29th, 2012
Directed by Judy Ryerson
12th Annual Summer Play Festival, by asst. playwrights
Audition dates: May 21st & 22nd, 2012
Play dates: July 12th - 22nd, 2012
Directed by various directors
The Gulfport Community Players have just closed a heart-warming comedy by John Patrick entitled,
The Curious Savage. The play told the story of Ethel Savage, who had been committed to a "sanitarium" by her children. It was their hope that this act will "bring her to her senses", allowing them to get their hands on the $10 million her husband left her upon his passing. The play was set in The Cloisters - a genteel asylum for guests struggling to cope with various mental problems.
The play was directed by Eileen Navarro, who won a Cathy Award for Best Director for last season's Noises Off!
She had a great cast of 12 people to work with, including a few people you might have know from our past plays.
