Spotlight on the Arts
Gulfshore Playhouse - Little Shop of Horrors
12/10/2021 | 2m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
The Gulfshore Playhouse is Naples premiere theatre...
The Gulfshore Playhouse is Naples premiere theatre and education is primary to the Playhouse’s mission. Gulfshore Playhouse Education brings the joy of theatre to children, teens and adults through a variety of world-class shows, musical theatre and acting programs. Featured is just one of the performances by students in the after-school theatre program.
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Spotlight on the Arts is a local public television program presented by WGCU-PBS
Spotlight on the Arts is a series of short videos highlighting arts organizations in Southwest Florida. Funding provided by Naomi Bloom in loving memory of her husband, Ron Wallace.
Spotlight on the Arts
Gulfshore Playhouse - Little Shop of Horrors
12/10/2021 | 2m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
The Gulfshore Playhouse is Naples premiere theatre and education is primary to the Playhouse’s mission. Gulfshore Playhouse Education brings the joy of theatre to children, teens and adults through a variety of world-class shows, musical theatre and acting programs. Featured is just one of the performances by students in the after-school theatre program.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(energetic music) - [Narrator] Gulfshore Playhouse is Naples' Premier Professional Theater located at the Norris Center.
While they are in the midst of a campaign to build a new state-of-the-art theater and education center, the show must go on.
- My name is Steven Calakos and I am the Director of Education at Gulfshore Playhouse.
STAR Academy is our program we have here for students from all ages, elementary through high school, and really it's a professional training ground where students not only get to perform a musical or a play, but they also get valuable educational experiences and opportunities.
- [Narrator] STAR stands for the Student Theatre Artists in Residence.
The afterschool program most recently performed "Little Shop of Horrors".
- [Steven] It's definitely bizarre, but one of a kind and extremely popular.
It's got a really big cult following.
And the student actors that we have in the cast are phenomenal.
Jacob Corey is our Seymour.
He has been dreaming about playing this role all of his life.
- This is my first like a weed lead show.
I've done like other principal roles.
(casts singing) And the one thing I love about it is just the connection I get to make with my fellow castmates.
- I'm Alison Pazooti.
I'm a parent of Hannah Pazooti who is a part of the Gulfshore Playhouse STAR Academy.
The growth that I've seen in her has been extraordinary.
It's improved her confidence.
She's learning how to project her voice.
I can't say enough about the staff and the people that work with the kids.
I wouldn't be able to drop off my daughter unless I knew it was a safe place for her to be seen and to express herself.
- Strange and interesting plant.
(light music)
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Spotlight on the Arts is a local public television program presented by WGCU-PBS
Spotlight on the Arts is a series of short videos highlighting arts organizations in Southwest Florida. Funding provided by Naomi Bloom in loving memory of her husband, Ron Wallace.