Kristen Coury, CEO and Producing Artistic Director of the Gulfshore Playhouse, explains Sept. 8 the impact Hurricane Ian made on the timeline and construction of a new state-of-the art Gulfshore Playhouse Baker Theatre and Education Center, located on the corner of First Avenue South and Goodlette-Frank Road. Photo by Chris Tilley
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HURRICANE IAN
Coming back strong: Palm Cottage, Gulfshore Playhouse
The Palm Cottage restoration was a labor of love, costing $675,000 and some mix of employees and volunteers nearly seven days a week for six months.
Two organizations in Collier County’s arts community might have wanted to rename Hurricane Ian as Isaiah. There’s a scriptural overtone in the tumbling down of walls, the rising of wood and the sudden appearance of fish out of water that plagued them.
