Gulfshore Playhouse to Present
David Mamet Drama “Race”
Gulfshore Playhouse will present the
David Mamet drama
Race January 27 through February 12, with a preview performance January 26 at the Norris Center.
This hot new Broadway hit follows a law firm taking on a racially-charged case. Two attorneys, one black and one white, are offered a chance to defend a white man charged with a crime against a black woman. A true case of “he said, she said”,
Race will make you question what you thought, what you heard, and what you think you know. This thought-provoking new play by the master of great dialogue
David Mamet is a must-see.
Founder and Producing Artistic Director
Kristen Coury will direct. “I love to direct theatre that makes you think, and with these actors, it is bound to have the audience debating the themes as they walk out of the theatre” says Coury.
Fresh off the national tour of
The 39 Steps, Eric Hissom will star as Jack Lawson. Other credits from Eric include
The Vibrator Play at Woolly Mammoth in Washington DC,
The Turn of the Screw at Orlando Shakespeare Theater, directed a production of
The 39 Steps at Florida
Studio Theatre in Sarasota, the world premiere of
Ken Ludwig’s
The Game’s Afoot at
Cleveland Playhouse,
A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Arden Theatre in Philadelphia and
August: Osage County. He has an MFA from Florida State University and has performed and/or directed at many other theatres across the country including Actors’ Theatre of Louisville,
La Jolla Playhouse,
Seattle Rep, Meadowbrook,
Cape Playhouse,
Syracuse Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Asolo Rep, and Cape May Stage.
Brent Langdon will play Charles Strickland. Brent is a graduate of the University of Evansville and the University of North Carolina. New York theatre credits include
The Europeans at
Atlantic Theatre Stage 2 and
Couldn't Say at Abingdon Theatre. Regional theatre credits include
The Crucible at Hartford Stage,
She Stoops To Conquer,
Twelfth Night at
McCarter Theatre,
Richard II at
Yale Repertory Theatre and
A Streetcar Named Desire and
Henry V at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Brent also appeared in
Law and Order: Criminal Intent and
Conviction.
Edena Hines is a recent graduate from New York University’s Graduate Acting Program. She was last seen in
Donald Margulies’
Shipwrecked at the Penguin Repertory Theater in Stony Point, NY. At NYU, Edena was seen in
Henry Box Brown (
Tony Kushner Musical),
Sueno,
Romantic Roulette and
The Ruby Sunrise. Her other credits include: NYSITP
All’s Well that Ends Well,Memphis Women and Fried Chicken,
Girl Crazy,
Pres Du Lune.
Gulfshore Playhouse is Naples' first and finest professional theatre company offering a variety of stimulating, thought-provoking and entertaining productions from important classics to Broadway hits and innovative new works. Their shows are conceived and created in-house using a team of professional designers and technicians as well as Equity actors with credits ranging from Broadway shows to film and television. All Gulfshore Playhouse productions are presented exclusively at The Norris Center in Downtown Naples.
Gulfshore Playhouse’s production of
Race will run January 27 through February 12. Tickets start at just $35 and can be purchased by visiting their website at
ww.gulfshoreplayhouse.org or by calling the box office at 866-811-4111.
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