Naples, FL
Gulfshore Playhouse Production Center
Gulfshore Playhouse builds its own sets, costumes, and props. For years that work was spread across whatever space the theater could find, and a fair amount of it happened off site. The Production Center brought all of it under one roof in Naples, Florida: 21,450 square feet of shop floor, storage, and office space laid out around how a production actually comes together.
We delivered a 110x195x21 I-Beam structure with clear span construction across the full width. No columns, 21 feet of clearance, and a floor plan the theater could arrange around its own departments.
Size
110 x 195 x 21
Location
Naples, FL
Building System
I-Beam
Total Square Footage
21,450
Challenges
Theatrical scenery gets built at full size. A piece that has to fit a stage can’t be assembled in sections around a column and lined up later, so the building needed open floor and enough height overhead to stand large pieces upright, move them, and stage them for load-out.
Three departments also had to work at the same time without crowding each other. Scenic crews need floor space. Costume teams need defined, quieter areas. Prop builders need bench space with storage close at hand. A layout that solved one of those at the expense of the others would have created a problem every single day the building was in use.
Solutions
Clear span handled most of it. The I-Beam frame carries the full 110-foot width without interior columns, so scenery gets built and moved wherever the work requires. The 21-foot clear height gave crews room to stand tall pieces upright, and we spec’d it at the height the work needed rather than padding it and passing along the cost.
The interior stayed deliberately simple. Each department got a defined area with clear paths between them for moving scenery and equipment. Materials and finishes were selected for shop conditions rather than appearance, because this building takes daily wear from saws, lifts, and material handling.
Results
The Production Center opened and the work moved in. Everything that used to happen in borrowed space now happens in one building, on the theater’s own schedule. The building stays out of the way, which is the whole point of a facility like this.
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