Our plays at the Catherine Hickman Theater:

The Gulfport Community Players perform their main season plays at the Catherine A. Hickman Theater. Although it is named after the Players' founder, it is OWNED and OPERATED by the City of Gulfport. If you have questions about non-Gulfport Community Players events, you must contact the City of Gulfport.

The stage play adaptation of The 39 Steps is a fast-paced, madcap comedic thriller where a cast of just four actors play more than 150 roles to bring an epic spy chase to life. Four actors execute lightning-fast costume changes and shifting accents within seconds to play cops, spies, innkeepers, and farmers. Instead of  typical staging, the show uses theatrical tricks to stage dramatic car chases, train leaps, and airplane crashes. Adapted by Patrick Barlow , the play mixes genuine suspense with goofy, rapid-fire slapstick and loving nods to other Hitchcock masterpieces like North by Northwest and Vertigo. 

Auditions Oct 18-19, 7PM, at the Back Door Theater, Shaun Rice, Director

This is a comedic play about middle-aged sibling rivalry, aging, and regret set in a Bucks County, Pennsylvania farmhouse. It turns bickering, insecurities, and mid-life anxieties into sharp, fast-paced farce. From Masha's raging narcissism to Spike stripping down to his underwear and Cassandra's comical curses, the eccentric personalities guarantee constant laughs. Amid the absurd comedy and verbal sparring, the play offer surprisingly tender and poignant reflections on growing older and finding peace with one's choices.

Auditions January 4-5, 7PM, at the Back Door Theater, Nona Edelson, Director

Drinking Habits is an award-winning, laugh-out-loud religious farce centered around a struggling convent. secret winemaking, and rampant mistaken identity. The small convent of the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing is on the verge of being shut down due to a lack of funds, To save it, two enterprising nuns, secretly brew and sell wine under the guise of grape juice. The comedy peaks as characters spy on each other, mistake ridiculous occurrences for divine intervention, and constantly swap identities. The highlight of the show is its wildly absurd, feel-good ending where secrets are spilled alongside the wine, yielding an incredible crowd pleaser.

Auditions April 5-6, 7PM, at the Back Door Theater, Myles Thoroughgood, Director

The Golden Girls Musical Parody is an adult-themed musical comedy, performed by drag-queens/or mixed cast, in over-the-top 80s attire. It is a high-camp, raunchy, adult-humor,  send-up of the beloved television show. The four iconic over-60 retirees are living out their golden years in Miami, when a major distraction (pop superstar Ricky Martin) arrives next door. The rivalry reaches a boiling point at the annual Shady Oaks Retirement Home Talent show.  Filled with relentless double entendres, sex jokes, crude humor, and adult language, It is NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED!

It is an adult comedy.

Auditions May 24-25, 7PM, at the Back Door Theater

Ten original short-plays chosen from hundreds of submissions. Comedies, light dramas.

Audience gets to vote for their favorites.