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The
Naples Players
2014–2015 SEASON
Oyster Now Thru Dec. 6
Wed – Sat 8:00 p.m.
Sun 2:00 p.m.
Restoration A Musical In Blackburn Hall
Project Funded by Walmart Sponsored by:
T he Friends of Rookery Bay received a $25,000 grant This heartfelt musical tells the story of newly released parolee, Percy, who is
ready to leave her past behind and look toward a future in the small town of
from the Walmart Foundation to help restore oyster
Gilead, Wisconsin, a town where everyone knows your business.
reefs. Walmart’s “Day of Giving” event awarded
$485,000 in grants to 18 Florida nonprofits to help
fund hunger relief, education, reef restoration and women’s
economic empowerment efforts across the state through the
Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program. GOD Jan. 14 – Feb. 7
The Friends of Rookery Bay contributes to research and of
education programs undertaken by the Rookery Bay National Wed – Sat 8:00 p.m.
Estuarine Research Reserve. “The Friends’ mission is to support Carnage Sun 2:00 p.m.
education, research and stewardship at the Reserve, and this
restoration project has all three components,” said Craig Seibert, In Blackburn Hall
the Friends of Rookery Bay president. “We are delighted to be
a part of the educational experience for the students in Collier by Yasmina Reza Sponsored by:
County,” he concluded.
“We are very pleased to be a part of this restoration effort, and
to engage local students so that they can learn more about oyster A playground scuffle brings two sets of parents together to discuss how to resolve
reefs and restoration ecology in their own backyard” said Gary their sons’ behavior. What starts out as a concerted civilized conversation erupts
Lytton, Director for the Rookery Bay Reserve. The project is into a primal war of words that is manically hilarious.
slated for the Cocohatchee estuary, located in North Naples. The
estuary is the site of previous oyster reef research and restoration
conducted by Dr. Michael Savarese from FGCU.
“The Cocohatchee estuary is an ideal region for reef
restoration,” said Savarese. “The correct environmental conditions
exist, but development in the recent past consumed much of the
available mangrove-forested edge most suitable for natural reef
$
$
development.” Tickets: The Spitfire Grill 40 • God of Carnage 35
The project will enable biologists from the Rookery Bay $ 10 for Students 21 and under 12 times awarded
National Estuarine Research Reserve, faculty from Florida Gulf “Best Live Theatre”
Coast University (FGCU), and high school students from Collier Call 239-263-7990 or visit www.naplesplayers.org w tY G
County to work together to design and construct a small scale
oyster reef in summer 2015. The Naples Players at Sugden Community Theatre • 701 5th Ave. South, Naples, FL 34102
Life in Naples | December 2014 73
Naples Players
2014–2015 SEASON
Oyster Now Thru Dec. 6
Wed – Sat 8:00 p.m.
Sun 2:00 p.m.
Restoration A Musical In Blackburn Hall
Project Funded by Walmart Sponsored by:
T he Friends of Rookery Bay received a $25,000 grant This heartfelt musical tells the story of newly released parolee, Percy, who is
ready to leave her past behind and look toward a future in the small town of
from the Walmart Foundation to help restore oyster
Gilead, Wisconsin, a town where everyone knows your business.
reefs. Walmart’s “Day of Giving” event awarded
$485,000 in grants to 18 Florida nonprofits to help
fund hunger relief, education, reef restoration and women’s
economic empowerment efforts across the state through the
Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program. GOD Jan. 14 – Feb. 7
The Friends of Rookery Bay contributes to research and of
education programs undertaken by the Rookery Bay National Wed – Sat 8:00 p.m.
Estuarine Research Reserve. “The Friends’ mission is to support Carnage Sun 2:00 p.m.
education, research and stewardship at the Reserve, and this
restoration project has all three components,” said Craig Seibert, In Blackburn Hall
the Friends of Rookery Bay president. “We are delighted to be
a part of the educational experience for the students in Collier by Yasmina Reza Sponsored by:
County,” he concluded.
“We are very pleased to be a part of this restoration effort, and
to engage local students so that they can learn more about oyster A playground scuffle brings two sets of parents together to discuss how to resolve
reefs and restoration ecology in their own backyard” said Gary their sons’ behavior. What starts out as a concerted civilized conversation erupts
Lytton, Director for the Rookery Bay Reserve. The project is into a primal war of words that is manically hilarious.
slated for the Cocohatchee estuary, located in North Naples. The
estuary is the site of previous oyster reef research and restoration
conducted by Dr. Michael Savarese from FGCU.
“The Cocohatchee estuary is an ideal region for reef
restoration,” said Savarese. “The correct environmental conditions
exist, but development in the recent past consumed much of the
available mangrove-forested edge most suitable for natural reef
$
$
development.” Tickets: The Spitfire Grill 40 • God of Carnage 35
The project will enable biologists from the Rookery Bay $ 10 for Students 21 and under 12 times awarded
National Estuarine Research Reserve, faculty from Florida Gulf “Best Live Theatre”
Coast University (FGCU), and high school students from Collier Call 239-263-7990 or visit www.naplesplayers.org w tY G
County to work together to design and construct a small scale
oyster reef in summer 2015. The Naples Players at Sugden Community Theatre • 701 5th Ave. South, Naples, FL 34102
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