{"id":336419,"date":"2026-07-11T00:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336419\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T00:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:45:08","slug":"winter-park-playhouse-hosts-a-grand-opening-gala-to-show-off-renovated-theater-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/336419\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Park Playhouse hosts a grand opening gala to show off renovated theater space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"423553\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/arts\/winter-park-playhouse-hosts-a-grand-opening-gala-to-show-off-renovated-theater-space\/attachment\/playhouse-front\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Playhouse-front.jpeg?fit=1760%2C1354&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1760,1354\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1781166181&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00039904229848364&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Playhouse front\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Winter Park Playhouse&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Playhouse-front.jpeg?fit=780%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Playhouse-front.jpeg\" alt=\"Winter Park Playhouse\" class=\"wp-image-423553\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Winter Park Playhouse Credit: Courtesy<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winter Park Playhouse is returning to its old address with a freshly renovated theater just in time for their 2026-2027 season starting in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The renovations happened thanks to a Tourist Development Tax grant from Orange County, and in celebration the local playhouse hosts a Grand Opening Gala \u201cto christen the new space\u201d on June 17.\u00a0The celebration includes live music and a one-hour production created specially for the new stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guests will be able to experience the many upgrades completed over the past year, including a larger stage, increased seating, a new cabaret space, a brand-new lobby, expanded bathrooms and other structural improvements. The night will include a dessert and cocktail reception and the de rigueur\u00a0champagne toast. Hopefully you got your tickets, though, because it is already sold out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7 p.m. Friday, July 17; Winter Park Playhouse, 711 N. Orange Ave., Winter Park; <a href=\"https:\/\/winterparkplayhouse.org\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"winterparkplayhouse.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">winterparkplayhouse.org<\/a>; SOLD OUT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/orlando\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Orlando Weekly newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.news\/TvED6otrDR9OFO33_r61W_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLQgKIidDQklTRndnTWFoTUtFVzl5YkdGdVpHOTNaV1ZyYkhrdVkyOXRLQUFQAQ?hl=en-US&amp;gl=US&amp;ceid=US%3Aen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599445?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/OrlandoWeekly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/orlandoweekly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/orlandoweekly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/orlandoweekly.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>\u00a0| Or sign up for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/feed\/?partner-feed=all\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RSS Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winter Park Playhouse Credit: Courtesy Winter Park Playhouse is returning to its old address with a freshly renovated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1623,138545,139,141,140,3697,50347],"class_list":["post-336419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-apple-news","tag-grand-opening-gala","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-orlando-theater","tag-winter-park-playhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}