Welcome to Women Empowerment Wednesday!

Please join us on **Wednesday, September 9th for an empowering evening with Bari Newport, Producing Artistic Director of GableStage, one of South Florida’s leading professional theatre companies.

Bari joined GableStage in 2021, succeeding the legendary Joseph Adler, who led the company for more than three decades. Throughout her career, Bari has been known not only for producing compelling theatre, but for her belief that a theatre company should be an active citizen in its community — finding creative ways to connect the arts with the people and places around it.

Before coming to Miami, Bari served for nine and a half seasons as Producing Artistic Director of Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor, Maine. Her career has also included leadership and artistic roles at the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Horizon Theatre, and Florida Repertory Theatre. As a director and actor, her work has been seen at theatres across the country.

At GableStage, Bari has directed productions including The Lehman Trilogy, Appropriate, The Price, The Year of Magical Thinking, A Doll’s House, Part 2, and Summer, 1976. She earned her BFA from the University of Southern California and her MFA from the University of Iowa and is a 25-year member of both the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and Actors’ Equity Association.

Bari will be interviewed by Tara Auclair, Director of Development for SSJ Health Foundation. Tara and Bari will discuss leadership, creativity, community engagement, the business of the arts, and Bari’s experience building and leading organizations as a woman in the highly competitive world of professional theatre.

Details:

📅 Wednesday, September 9th
⏰ 6:00 pm
📍 2714 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables
💵 $40 per person (including wine tasting and tapas) 
👥 Space limited to 35 attendees. Women only, please.
🎟️ Tickets: https://square.link/u/tydIYL2s