- December 4, 2025
Flagler Playhouse President Jerri Berry cuts the ribbon at the Flagler Playhouse's grand opening on Sept. 6. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Angelina DeMaio and Ysa Boothman sing a medley of songs at the Flagler Playhouse's grand opening on Sept. 6. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The set of "On Golden Pond" at the Flagler Playhouse's new 50-seat theater. The play will be the first show of the Playhouse's 2025-2026 season. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Ysa Boothman and Andrew Trotter perform a duet of the song, "Suddenly Seymour" from "Little Shop of Horrors" at Flagler Playhouse's grand opening on Sept. 6. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Andrew Trotter sings the song, "Stars," from Les "Miserables" at the Flagler Playhouse's grand opening on Sept. 6. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Flagler Playhouse Penguin Project participants perform the project's signature dance to "Don't Stop Believin'" Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Flagler Playhouse held a grand opening on Saturday, Sept. 6, for phase one of its rebuild.
We're so glad to be back in our own little home.
JERRI BERRY, Flagler Playhouse president
"We're so glad to be back in our own little home," Flagler Playhouse President Jerri Berry said.
A fire destroyed the Bunnell theater in October 2023. The main building, once a church, was demolished. The new home of the county's oldest theater troupe is in the adjacent building. It includes a 50-seat theater, where the shows will be performed for the Playhouse's 2025-2026 season, and event space with two rooms that will be open for rental for private parties and events.
Phase two, which will will built on what is now a grass lot where the main theater used to be, will be the next focus, Berry said.
"We're hoping to make it multipurpose with event space and/or a theater," Berry said. "There is no real event space on this end of the county."
Berry cut the ribbon on the new Flagler Playhouse space in front of Bunnell city officials, playhouse contributors and guests. The Playhouse's Penguin Project participants performed their signature choreographed dance to the song, "Don't Stop Believin'."
The Penguin Project is a nationwide program that allows children and young adults with developmental disabilities to perform in modified Broadway shows. Flagler Playhouse is one of just five or six Penguin Project chapters in Florida, Berry said.
Also performing at the grand opening were Andrew Trotter, Ysa Boothman and Angelina DeMaio. Trotter was in the playhouse's first show presented at the new theater, "The Fantasticks," in June. He sang "Stars" from Les Miserables and also sang a booming duet with Boothman of "Suddenly Seymour" from "Little Shop of Horrors." Boothman and DeMaio sang "Lollypop," and "All I Have to Do Is Dream."
Boothman will be in the Playhouse's second show of the 2025-2026 season, "The Marvelous Wonderettes," on Nov. 7-16. The season-opening show is "On Golden Pond," on Sept. 26-Oct. 5. Other shows this season include "You Better Watch Out, on Dec. 5-14, "The Odd Couple," on Feb. 27-March 8, and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," on April 10-19.
For more information or to purchase tickets, go to flaglerplayhouse.org or call 386-400-8989.
