The Payne Park Ghost Light Celebration

Sept. 10 at 8:30am at Payne Park Auditorium (2100 Laurel St, Sarasota, FL 34237) The Sarasota Players will gather community members, volunteers, donors, and local leaders for a special celebration marking the start of renovations on its new home.

The ceremony will culminate with the lighting of a ghost light at Payne Park Auditorium, symbolically bringing the theatre to life as The Sarasota Players begins its transition into the space. The event will feature speeches from Players leadership and offer a first look at the transformation underway at Payne Park Auditorium. This is the first big step on our road to 100 years.

For generations, theatres have kept a ghost light glowing on an otherwise dark stage. While traditionally used as a safety light, the ghost light has also come to represent the spirit of theatre, the promise that the stage will never truly be empty and that another performance is always waiting to begin.