Save the ROYAL POINCIANA PLAYHOUSE for the Community!

Thank you Christopher Plummer!

(Christopher Plummer GETS IT!)

Architecture contains the dream of history past and a watermark for the future privilege of culture. What is a country, much less a community, without the legacy of its Arts?

What is the unfiltered raw progress of Civilization with its wars and reconstructions without the on-going community of Culture?

To even consider tearing this jewel apart is a travesty--to even think such a thing.  And for a Shopping Mall?

Let's see this jewel as shining and contributing it's brillance and bright luster again.

The Royal Poinciana is the only existing theater in Palm Beach, after the closing of the Paramount, long ago.  The Royal Poinciana is very similar in atmosphere and feel to the GATE Theater in Dublin.

Florida Stage is in Manalapan, the Kravitz Center is in West Palm. The Royal Poinciana is the first theater in the area, the only in the town of Palm Beach, and remains a scintillating jewel of the Treasure Coast.

The community remembers Mr. Plummer as the cunning Iago in Othello there with Kelsey Grammer in the role of Cassio. (Kelsey Grammer graduated from Pine Crest in Ft. Lauderdale)

Frank J. Hale, founder of the Playhouse, knew what he was doing when he had the Playhouse built, and intended it for the community.  The Royal Poinciana was the first stage I ever trod as part of a performance with then Palm Beach High School. Mary Nemec Doremus hosted "Night Life on the Gold Coast" there interviewing celebrities, diplomats and kings -- it was an educational facility.  Mr. Hale is for sure delighted to see his dream and contribution gain support!