Lake City Playhouse Artistic Director Brooke Wood is surrounded by her newly structured board Friday evening on the front steps of the historical playhouse. From left: Kerry McGrath, Kylee Fernández, Marie Hunt, Wood, Jessica Peterson, Heather Renz and Jolena Long.
March 6, 2025
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Longtime patron, actress, board president named artistic director of Lake City Playhouse
Longtime patron, actress, board president named artistic director of historical theater
All the world may be a stage, but to Brooke Wood, the Lake City Playhouse stage and the community that surrounds it is all the world. The longtime patron, actress and supporter of the little nonprofit theater on Garden Avenue recently stepped down as its board president. She is now Lake City Playhouse's artistic director, officially announced Feb. 24. In this role, Wood believes this to be true: "The best is yet to come."