Sleep No More Florida?

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 10/10/16 at 10:57pm

I've got a friend in the Orlando acting scene who told me something odd last week.  I'm hearing a rumor that Sleep No More/Punch Drunk is opening a production in or around Okechobee, Florida.  Which seems odd as Okechobee is about an hour and thirty minutes from Orlando (without traffic).  Anyone know any rumblings?  

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 10/10/16 at 11:00pm

This is definitely untrue. They're in the process of mounting a huge Sleep No More revamp in Shanghai right now.

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 10/10/16 at 11:30pm

I'm hearing different from a few people...

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/10/16 at 11:31pm

Wish they'd spice up the NYC one. I want to go back, but I've just seen it so many times.

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 10/11/16 at 3:32am

Punchdrunk is NOT opening a FL company.  I can say this with confidence.

SNM in Shanghai is going to be incredible.  They've learned a lot of new tricks since the McKittrick

[EvaLyn]

Posted: 10/11/16 at 4:44am

BenjaminNicholas2 said: "Punchdrunk is NOT opening a FL company.  I can say this with confidence.

SNM in Shanghai is going to be incredible.  They've learned a lot of new tricks since the McKittrick

 

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Any other info you can give us for those of us who won't be getting to Asia anytime soon?

 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 10/11/16 at 12:33pm

Sondheimite said: "I'm hearing different from a few people...

 

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I mean, I know a number of Punchdrunk folks and all of their eggs are in the Shanghai basket. There's been absolutely no mention of anything in Florida.

[Kad]

Posted: 10/11/16 at 12:59pm

Okeechobee is a city with less than 6,000 people (a fifth of which are below the poverty line), no significant draws for tourism or the arts, and it's quite a distance from any major Florida city. It makes no sense for Punchdrunk, or any notable theatre company, to consider doing anything there.

Updated On: 10/11/16 at 12:59 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 10/11/16 at 1:38pm

Not sure even Orlando would be a good fit for them, as Sleep No More is a little racy and sexy and not exactly family friendly. 

[Kad]

Posted: 10/11/16 at 1:40pm

The only area in Florida that would even be a decent conceivable fit is Miami.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/11/16 at 1:49pm

As a born and raised Floridian, this thread and the thought of them opening in Okeechobee made me laugh REALLY hard. 

[meettheroyers]

Posted: 10/12/16 at 10:24am

 

 

Updated On: 10/12/16 at 10:24 AM