​In 2005, Children For The Arts put on their first performance of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown at Gulfview Middle School. Previously, Children For The Arts had a 100 seat black box theater located in downtown Naples from 1988-2003. In 2005, Tish Poorman, founder of CFTA found there was a need for after-school theatre programs in Collier County schools and since that time CFTA has held programs at Gulfview Middle School, The Community School of Naples, Pelican Marsh Elementary School and Pine Ridge Middle School.