Homegrown: ART of Adaptation Local Playwright’s Festival

Acrosstown Repertory Theatre 3501 SW 2nd Ave., Ste. O, Gainesville, FL, United States

See staged readings of the finalists for this year's Homegrown Local Playwright's Festival at The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre. This year, Acrosstown asked playwrights to take an existing novel, short story, movie, song, video game, or other creative work to expand on in their play. Pay what you can - a...

“The Taming of the Shrew” at Acrosstown Repertory Theatre

Acrosstown Repertory Theatre 3501 SW 2nd Ave., Ste. O, Gainesville, FL, United States

See an all-female cast perform the William Shakespeare comedy "The Taming of the Shrew." Bianca can't marry until her older and abrasive sister, Katherina, gets married. Petrucio thinks he can tame this shrew of a woman and Lucentio thinks he can seduce Bianca and marry her. In the end, who...

Event Series The Acrosstown Presents: Calming The Man

The Acrosstown Presents: Calming The Man

Acrosstown Repertory Theatre 3501 SW 2nd Ave., Ste. O, Gainesville, FL, United States

Special Engagement! Showing February 7-9 only, Friday and Saturday at 8PM, Sunday at 2PM Greenville has evolved since its Old South origins, but many wounds remain. In 1976, Daddyo, a middle-aged Black man, struggles with the psychological scars of a segregated past. His sons, Michael and Tracey, are central to...

“Doubt: A Parable” at Acrosstown Repertory Theatre

Acrosstown Repertory Theatre 3501 SW 2nd Ave., Ste. O, Gainesville, FL, United States

The talented actors of the Acrosstown Repertoire Theatre present a thought provoking and powerful performance with “Doubt: A Parable.” The play, written by John Patrick Shanley, was adapted into a 2008 film starring Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Viola Davis. Set in 1960s America, the story follows...