2018 Gainesville Homegrown Local Playwrights’ Showcase

December 4-9, 2018; various times Our 2018-2019 Season marks the sixth anniversary of this not-to-be-missed event! It’s your  opportunity to see staged readings of local authors’ plays here– first– before they hit the big time! Best of all, it’s just $15 to see all 14 performances over six days, and get a nifty laminated keepsake ticket (or, you could … Read more

2018 | 05 This Is War

This Is War By Hannah Moscovitch Directed by Jeffrey Pufahl & Paul Gabbard May 31 – Jun 10, 2018 Two Week Engagement: Thursdays-Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm Sneak preview: Wednesday, May 30, at 8:00 PM Four soldiers in a Canadian infantry platoon fight the Taliban, only to return to an interrogation about a possible … Read more

Open Auditions: Summer Shakes Measure for Measure

Open Auditions: Sunday & Monday, April 22 & 23, 2018, at 7:00 pm At the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre 619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601 Measure for Measure By William Shakespeare Directed by Carolyne Salt Performance dates: July 6-29 , 2018 Don’t be shy, you were born to be a star! Join us at open … Read more

2018 | 04 The Skin of Our Teeth

The Skin of Our Teeth By Thornton Wilder Directed by Meagan Reagle April 20 – May 6, 2018 The ice age is upon us, the floods are coming, war is Inevitable. Join us in  suburban Excelsior, New Jersey, with The Antrobus family and the “Ancient and Honorable Order of Mammals, Subdivision Humans” as we travel through … Read more

Open Auditions: This Is War by Hannah Moscovitch

Open Auditions: Sunday & Monday, March 18 & 19, 2018, at 7:00 pm At the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre 619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601 This Is War By Hannah Moscovitch Directed by Jeff Pufahl produced in conjunction with UF Arts in Medicine Performance dates: May 25 – June 10, 2018 Don’t be shy, you … Read more

2018 | 03 All’s Fair

World Premiere All’s Fair Written by Sloane Henry, Directed by Jennifer Hutton March 15 – 25, 2018 The Acrosstown is pleased to be fulfilling its mission to help develop and bring the best new Gainesville plays to fruition (and to our audiences!)! In Gainesville’s newest play, written by Sloane Henry and developed at last year’s … Read more

Open Auditions: The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

Open Auditions: Sunday & Monday, February 18 & 19, 2018, at 7:00 pm At the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre 619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601 The Skin of Our Teeth By Thorton Wilder Directed by Meagan Reagle Performance dates: April 20 – May 6, 2018 Don’t be shy, you were born to be a star! … Read more

2018 | 02 Angel Street (Gaslight)

Angel Street (Gaslight) Written by Patrick Hamilton, Directed by Laura Jackson February 9 – 25, 2018 All appears tranquil in the Manningham’s home on Angel Street in 19th century London, but there’s more to this idyllic Victorian life than meets the eye– Mr. Manningham, is slowly driving his gentle, devoted wife, Bella, to the brink … Read more

Open Auditions: World Premiere of All’s Fair by Sloane Henry

Open Auditions: Sunday & Monday, January 7 & 8, 2018, at 7:00 pm At the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre 619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601 World Premiere: All’s Fair By Sloane Henry Directed by Jennifer Hutton Performance dates: March 15-25, 2018 Don’t be shy, you were born to be a star! Join us at open … Read more

2018 | 01 No Exit

No Exit Written by Jean-Paul Sartre, Directed by Lola Bond January 5 – 21, 2018 In this 1944 existentialist classic, three strangers– Garcin, Inez and Estelle– expect to be damned for all eternity upon their demise, but instead find themselves in a wholly unremarkable parlor. There is only one door, through which they cannot leave, … Read more