Submit a Play to our Local Playwrights’ Showcase

Are you a playwright living in or around Gainesville, FL? GREAT! We’d like to know you better! The Homegrown Local Playwright’s Showcase is the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre’s chance tohighlight work done by playwrights in the North Central Florida region. Inclusion in the Homegrown Local Playwright’s Showcase does not guarantee that plays will receive full productions … Read more

2015 | 12 ARTy Holiday Production

ARTY: Plum Pudding for Christmas & Hershel & the Hanukkah Goblins       *       Dec 18-20, 2015 By Virginia Kahl/Eric Kimmel, Directed by Susan Washington/Kathy Byrne The Acrosstown’s Youthtroupe is sure to delight children of all ages in cheerful adaptations of these beloved children’s books. Plum Pudding for Christmas: It is Christmas in … Read more

Rehearsing for Playwrights’ Showcase

Our casts are busily rehearsing December’s Gainesville Homegrown Local Playwrights’ Showcase! Eight plays in total; pictured above is the cast of Chuck Lipsig’s musical, The Mad Scientist’s Wonderful Children. Do you have your tickets yet? For a limited time, see as many plays as you’d like over the four-day festival for just $15. Not each … Read more

2015 | 11 ARTy: 10 Ways to Survive the ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

The Acrosstown Youthtroupe (ARTy) proudly presents: 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse by Don Zolidis. Halloween may be a particularly dangerous time for zombies, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be vigilant all year long! Join our ARTy team as they informatively— and hilariously— show you how to survive a zombie apocalypse. Performances are Friday and … Read more

ARTY-10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre Youthtroupe (ARTY) is a chance for young actors and artists  to get involved in community theater. The ART Youthtroupe’s goal is to promote and facilitate youth-run theater in the greater-Gainesville community by providing free opportunities for young theater patrons to support and champion the dramatic arts. The next ARTY Youth Troupe production … Read more

BANNED?! A Wacky Look at Banned Children’s Books

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre is proud to announce a staged reading of its original production, BANNED?!— a strange, silly & unexpectedly educational look at children’s books banned for the most ridiculous of reasons… in celebration of Banned Books Week. Join us one day only– Saturday, October 3— at 3 PM or 5PM. Recommended donation is $10— (“recommended” because reading and … Read more

ARTy Auditions for Winter Holiday Program

Auditions for our Youthtroupe’s December production of Plum Pudding for Christmas and Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins are Monday and Tuesday, October 5 & 6 from 4pm to 6pm at the theater! Join us! Click here for information on how to find our theater. Both of these plays are original adaptations of beloved children’s books: Plum Pudding for … Read more

2015 | 10 Lydia

Illustraton/graphic for Lydia by Octavio Solis at the Acrosstown

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce its production of Lydia by Octavio Solis, directed by Kathy Byrne, opening Friday, October 16, at 8:00 PM and running Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM through November 1. Set in the 1970s on the Texas border separating the United States and … Read more

2015 Gainesville Homegrown Local Playwrights’ Showcase

December 3-6, 2015; various times Our 2015-2016 Season will mark the third anniversary of this not-to-be-missed event! For audiences, it’s the opportunity to see staged readings of local authors’ plays here– first– before they hit the big time! For local playwrights, it’s the opportunity to see how your play works with real actors and real audiences so that you … Read more

2015 | 09 Escape of the Unicorn – WORLD PREMIERE

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre is pleased to announce its world premiere production of Escape of the Unicorn by James Sunwall, directed by Jessica Arnold, opening Friday, September 4, at 8:00 PM and running Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM through September 20. In the thirteenth century, in the year of … Read more