Event

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

AUDITIONS: Lydia

Auditions: August 9 & 10 Lydia By Octavio Solis, Directed by Kathy Byrne Performance dates: Oct 15-Nov 1, 2015 Set in the 1970s on the Texas border separating the United States and Mexico, Lydia is an intense, lyrical, and magical new play. The Flores family welcomes Lydia, an undocumented maid, into their El Paso home … Read more

AUDITIONS: Escape of the Unicorn

“Escape of the Unicorn” Sep 3-20, 2015 By James Sunwall, Directed by Jessica Arnold Auditions: Sunday & Monday, June 28 & 29, 7pm-9pm, at the theater In the thirteenth century, in the year of the final crusade, the troubadour Robert de Chanson was imprisoned under sentence of death in the tower room of a castle … Read more

2015-2016 Season

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre’s 35th Season: R.U.R.  (Rossum’s Universal Robots)       *       July 24-Aug 9, 2015 By Karel Čapek Directed by Gabriel Hughes-Trinity       *       Auditions: May 17 & 18 Rossum’s Universal Robots (R.U.R.), The End of Mankind by the Hand of Robots, was originally produced in … Read more

2015-2016 ART Season GALA

We’re going back to our roots for this year’s Season Gala on July 18– back to our actual theater, in fact! Join us at the theater and enjoy scenes from the ART’s 2015-2016 season: R.U.R., Rossum’s Universal Robots by Karel Čapek Escape of the Unicorn by James Sunwall Lydia by Octavio Solis ARTY: Plum Pudding … Read more

ART à la Carte: UMMU – A New Play by Tom Miller

A brilliant artist lost in a world of his own imagination. A brilliant psychologist trapped by his unusual cure. A beautiful woman who may be an angel, an alien, or may not even exist. UMMU Coming to our stage Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27– ART à la Carte*: a staged reading of Tom Miller’s … Read more

2013-2014 Season

[foogallery id=”238″] August 9-25, 2013: Twelve Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose Directed by Tyler Leeps A nineteen-year old man is on trial for the murder of his father. With a criminal record, circumstantial evidence and public perception against him, he faces almost certain death. His very fate rests upon a jury of his peers, who … Read more