2017 Gainesville Homegrown Local Playwrights’ Showcase

December 7-17, 2017; various times Our 2017-2018 Season marks the fifth 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 can … Read more

2017 | 09 Trailer Park Elegy

Trailer Park Elegy Written & Directed by Michael Presley Bobbitt September 1-17 World Premiere! While working at a trailer park to escape the publicity from a dark episode in his recent past, Elijah finds the cremated remains of a woman sitting forgotten on a shelf for the past 17 years. The effort to uncover the … Read more

2017-2018 Season Gala!

Twinkly lights, delicious food and great company– including a diva goat named Mabel– what better way to spend a summer Saturday night in Gainesville? Enjoy scenes from the ART’s 2017-2018 season, great food and drink from Pearl Country Store & Barbeque, a live auction featuring products and services from some of Gainesville’s most iconic shops and … Read more

2017-2018 Season!

The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre’s 2017-2018 (37th) Season   Trailer Park Elegy Sep 1-17, 2017 Written & Directed by Michael Presley Bobbitt Aud: July 9 & 10 World Premiere! While working at a trailer park to escape the publicity from a dark episode in his recent past, Elijah finds the cremated remains of a woman sitting … Read more

Open Auditions: Trailer Park Elegy by Michael Presley Bobbitt

Open Auditions: Sunday & Monday, July 9 & 10, 7:00 pm Trailer Park Elegy Written & Directed by Michael Presley Bobbitt At the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre 619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL 32601 Performance dates: September 1-17, 2017 Don’t be shy, you were born to be a star! Join us at open auditions for the world premiere of this … Read more

Auditions: Gainesville Homegrown Local Playwrights’ Showcase

Open Auditions: Sunday November 20, 2016, 7:00 PM At the Acrosstown: 619 South Main Street Gainesville Homegrown Local Playwrights’ Showcase Performance dates: December 8-11, 2016 Don’t be shy, you were born to be a star! Although we are a repertory company, we do hold open auditions for shows– and we’re about to hold auditions for … Read more

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