1994 – Songs My Mother Taught Me “Melba Moore was an amazing woman, and wow did that voice come alive in the theater.” Lauren Caldwell, Artistic Director 1995 – The Sisters Rosensweig “I made my…
Truly missed, but never forgotten Margaret Bachus 1943-2020 A beloved icon at UF College of the Arts and the Hippodrome, Margaret Bachus had a tremendous impact on children’s theatre in Gainesville and beyond. Her legacy…
Truly missed, but never forgotten Orin Wechsberg 1952-2019 I met both Orin and Greg at UF in the fall of 1970 in the theatre department. Now this was a University Theatre Department, so you were…
Truly missed, but never forgotten Marilyn A. Wall 1949-2021 Marilyn Wall was an artist and a jokester. She was known to show up to formal events in tutus and sequined swimsuit tops, wedding gowns or…
Truly missed, but never forgotten Rusty Salling 1948-2016 Rusty Salling, one of Gainesville’s greatest and best loved talents, took his final bow early Sunday morning, June 12, after bravely and fiercely battling cancer for more…
Truly missed, but never forgotten David ‘Doc’ Shelton 1940-2022 Doctor “Doc” David Shelton, 81, passed away peacefully on Jan. 13, 2022. A Boonville native, David was born on Feb. 7, 1940. He graduated from Boonville…
Theatre in Downtown Gainesville… 1983 – Key Exchange “Jennifer Pritchett, Kevin Rainsberger, and I were in this show about a love triangle set in Central Park/NYC. We actually rode bikes off stage, out the vom,…
How it all began and the early years… “Six of us were in the theater department at UF, and we were all together in the Florida players and really loved the experience of working together.We…
Irene L. Pynn – Suture Bowl Irene L. Pynn’s plays include I, Cockroach, The Church of Saint Bearer, Enter, Pursued by a Whale, The Train, How to Field Dress an Android, and several ten-minute shorts.…
Bethany Dickens Assaf – Evie & Loren Bethany Dickens Assaf is a freelance playwright, dramaturg, and theatre artist, the Literary Manager for MadLab Theatre in Columbus, and a co-founder of Whiskey Theatre Factory and the…