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…
Bethany Dickens Assaf Bethany Dickens Assaf is a freelance playwright and the co-founder of Whiskey Theatre Factory, a theatre collective based in Orlando, Florida. Almost 100 of her plays have been performed across the country…
Jena Rashid – The Ultimate Cheeseburger Jena Rashid is a Pakistani, female-identifying playwright who is currently based in Orlando, FL. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with a BA in Theatre Studies and…
Stephanie Lynge (Artistic Director) Stephanie is an accomplished actor, director, producer, teacher and coach. Acting credits include performances in New York City on Broadway and Off Broadway at Lincoln Center, BAM, Jean Cocteau Rep, and…