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The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre Presents

Gainesville Homegrown: ART of Adaptation

Come see staged readings of the finalists for this year's Homegrown Local Playwright's Festival. Pay what you can - a suggested donation of $5 gets you all-day access. Vote for your favorite to win the Audience Favorite cash prize!

This year, we asked our playwrights take an existing novel, short story, movie, song, video game, or other creative work to expand on in their play. Selected works will be showcased on April 12th:

2PM -- Junior festival
3PM -- Samarra - by Morgan Vanderlaan
4PM -- The Machine Stops - by Chuck Lipsig
5PM -- Post Mortems: A D&D Comedy - by Rebecca J Johnston and Damon Thomas
6PM -- The Dunwich Horror - by Brooks Nuzum

Submissions for the 2025 Homegrown Playwright’s Festival are now closed. Please check back later to submit for our 2026 festival.