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What’s on at freeFall…
July 24, 2024
freeFall at the Movies: LADYHAWKE
hosted by Matthew McGee
Ladyhawke is a 1985 medieval fantasy film directed and produced by Richard Donner and starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. The story is about a young thief who becomes unwillingly involved with a warrior and his lady who are hunted by the Bishop of Aquila. As he learns about the couple’s past and secret, he chooses to help them overcome the Bishop’s forces, and to lift an infernal curse.
Rated PG-13
July 26, 2024
La Lucha Plays the 80s
featuring John C. O’Leary, Alejandro Arenas, Mark Feinman, Guianna
The award-winning jazz trio La Lucha is joined by the fantabulous singer Guianna for an evening of re-imagined songs from the 1980s. This creative program features inventive, jazz influenced arrangements of music by George Michael, Prince, Madonna, and Culture Club. Fan favorites include; Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer,” Joe Jackson’s, ” Steppin’ Out,” & the decade’s defining hit, “Careless Whisper.”
Complete with fun outfits and synthesizers, La Lucha seamlessly blends signature sounds of the 80s with traditional improvisational elements of jazz, including a wide variety of grooves like NOLA second-line, samba, swing and much more. This live concert will have audiences singing along, dancing in their seats, and nostalgic for that totally radical decade.
August 9 – September 8, 2024
Fable
by Doug DeVita
Who has the right to tell your story? Fable explores the nature of memory through the eyes of two very different show business siblings. When one sister wants her version of events made legendary on the Broadway stage, the other is pulled into a tug-of-war over the truth of things long past. A fable about the making of a Broadway fable – the hit musical Gypsy. Sisters June Havoc and Gypsy Rose Lee’s loyalty to each other is tested in a mounting battle between fiction and truth.
Presenting Sponsor: Brian Reale
Show Sponsors: Michael Miller & Robert Jenkins
Community Partners: Kathy Day | Hal Freedman & Willi Rudowsky | Michael Schine
August 14, 2024
freeFall at the Movies: GYPSY (1962)
hosted by Matthew McGee
Widely considered, top to bottom, one of the finest musicals in Broadway history, Gypsy received a lavish film adaptation in 1962 starring Hollywood icons Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood. Gypsy Rose Lee was the world’s most famous striptease artist; Momma Rose the ultimate stage mother. Follow their extraordinary story as it unfolds on freeFall’s silver screen on August 14. This Tandem Series film screening is the perfect companion piece to Doug Devita’s Fable (playing at freeFall August 9 through September 8).
Rated PG
August 30, 2024
Guitars Galore
featuring guitarist Carl Amundson, Bart Hanchey, Charlie Robinson, Vincent Sims, and Jose Velandia
5 of the most dynamic Jazz Guitarists in the Tampa Bay come together for Guitars Galore – a one night only concert presented by The Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association. Each guitarist will perform an individual set accompanied by a Cracker Jack rhythm section and then all join together for a thrilling finale!
Accompanied by: Richard ‘STretch’ Bruyn on Piano, Kenny ‘DrLoHertz’ Walker on Bass, and Ron Gregg on Drums!
Presented by The Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association
September 20 & 21, 2024
6 Guitars
featuring Chase Padgett
“It’s just one guy – and one guitar – but it’s amazing.” – Orlando Sentinel
Internationally-acclaimed guitarist, singer and comedian Chase Padgett presents his thrilling one-man show, 6 Guitars, which follows the stories of six different players, each specializing in a distinct musical genre. As Chase seamlessly switches between each character, he showcases his virtuosic talents for blues, jazz, rock, classical, folk and country, while delving into the unique characteristics and histories of each.
The show premiered at the Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival in 2010, where it enjoyed a sold-out run and several holdover performances. It has since toured all over North America and Europe.
November 8 – December 15, 2024
Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty:
A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure
By Ken Ludwig
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are back on the case! An investigation into the Bohemian king’s stolen letters cascades into an international mystery filled with spies, blackmail and intrigue. With world peace at stake, Holmes and Watson join forces with American actress Irene Adler to take down cunning criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty and his network of devious henchmen. Five actors play over 40 roles in this adventure that has more danger, more laughter, more romance, and more mystery than our smash hit production of Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville.
Presenting Sponsors: Al May | Bill Ward
Community Partners: Al & Sandee Steinberg
February 14 – March 16, 2025
Sondheim and Weidman’s Road Show
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
From the writing team that brought us Assassins and Pacific Overtures – Road Show is based on the true story of the Mizner Brothers. From the Alaskan Gold Rush in the 1890s to the Florida real estate boom in the 1920s, Road Show is the story of men and women in late nineteenth century America, willing to take risks to grab their piece of the American Dream. Spanning 40 years, Addison and Wilson Mizner are constantly looking for the next way to strike it rich. This quest turns into a test of morality and judgment for the two brothers that will change their lives in unexpected ways.
Presenting Sponsors: Kevin A. Lane | Michael Miller & Robert Jenkins | Brian Reale | Charis & Rich Warshof
Show Sponsors: Gary & Linda Hansen | Bill Ward
Community Partners: Betsy Schweitzer | Theresa L. Watson | Cherie Willard
April 11 – May 11, 2025
For Closure!
By Hannah Benitez
In this farce set in a small Florida seaside town, Raven and Amanda are trying to keep the family real estate agency afloat in trying times. When a nefarious local politician threatens to bring even more disruption to their lives, they must join forces with the enigmatic psychic, Camille Chevalier Milk to expose the true nature of this threat to the town before it’s too late. This over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek romp is a hilarious and satirical look at the foibles and hypocrisies of modern life, set on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Show Sponsors: Patricia & Timothy Doyle | Michael Miller & Robert Jenkins
Community Partners: Hal Freedman & Willi Rudowsky |
Betsy Schweitzer | Bill Ward | Cherie Willard
June 13 – July 13, 2025
The House of Future Memory
Devised by Eric Davis, the ensemble, and you
This surprising and innovative performance will bring together the talents and imagination of the performers with the dreams, fears and desires of the audience to create a unique evening of storytelling and theatre that can only happen once. Through improvisation, traditional storytelling, and innovative effects, the audience will be transported to an uncanny place where anything is possible – where dreams become real and the future looms like a memory waiting to take shape.