by Summer Callahan - Council on Culture & Arts https://www.tallahassee.com/story/entertainment/things-to-do/2026/05/09/theater-with-a-mission-tackles-floridas-family-feuds/89982459007/ May 9, 2026, 5:04 a.m. ET Is this what we’re fighting for? This May, Theater with a Mission does more than fight at its new festival, “Time Travel into Florida 1776,” being presented May 29- May 31 at Goodwood Museum. COCA sat down with Artistic Director Ben Gunter and Assistant Director and

by Ben Gunter ATTENTION: This year, the United States of America turns 250 years old. Coming this month, you’re invited to celebrate. On May 29-31, in the heart of Historic Tallahassee, at Goodwood Museum & Gardens, you can join Theatre with a Mission for a birthday party that feels 250 years old in reality, if not in family photos, and it’s three days of once-in-a-lifetime fun. Time Travel into Florida 1776 is Theatre with a Mission’s birthday present to America 250, designe

by Ben Gunter To celebrate the 250th birthday of the USA, Theater with a Mission (TWAM) is performing dramatic readings of the Declaration of Independence. We are finding world-class drama in this world-changing document. One thrill that the Declaration holds for actors and for audiences is the excitement of experiencing firsthand famous words that give voice to transformative ideas. One of the most famous phrases ever coined to describe the way that Americans think about how

Theater with a Mission (TWAM) is commemorating America 250 by reenacting events that changed 13 British colonies into the United States of America – events which also confirmed British Florida as unchangingly loyal to King George. One of these events took place on March 23, 1775, when Patrick Henry delivered a speech that concluded with the famous phrase “Give me liberty, or give me death.” TWAM is putting Patrick Henry’s speech onstage. We have cast, rehearsed, and costume

Portrait of Gálvez displayed at the US Capitol, by Mariano Salvador Maella This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Looking at Florida’s crucial but little-known role in the American Revolution turns a spotlight on Hispanic heroes who made independence possible for the USA – heroes Theater with a Mission (TWAM) is featuring in a new play called Feuding Families in Florida 1776. Take, for example, Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid. Gálvez com

This summer, thousands of families will visit Florida. Your family can take a once-in-a-lifetime trip through time and visit Florida 250 years ago.

Celebrating milestone birthdays for the USA has played a prominent role in Florida’s social history. Here’s how Dr. Bertram Groene reconstructs what happened in Tallahassee two hundred years ago, when the 50 th anniversary of the Declaration rolled around.

This September 13-16, Theater with a Mission invites you to Tallahassee for the Loco for Love Festival! You’ll get to explore Florida’s...

Florida has a rich and deeply rooted Spanish past. Juan Ponce de León gave Florida its name and claimed it for Spain in 1513. He and his...

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Interpreting Cultural Connections between Cervantes and Shakespeare a speaker series assembled in conjunction with the world premiere of...