Ben Gunter

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, designed to carry you...

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 our nation ought...

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 costumed 10 actors to...