Back in the 1950s, in order for people to see a professional play, they had to travel to New York and watch it on Broadway. The idea of the regional theatre in Gainesville started with two people named Zelda Fichandler and Margo Jones having a conversation about starting regional theatres on a plane.
The Hippodrome, one of the millions of regional theatres in the country, first started in a 7-Eleven in 1973. In 1981, the hippodrome theatre moved to the old court house.
-Dennis Edgecombe
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