Trish Thompson
Dublin Core
Title
Trish Thompson
Alternative Title
Trish Thompson
Subject
Sanford (Fla.)
Community theater--United States
Theater--United States
Description
Trish Thompson, Vice President and former President of Creative Sanford, Inc., in October 2013. Creative Sanford is a non-profit organization created to manage Celery Soup community theater productions. The original idea for the Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play project came from Jeanine Taylor, the owner of a folk-art gallery on First Street in Sanford, Florida. Their first production was Touch and Go, a play focusing on the people of Sanford and their determination to overcome various obstacles, including the Freeze of 1894-1895, the fall of Sanford's celery industry, and the closing of Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford in the 1960s. Richard Geer and Jules Corriere, partners from Community Performance International, were in charge of assessing oral histories, converting them into scenes for the play, and writing original songs. Director Geer also used an all-volunteer cast from the local community, many of whom were not experienced actors. In the process of producing the show, Creative Sanford decided to rehabilitate an historic building, the Princess Theater, which is located on 115 West First Street and owned by Stephen Tibstra. The Creative Sanford offices are housed in the Historic Sanford Welcome Center, located at 203 East First Street.
Creator
Reisz, Autumn
Source
Original color digital image by Autumn Reisz, October 11, 2013.
Date Created
2013-10-11
Is Part Of
Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
73.2 KB
Medium
1 color digital image
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Florida
Princess Theater, Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Autumn Reisz.
Rights Holder
Contributing Project
Dr. Scot French's "Tools in Digital History Seminar," Fall 2013
Curator
Reisz, Autumn
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
"WHO IS CREATIVE SANFORD, INC?" Celery Soup. http://www.celerysoupsanford.com//about.
"About: History and Purpose." Celery Soup. http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/about/.
"Sanford, Florida: How do you make Celery Soup? Add stories, then stir." Community Performance International. http://www.communityperformanceinternational.org/sanford-florida.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 color digital image
Citation
Reisz, Autumn, “Trish Thompson,” RICHES, accessed April 20, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/3063.