Quincy Music Theatre

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Quincy Music Theatre is a non-profit organization located at the historic Leaf Theater on Washington Street in Quincy, Florida. The organization produces high quality, live musical theatre and dance events throughout the year. In the summer, The Leaf conducts the Children's Summer Theatre Workshop and film events.
History
Part of The Quincy, Florida Historic District, The Leaf Theater was built in 1949. The theater was named for the economic impact of shade tobacco on the community. Since that time, other agricultural products dominate the area, but the original name remains. For many years, the theater featured great classic cinema. In the 1960′s, single-screen theaters were replaced with multiplex cinemas with features such as surround sound. In 1980, the Leaf closed its doors and sat neglected downtown.
In 1983, an enthusiastic musical theatre group in need of a permanent home began performing in area churches and schools. That same year, a small group of local private citizens purchased the Leaf. Grants and private donations for restoration were secured and the neglected building was transformed into a grand entertainment facility once more. Now the Quincy Music Theatre is a destination for high quality productions and community events.
The Leaf Theater is considered a historic cinema treasure. Theatre Historical Society of America
Performers and Crew
Several performers and Crew members at the Leaf Theatre have continued in professional theatre careers.
Elexa Bancroft: Singer at The Atlanta Opera & Capitol City opera
Sandra Boyson: National Soloist & Hochstein School of Music & Dance, Voice Faculty Rochester, NY
Christopher Cantalano: Recently seen in the improv Absent Minded Comedy in New York City
Jef Canter: Live Theater Actor Stand Tall: A Rock Musical in New York City
Dean Crownover: Corporate/Industrial film actor
Victoria Henley: Recently seen in America's Top Model, College Edition
Natalie Hoak: Professional Stage Management
Jeremy Hovan: Recently seen in the film Morgue: A Love Story With Guts
Whitney Morse: Recently seen in Heloise and Abelard in Chicago.
Christopher Ryan: Performing Swing in Sister Act". Vienna, Austria.
Sidonie Smith: Performing as Michelle in Sister Act. Ronacher Theater, Vienna, Austria.
Cessalee Stoval: Recently seen in Tarzan at Tuacahn Amphitheatre
Haunted?
The Leaf Theater has been certified as haunted by the Big Bend Ghost Trackers.
In addition, several of the performers and directors of musicals at the theater have witnessed unusual events.
In October 2012, the director of a show saw a person at the top of the steps leading to an outdoor storage room of the theatre. Thought to be a member of the cast or crew, they tried to tell the person that they were locking the theater. Among those standing there was the theater administrator. He went up to investigate, but no one was there. He then related a story of an older man who had died of a heart attack on those stairs about 20 years previously while engaging the services of a young lady. The young lady was not arrested for her services due to the fact that she had made the police aware of the death. She was in fact given a small reward by the theater because the manager was so happy he did not find the man later (it was the middle of the hot Florida Summer).
A lighting designer, while hanging lights from a tall ladder related the story of losing his balance. He said that he distinctly heard a woman's voice tell him to be careful.

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