1. One Hipp Way to Help
By: Brandi Baker

2. The HippodromeTheatre

Established in 1972

3. Began in a converted hardware/convenience store 4. Moved into the Federal Building in Downtown Gainesville in 1979 5. Non-profit organization 6. Produces seven to eight Mainstage productions each year 7. Screens hundreds of first-run foreign, avant-garde and limited-release films each year 8. Educational programs such as HITT, the Hippodrome Improvisational Teen Theatre, and summer theatre camps 9. Offers an intern program for training in acting, directing, administration and technical theatre