Theatre of Gadsden mourns loss of Looking for a City cast member
The Theatre of Gadsden has rescheduled a performance of its gospel musical Looking for a City, after canceling its Sunday show following the death of a cast member.
Director Mike Beecham said David Stapp passed out during a performance Saturday and was treated backstage by emergency medical technicians. He then was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. It was a shock, Beecham said, to learn of Stapp s death, and a tragedy for his family, and the group of people he d worked with for weeks preparing for the musical.
Ocala school administrator urges masks after wife dies of COVID-19
The words provoke raw emotions in Scott Carpenter, the assistant director of Marion Technical College, who lost his wife to COVID-19 a month ago.
Carpenter, 57, wears his face covering in public when he can’t socially distance. He does it out of respect and to protect others. After all, he saw firsthand the awful consequences of a family member contracting COVID-19.
But while he is out and about in Marion County, anti-maskers will look at him and say those words that hurts him so deeply: “You’re one of them.”