Chesapeake Bay Floating Theatre, Inc (CBFT) is a 501(c)3 non-profit professional theatre dedicated to revitalization, economic development, cultural enhancement and education through construction and operation of the James Adams II Floating Theatre along with other community focused projects.
As a part of the American repertory theatre movement of the early 20th century, the Floating Theatre was an important cultural resource for people in metropolitan, rural areas and small coastal towns. Once completed we will launch the James Adams II to take traveling theatre to many of the same ports of call visited by the "Original Showboat". This cultural tourism site will interpret the reality of traveling repertory theatre from 1914 to 1941.
CBFT manages the Black Box Theatre at the Indian Head Center for the Arts, in Indian Head, MD, and serves the Targeted Investment Zone of Indian Head and the Southern Maryland Heritage Area, as well as metropolitan Washington, DC. CBFT produces live theatre, music, dance, readings, and other artistic endeavors. With outreach programming such as theater labs, apprenticeship programs and community-centered performances, CBFT is achieving its ultimate goal of recreating the experience of the James Adams Floating Theatre, the showboat that traversed the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1900's.
The Board of Directors
- Spike Parrish, Founder and Chairman
- Evelyn Hungerford, Vice President
- William Walker, Co-Vice President
- Rob Benson, Treasurer
- Mary Kevin Welch, Secretary
- Jewell Bragunier
- Pearl "Sam" Ziesing
- Brenda Bush
- John Bloom
- Michael James
- Fontella Moody
- Sherry Santana
Management Team
- Executive Officer: Chani Adams
Contact Information:
Chesapeake Bay Floating Theatre, Inc
4185 Indian Head Hwy
PO Box 1098 Indian Head, MD 20640
301-743-3040
info@floatingtheatre.org
Directions to our offices:
From DC area: Take Indian Head Hwy south all the way to Indian Head. We are on the left just after Indian Head Town Hall. Park in rear.
From LaPlata: Take 225 to Indian Head Hwy. Turn Left on Indian Head Hwy. We are on the left just after Indian Head Town Hall. Park in rear.
Chesapeake Bay Floating Theatre, Inc, (CBFT), produces this site with support from the Southern Maryland Heritage Areas Commission, Potomac Heritage Partnership, and the assistance of many other partner agencies.
CBFT would like to thank the National Park Service and the Southern Maryland Heritage Area Consortium for supporting the Floating Theatre Revitalization project by contributing to the funding of a promotional DVD produced by dbF Corporation under the direction of Spike Parrish, CBFT Board President.
