{"id":20424,"date":"2024-09-20T11:40:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T15:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20424"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:41:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:41:16","slug":"tallahassee-prepares-to-bid-farewell-to-a-popular-theatre-director","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/tallahassee-prepares-to-bid-farewell-to-a-popular-theatre-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee prepares to bid farewell to a popular theatre director"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20424-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/09\/naomirosemock0919-for-web.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/09\/naomirosemock0919-for-web.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/09\/naomirosemock0919-for-web.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Tallahassee\u2019s theatre community is bracing for the departure of a prolific director.<\/p>\n<p>Naomi Rose-Mock has lived in Tallahassee for nearly 30 years. She\u2019s directed over 100 community theatre productions in the region since 2006. She has made a name for herself as a coveted theatre director.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Rose-Mock made a shocking announcement on social media. She\u2019s moving back home to the United Kingdom in late December to be closer to her aging parents.<\/p>\n<p>18-year-old Ella Leaman was a little kid when she started doing shows, about 30 of them now with Rose-Mock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been doing shows with her since I was 6, and all my family did shows with her,\u201d says Leaman, whose dad is Lincoln High School Choral Director Scott Leaman. \u201cShe is definitely part of my family and a lot of people\u2019s families, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rose-Mock just opened one of her final shows in town with <i>Parade<\/i> at Faith Presbyterian Church. Cast member John Campana says he\u2019s worked with Rose-Mock about a dozen times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is definitely a force in this community as not just a director but as an educator,\u201d Campana says. \u201cWhen people find out that she\u2019s involved in a production, they go to auditions. It\u2019s going to be a huge hole, a huge void when she leaves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rose-Mock has directed at Theatre Tallahassee, Quincy Music Theatre, Monticello Opera House, Lincoln High School, Faith Presbyterian Church, the big district summer shows at Leon High School, as well as venues in Thomasville, GA.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s created a circle of performers who want to be in her shows and who call her friend, like Ashleigh Littlefield, who estimates she\u2019s been involved in close to 50 shows with Rose-Mock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extremely sad for myself but am very excited for her and (her) new opportunities,\u201d Littlefield says through tears. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly life-changing for everyone. She\u2019s a very special person to many people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Mock, a teacher at Leon and frequent crew member for community theatre shows, will be moving with his wife a year after she leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Rose-Mock will be busy in her final few months here. After <i>Parade<\/i> closes, she is directing <i>Cabaret<\/i> at Young Actors Theatre. The show is being produced as a benefit for the performing arts school.<\/p>\n<p>Rose-Mock\u2019s grand finale will be her adaptation of <i>A Christmas Carol: A Festival of Holiday Music<\/i> at Faith Presbyterian Church. The show closes on December 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, and she moves away the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Click LISTEN above to hear the entire segment from our show <i>Speaking Of<\/i> with Naomi Rose-Mock. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2024 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":20425,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1137,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tallahassee prepares to bid farewell to a popular theatre director - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/tallahassee-prepares-to-bid-farewell-to-a-popular-theatre-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tallahassee prepares to bid farewell to a popular theatre director - WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Naomi Rose-Mock is moving overseas. 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