Upstairs/Downstairs: The Tampa Bay Hotel

Friday, February 17, 2023, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Location: Firehouse Cultural Center

Event type: Center Stage

The Henry B. Plant Museum presents Upstairs/Downstairs, a museum theater series featuring single character performances that bring turn-of-the-century Tampa Bay Hotel staff members and guests to life.

Maggie Stroud, Laundress, 1920
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Maggie is a lively and ambitious woman who has a story or two to tell about famous guests at the Tampa Bay Hotel including her favorite, Sarah Bernhardt. As a personal maid, Maggie has seen some of the finer things in life. As for the not so fine, she has her dreams and her religion that keep her hopeful. 
Maggie Stroud is played by actor Amber Forbes.

Otis Freedman “The Bishop”, Head Waiter, 1905
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Tampa Bay Hotel, Henry Plant’s grandest luxury railroad resort hotel, opened in 1891 at the height of America’s Gilded Age. More than 300 employees were needed for the opulent hotel to run smoothly. Otis Freedman is portrayed by actor Josh Goff..

Friday Matinee, February 17 at 2:00 pm • FREE EVENT • Reserve Your Seat

In partnership with the H. B. Plant Museum. Made possible by a Grant from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County & the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.

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