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DECEMBER 29, 2019-JANUARY 4, 2020 WHAT'S UP! 9 LARA JO HIGHTOWER NWA Democrat-Gazette T he original idea for TheatreSquared was hatched around a kitchen table in 2004. A small group of friends — theater fans, all — were talking about how great it would be to have a local professional theater in Northwest Arkansas. The theater's founders, Robert Ford, Amy Herzberg, David Pickens, Kassie Misiewicz and Morgan Hicks — each one a theater professional and force of nature in their own right — were not content to leave that idea languishing on that kitchen table and, in the spring of 2006, TheatreSquared debuted its first production. The company started out with a bang: It produced Teresa Rebeck's "Bad Dates," starring Fayetteville native Rebecca Harris, a professional actor with a slew of movie and television credits on her resume. The debut would make T2 only the second professional theater in the state, after Little Rock's Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Early supporters say it was obvious that the theater company had staying power. "I'd been friends with Bob and Amy Playing To The Public TheatreSquared, theater patrons celebrate new space # 1 FYI TheatreSquared 477 W. Spring St., Fayetteville 777-7477 Next Show: 'The Royale' Jan. 22-Feb. 16 See No. 1 Page 10 Courtesy Photo With a cast of 18, dramatically choreographed sword fights and roving musicians, T2's "Shakespeare in Love" was the perfect first production to show off the company's brand new 50,000-square-foot space.