Tickets For Gainesville Theatre Alliance's 2018-2019 Season Go On Sale 7/1
By: A.A. Cristi Jun. 27, 2018
Tickets go on sale July 1 for the Gainesville Theatre Alliance's (GTA) new theatrical season which will take patrons down the yellow brick road, on the high seas, to 1930s Berlin, backstage during a farce, and into training season.
GTA is a nationally acclaimed collaboration of the University of North Georgia, Brenau University, theatre professionals and the northeast Georgia community that has yielded state and national awards.
Over 97 percent of the 2016-17 season performances were sold out as patrons were dazzled by unforgettable storytelling and high production values made possible by this hybrid professional company/theatre training program. The upcoming season promises nothing less, with resident and guest theatre professionals directing, acting and designing alongside GTA's talented college theatre students.
Audiences wanting to join GTA for live storytelling can purchase seats to an individual show or build custom ticket packages, getting discounts for 2 shows or more, by choosing the shows, dates and even seats they'd like by going online after June 30 at www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org or by calling the GTA Box Office (678-717-3624). The season's shows include:
WonderQuest: GTA for Young Audiences presents:
Sophie and the Pirates
By Gay H. Hammond
In Brenau University's Historic Pearce Auditorium, 500 Centennial Circle, Gainesville
FREE Stage Tour (sneak peek behind the scenes!), 6pm, Sept. 18, 2018
FREE Meet-the Actors Reception following the Family Performance at 7:30pm, Sept. 28, 2018
FREE Ice-cream Social following the 2:30pm family performance on Sept. 30, 2018
Walk the Plank Pirate Party (pre-show piratical fun for ages 6 to 11) at 6:30pm, Oct. 5 & 6, 2018
Family Performances: Sept. 28, 29 & 30, Oct 6 & 7, 2018
School Matinees: Sept. 27, 28, Oct 3, 4 & 5, 2018
Sophie is a young girl who longs for adventure on the High Seas, but she gets more than she bargained for when she is scooped up by a gang of wacky pirates. She learns how to be a sailor, how to chase (and fight) a wicked pirate lady, and how to be a good captain . . . most of all, she learns that the biggest adventure is finding yourself. Rated G
Family performance tickets are $12-15 for adults and seniors, $8-10 for students and children, depending on seat location. School matinee tickets are available for school groups of 10 or more at $6 for students/$8 chaperones (teachers are free!). Tickets to the Pirates & Parrots Party, before the Oct. 5 and 6 family shows are $5 and sold separately from performance tickets. Select your own seats online at www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org or by calling the Box Office at 678.717.3624.
And on the GTA MainStage:
The Wizard of Oz
Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company based upon the Classic Motion Picture at Brenau's Hosch Theatre in the John S. Burd Center, 429 Academy Street, Gainesville
FREE Stage Tour (a peek behind the scenes!): 6pm on Oct. 23, 2018
Performances: Nov 6-17, 2018
FREE Opening Night Reception catered by Luna's after the Nov. 7 performance
Talk Back with the Cast & Crew: a lively (and free) Q&A session following the performance on Tuesday,
Based on the beloved 1939 film that has been entertaining families for generations, Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz is now reimagined for the stage, full of the familiar songs from the Oscar-winning movie score. When Dorothy's farmhouse is blown over the rainbow to the magical land of Oz, a magical adventure ensues with Ruby Slippers, Toto, lions, tigers, and bears oh my! Follow us down the yellow brick road with your favorite characters and iconic moments, plus a few surprises along the way. Don't miss your chance to rediscover the real story of Oz in this fantastic musical treat. Rated PG
Tickets are $28-30 for adults, $26-28 for seniors and $18-20 for students, depending on seat location. Select your own seats online at www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org or by calling the Box Office at 678.717.3624.
A February Festival of Theatre with TWO shows:
Noises Off
at Brenau's Hosch Theatre in the John S. Burd Center, 429 Academy Street, Gainesville
FREE Stage Tour (a peek behind the scenes!): 6pm on Jan 29, 2019
Performances: Feb 12-23, 2019
FREE Opening Night Reception catered by Two Dog Cafe after the Feb. 12 performance
When a company of second-tier actors performing the first act of a creaky British sex farce only hilarity can ensue. Michael Frayn's 1982 comedy comes to the GTA stage with so many jokes and gags, you'll have to see it more than once to try and catch them all! Every performance is a rollicking good time with the play's second-rate actors creating first-rate fun! Rated PG13
Tickets are $24-26 for adults, $22-24 for seniors and $14-16 for students, depending on seat location. Select your own seats online at www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org or by calling the Box Office at 678.717.3624.
MEN ON BOATS
at UNG-Gainesville's Ed Cabell Theatre, 3820 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood
FREE Stage Tour (a peek behind the scenes!): 6pm on Jan 31, 2019
Performances: Feb 15-23, 2019
FREE Opening Night Reception after the Feb. 15 performance
Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men On Boats is the true(ish) history of John Wesley Powell's 1869 expedition, when the one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. Using convention made familiar in Broadway blockbuster Hamilton, this thrilling and comical new play helps modern audiences envision Powell's historic trip using 19th-century customs but 21st-century language. And one more thing that helps us understand these men out of their comfort zone... all the men are portrayed by women, in a gently exaggerated style that both highlights and mocks the clichés of the hero adventurer archetype. Join us for a wild ride down the uncharted rivers! Written by Jaclyn Backhaus. Rated PG13
Tickets are $18-20 for adults, $16-18 for seniors and $12-14 for students, depending on seat location. Select your own seats online at www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org or by calling the Box Office at 678.717.3624.
And the stunning springtime season finale:
Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood; Music by John Kander and Lyrics by Fred Ebb
at UNG-Gainesville's Ed Cabell Theatre, 3820 Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood
FREE Stage Tour (a peek behind the scenes!): 6pm, March 26, 2019
Performances: April 9-20, 2019
FREE Opening Night Reception catered after the April 9 performance
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the CABARET. With the Emcee's bawdy songs as wry commentary, CABARET explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken by English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally's boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Musical numbers include "Willkommen," "Cabaret," "Don't Tell Mama" and "Two Ladies." This show reminds us that, no matter how difficult the world may seem, life is a cabaret. Rated R
Tickets are $18-20 for adults, $16-18 for seniors and $12-14 for students, depending on seat location. Select your own seats online at www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org or by calling the Box Office at 678.717.3624.
This season also includes two GTA Discovery Series offerings. Discovery Series performances are free of charge, with general admission seating on a first-come-first-seated basis. Check the GTA website for details: www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org
On the GTA Discovery Series:
waiting for Godot
At the UNG-Gainesville Ed Cabell Theatre, 3920 Mundy Mill Rd., Oakwood
Preview performance 7:30pm, Nov. 8, 2018
Performances: 7:30pm, Nov. 9-12, 2018
Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett's existential classic, begins with two men on a barren road by a leafless tree. Vladimir and Estragon, characterized as "tramps," contemplate hopelessness and what to do with themselves as they wait for assistance from Godot. We soon see the world they inhabit operates with its own set of rules-where nothing happens, nothing is certain, and there's never anything to do. "Nothing to be done" is one of the many phrases that is repeated throughout the play, which reads like somewhat of a language poem, as our jovial friends grapple with meaning in the modern world. Rated PG13
The Kiss
By Helena Scholz-Carlson
At Brenau University's Theatre on the Square, 301 Main St. SW, Gainesville 30501
Preview performance 7:30pm, April 11, 2019
Performances: 7:30pm, April 12-15, 2019
Set in a museum in front of Gustav Klimt's beloved painting, The Kiss, this play invites the audience to share in moments of compassion and comedy as pairs of characters experience this famous painting and find the courage to connect, with differing levels of success. Playwright, Helena Scholz-Carlson is a recent graduate of Northwestern University and her work was just celebrated by the Horizon Theatre's New South Young Playwrights Festival. This full production of The Kiss will be combined throughout the weekend with smaller staged readings celebrating the development process of new plays that speak truth into our lives. Rated PG13
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