An elite university. A not-to-be-missed party. A startling accusation. Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre presents the world premiere of Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo, one of the country's most promising new voices. Directed by Signature's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner, this contemporary drama pushes the edges and embraces the harsh realities of the "Me" generation. When the party of the year ends in the regret of a lifetime, one person will stop at nothing to salvage a future that is suddenly slipping away - and it is now every man for himself.
Signature Theatre is offering a special "20 for $20" ticket special to see the world premiere of the Generation Me tragic comedy Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo.
An elite university. A not-to-be-missed party. A startling accusation. Virginia's Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre presents the world premiere of Really Really by Paul Downs Colaizzo, one of the country's most promising new voices. Directed by Signature's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner, this contemporary drama pushes the edges and embraces the harsh realities of the "Me" generation. When the party of the year ends in the regret of a lifetime, one person will stop at nothing to salvage a future that is suddenly slipping away - and it is now every man for himself.
Atlanta's 2011 Suzi Awards for professional theatre celebrated 22 companies, hundreds of professional artists, theatre volunteers, and the Center for Puppetry Arts at a gala event Monday evening at the Conant Center on Oglethorpe University's campus. With over four hundred in attendance, the evening began as each of the casts nominated for Ensemble-Musical performed a medley of numbers from their shows. After the performances, all the casts came back on stage to await the announcement of their category's winner, reflecting Melissa McCarthy and friends at the Emmy Awards. The cast of See What I Wanna See at Actor's Express (Kylie Brown, Ingrid Cole, Dustin Lewis, Stuart Schleuse and Craig Waldrip) took home the Suzi and the congratulations of the thirty nominees on stage with them.
The Suzi Bass Awards, Inc. announced nominations for the 2010-2011 Atlanta professional theatrical season this evening to an enthusiastic crowd of patrons and theatre industry artists.
Brenda Bynum will star as matriarch Violet Weston in Alliance Theatre's production of Tracy Letts'August: Osage County, the Pulitzer Prize winning play. The production will be presented April 13-May 8, with an opening date set for April 20. Susan V. Booth will direct.
The Alliance Theatre announces the production of the highly-acclaimed dark comedy August: Osage County with previews starting on the Alliance Stage Wednesday, April 13 and opening night scheduled for Wednesday, April 20.
Carapace, the 2010 Winner of the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, makes its world premiere on the Alliance Theatre's Hertz Stage February 11 - March 6, 2011, under the direction of acclaimed star of stage, film, and television Judith Ivey. A portrait of a flawed Minneapolis sportscaster on a collision course with fate, this moving and funny world premiere will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
Carapace, the 2010 Winner of the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, makes its world premiere on the Alliance Theatre's Hertz Stage February 11 - March 6, 2011, under the direction of acclaimed star of stage, film, and television Judith Ivey. A portrait of a flawed Minneapolis sportscaster on a collision course with fate, this moving and funny world premiere will keep audiences on the edge of their seats.
The Suzi Bass Awards, Inc. announced nominations for the 2009-2010 Atlanta professional theatrical season this evening to an enthusiastic crowd of patrons and theatre industry artists. Guest announcers LaLa Cochran, Bart Hansard, and Anthony Rodriquez joined Suzi Awards Executive Director Deadra Moore in sharing the list of Nominees while playfully riffing on the 2009/2010 Atlanta theatre season.
With the end of school upon us, Aurora Theatre reminds parents that it is time to reserve your spot in our acclaimed summer programs. We will offer camps and intensives for students from rising 1st - 12th Grades. Aurora Theatre Director of Education, Susan Reid, has put together an unprecedented team of teaching professionals, including a voice instructor with Broadway experience.
After a world premiere at Palm Beach's Florida Stage last December, Carter W. Lewis' Storytelling Ability of a Boy will end its run at Aurora Theatre as part of the GGC Lab Series, May 2. This new series of plays is made possible through the generous support of an inspired sponsor, Georgia Gwinnet College (GGC). The GGC Lab Series features contemporary works fueled by innovation, creativity and inspiration, designed to give voice to playwrights representing our current generation of artists. GGC Lab performances are held in the Gwinnett Federal Credit Union Studio, giving audiences an intimate view of contemporary plays that resonate with young adults, our next generation of theatre goers.
After a world premiere at Palm Beach's Florida Stage last December, Carter W. Lewis' Storytelling Ability of a Boy will be presented by Aurora Theatre as part of the GGC Lab Series, April 15 - May 2. This new series of plays is made possible through the generous support of an inspired sponsor, Georgia Gwinnet College (GGC). The GGC Lab Series features contemporary works fueled by innovation, creativity and inspiration, designed to give voice to playwrights representing our current generation of artists. GGC Lab performances are held in the Gwinnett Federal Credit Union Studio, giving audiences an intimate view of contemporary plays that resonate with young adults, our next generation of theatre goers.
After a world premiere at Palm Beach's Florida Stage last December, Carter W. Lewis' Storytelling Ability of a Boy will be presented by Aurora Theatre as part of the GGC Lab Series, April 15 - May 2. This new series of plays is made possible through the generous support of an inspired sponsor, Georgia Gwinnet College (GGC). The GGC Lab Series features contemporary works fueled by innovation, creativity and inspiration, designed to give voice to playwrights representing our current generation of artists. GGC Lab performances are held in the Gwinnett Federal Credit Union Studio, giving audiences an intimate view of contemporary plays that resonate with young adults, our next generation of theatre goers.
Celebrated American author and playwright Quiara Alegr?a Hudes returns to the Alliance Theatre in March, bringing with her a tender and funny new play about family. A finalist in the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program, 26 Miles takes audiences on a road trip with a teenage daughter and her mother in an '83 Buick Regal. Along the way, they discover plenty about themselves, their relationship and what family really means. Alliance Theatre Associate Artistic Director Kent Gash is thrilled to direct this remarkable and very humorous World Premiere presented in association with the National New Play Network on the intimate and decidedly underground Hertz Stage.
Celebrated American author and playwright Quiara Alegr?a Hudes returns to the Alliance Theatre in March, bringing with her a tender and funny new play about family. A finalist in the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program, 26 Miles takes audiences on a road trip with a teenage daughter and her mother in an '83 Buick Regal. Along the way, they discover plenty about themselves, their relationship and what family really means. Alliance Theatre Associate Artistic Director Kent Gash is thrilled to direct this remarkable and very humorous World Premiere presented in association with the National New Play Network on the intimate and decidedly underground Hertz Stage.
