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When the announcement appeared online last Friday, members of the Atlanta arts and theater community were shocked. After 26 years, Georgia Shakespeare, one of the top repertory theaters in the city, stands on the brink of shutting down for good.

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 hosted their sixth annual celebration of Atlanta theatre last night at the Conant Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Oglethorpe University

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.

Georgia Shakespeare announces the World Premiere of The Odyssey: a Journey Home, based on the work of Homer, adapted by Richard Garner and the Associate Artists of Georgia Shakespeare, and directed by Richard Garner.

Georgia Shakespeare announces the World Premiere of The Odyssey: the Journey Home, based on the work of Homer, adapted by Richard Garner and the Associate Artists of Georgia Shakespeare, and directed by Richard Garner. The show runs October 7-31 and there are several special events planned during the run to honor and raise awareness for veterans.

Georgia Shakespeare announces the World Premiere of The Odyssey: a Journey Home, based on the work of Homer, adapted by Richard Garner and the Associate Artists of Georgia Shakespeare, and directed by Richard Garner.

All single tickets for Georgia Shakespeare's 25th Anniversary fall production The Odyssey: a Journey Home are on sale for 20% off this Friday, October 1 only.

Georgia Shakespeare announces a special One-Day Sale Friday, October 1, 2010. Every seat at every performance of THE ODYSSEY: A JOURNEY HOME (excluding student matinees) is available for 20% off. To get this discount, tickets must be purchased on Friday either by phone (404-264-0020) or online (www.gashakespeare.org). NOTE: Discount applies to tickets to The Odyssey only. It is not applicable to subscriptions or other shows or events available for purchase on the website.

All single tickets for Georgia Shakespeare's 25th Anniversary fall production The Odyssey: a Journey Home are on sale for 20% off this Friday, October 1 only.

Georgia Shakespeare announces a special One-Day Sale Friday, October 1, 2010. Every seat at every performance of THE ODYSSEY: A JOURNEY HOME (excluding student matinees) is available for 20% off. To get this discount, tickets must be purchased on Friday either by phone (404-264-0020) or online (www.gashakespeare.org). NOTE: Discount applies to tickets to The Odyssey only. It is not applicable to subscriptions or other shows or events available for purchase on the website.

Jasmine Guy, celebrated American star of television, film and Broadway, will join the cast of Pearl Cleage's The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One-Hundred Years. This world premiere co-production will be directed by the Alliance's own Susan V. Booth at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival Sept. 24 - Oct. 3 and then at the Alliance Theatre Oct. 20 - Nov. 14.

Georgia Shakespeare announces the World Premiere of The Odyssey: the Journey Home, based on the work of Homer, adapted by Richard Garner and the Associate Artists of Georgia Shakespeare, and directed by Richard Garner. The show runs October 7-31 and there are several special events planned during the run to honor and raise awareness for veterans.

Due to overwhelming demand to see 'the Atlanta theater community's summer crowd-pleaser' (AJC), Georgia Shakespeare adds a performance of Shrew: the Musical to close the summer festival, Sunday, August 8, 7pm curtain.

Due to overwhelming demand to see 'the Atlanta theater community's summer crowd-pleaser' (AJC), Georgia Shakespeare adds a performance of Shrew: the Musical to close the summer festival, Sunday, August 8, 7pm curtain.

A Georgia Shakespeare favorite returns to kick off our 25th Anniversary Summer Festival. Let Georgia Shakespeare put a spring in your step and a song in your heart with... Shrew: the Musical. The show is conceived & adapted by John R. Briggs, music & lyrics by John R. Briggs and Dennis West with original arrangements by Dennis West

A Georgia Shakespeare favorite returns to kick off our 25th Anniversary Summer Festival. Let Georgia Shakespeare put a spring in your step and a song in your heart with... Shrew: the Musical. The show is conceived & adapted by John R. Briggs, music & lyrics by John R. Briggs and Dennis West with original arrangements by Dennis West