Georgia Shakespeare's 2009 Summer Festival continues with Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring local award-winning actors Daniel Thomas May as Brick and Courtney Patterson as Maggie (pictured).
Georgia Shakespeare kicks off its 2009 Season on Friday, June 12 with Shakespeare's beloved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, performed at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30319). A Midsummer Night's Dream runs in rotating repertory with Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus through July 31.
Georgia Shakespeare kicks off its 2009 Season on Friday, June 12 with Shakespeare's beloved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, performed at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30319). A Midsummer Night's Dream runs in rotating repertory with Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus through July 31.
Georgia Shakespeare kicks off its 2009 Season on Friday, June 12 with Shakespeare's beloved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, performed at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA, 30319). A Midsummer Night's Dream runs in rotating repertory with Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus through July 31.
Georgia Shakespeare honors Atlanta arts advocates Bob and Margaret Reiser with the inaugural Spirit of Will Award which will be presented at the theatre's annual fundraiser Bard's Bash 2009: A Mad Hatter Gala, Saturday, May 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the Conant Performing Arts Center (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30319). Tickets to the event are $150 each and all proceeds benefit Georgia Shakespeare's educational programs, including the upcoming production Alice in Wonderland.
Georgia Shakespeare is canceling Shake at the Lake which was scheduled for May 7 - 11 at Piedmont Park. The event is canceled due to financial difficulties. There is hopes that the production will return next year.
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEAL) has awarded Atlanta's Georgia Shakespeare with a $25,000 grant to participate in Shakespeare for a New Generation for 2009 - 2010. The grant will allow Georgia Shakespeare to expand its professional tour production of Abet to 15 schools in underserved areas of Georgia, western North Carolina, and southeastern Alabama.
Georgia Shakespeare invites families to party like it's 1599 during Shakespeare's Birthday Party and Open House, Saturday, April 25, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Conant Performing Arts Center (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30319, Oglethorpe University). The event is free and open to the public. Recommended for children ages 3 - 12.
Georgia Shakespeare's producing artistic director Richard Garner has announced that local award-winning actors Daniel Thomas May and Courtney Patterson have been tapped to play Brick and Maggie Pollitt in Tennessee Williams' sizzling Southern tale of family deception, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, June 25 to August 1 at the Conant Performing Arts Center (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE).
Georgia Shakespeare is canceling Shake at the Lake which was scheduled for May 7 - 11 at Piedmont Park. The event is canceled due to financial difficulties. There is hopes that the production will return next year.
Georgia Shakespeare invites families to party like it's 1599 during Shakespeare's Birthday Party and Open House, Saturday, April 25, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Conant Performing Arts Center (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30319, Oglethorpe University). The event is free and open to the public. Recommended for children ages 3 - 12.
Over 65 students from 15 Georgia schools compete for scholarships and awards during Georgia Shakespeare's 2nd Annual High School Acting Competition, Saturday, February 21, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Conant Performing Arts Center (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE at Oglethorpe University). Students perform monologues and scenes from William Shakespeare in this friendly competition which will be adjudicated by local actors and Georgia Shakespeare's Associate Artists.
To coincide with the World Premiere of the 2008 Kendeda GPC winning play, Julia Brownell's Smart Cookie, Atlanta's finest actors and directors will present a first look at the 2008 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition finalists. This is an intimate chance to hear works by some of America's most interesting up-and-coming writers.
To coincide with the World Premiere of the 2008 Kendeda GPC winning play, Julia Brownell's Smart Cookie, Atlanta's finest actors and directors will present a first look at the 2008 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition finalists. This is an intimate chance to hear works by some of America's most interesting up-and-coming writers.
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