Hello, All. Glad to see you’re here. Glad you’re ready for some great shows and another chance for your big (local) break! We’ve got a few shows coming up this month and auditions as early as next week, so read on.
Shows
Most immediately, there’s a visiting show at the Classic Center tomorrow night: Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy. Cost is $10 to $75, depending on your choice of seat. Tickets can be purchased online or over the phone from the Classic Center.
While it’s too late to catch Athens Creative Theatre’s production of Letters of South Apple Valley (which ran this past weekend), there is dessert theatre this weekend (the weekend of Valentine’s Day) on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The site doesn’t list starting times, but the cost is $15. For more information, see the ACT page on Love Letters, the show running this weekend.
(In the vein of dessert theatre, Two Story Coffee is having a murder mystery event this Saturday evening at 8:30. Cost is $15 individually and $25 for a couple.)
The Town and Gown Players‘ production of Caberet opens this Friday the 13th and runs two weekends, per their usual (Fri-Sun, Thurs-Sun) schedule. Shows Thursday through Saturday begin at 8pm, with the Sunday shows starting at 2pm. Standard tickets are $18, but $9 for the Thursday shows, with prices for Students, Seniors, and T&G Players’ members at $15 normally, $7.50 on Thursday.
Then there’s the University Theatre production of The Changeling, which opens the Thursday the 19th of February and runs until March 1st (Thurs 19 - Sat 21, Tues 24 - Sun 1) starting at 8pm everyday but the final day, Sunday March 1st. Tickets are $12 for students, $15 for everyone else.
As usual, Town and Gown has a second-stage production the week after their usual production, this one running Friday the 27th of February through Sunday March 1st (showtimes as above). The show? The Mother of God Visits Hell, which is a drama and a comedy about Virgin Mary’s visit to Hell and the ensuing conflict between Heaven and Hell as she seeks forgiveness for those suffering in Hell. Ticket prices are only $5 for all.
Auditions
Town and Gown is holding auditions for their production of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (to run mid- to late-April) this coming Monday and Tuesday (the 16th and 17th of February) at 7pm.
NB: All Town and Gown shows and auditions are held at the Athens Community Theatre off Prince (not to be confused with the Athens Creative Theatre).
Thanks
That’s all I found in a quick run through of the theatre scene this month. Please let me know if I’ve missed anything, and I’ll get it up here ASAP. Hopefully you’ll get some reviews of shows this month, though this semester is proving much busier than I’d ever anticipated. As usual, you can offer to help with our calendar, updates, or reviews by shooting me a message at help@athenstheatre.com .
Peace,
Dave H