Time for the start of the 2009-2010 theatre season! Coming up later this month, Town and Gown Players are presenting Stephen Sondheim’s Company. The play tells the story of a 35-year-old bachelor, five married couples who are his friends, and his three girlfriends. As he struggles with ideas of commitment and marriage, we view his life in a series of vignettes. Join the Players at the Athens Community Theatre (115 Grady St) the 18th through 20th and the 24th through 27th of September. Thursday through Sunday shows are at 8pm and the show starts at 2pm on Sundays. Tickets are $18 dollars, $15 for students and seniors, and half-price for the special Thursday show.
Starting the second week of that run, University Theatre begins its production of Our Lady of 121st Street. The play tells the story of twelve neighbors coping with the theft of the body of a recently deceased nun. The show runs the 24th, 25th, 27th, 29th, and 30th of September and the 1st, 2nd, and 4th of October. Sunday shows are at 2 30pm while the rest of the shows are at 8pm. Tickets are $12 for students and $15 otherwise.
That same weekend the Athens Creative Theatre presents Cookie Dough’s not Fattening until You Bake It. Running at the Morton Theatre, this lighthearted comedy looks at some of the world’s major religions, their customs, and the significance we attach to them. The show runs September 24th through 27th and October 1st through 4th; 3pm shows on Sunday, 7 30 pm otherwise. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students, children, and seniors.