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February 2009 - Shows and Auditions Update

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

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

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December 2008 - Shows and Auditions Update

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Welcome to the beginning of the end of 2008. We’ve got some exciting stuff going on at the end of the semester, just when you could use (or not) a distraction from your studies for finals.

Upcoming Shows

Very first day of the month, we’ve already got an interesting offering before us: a double–triple feature in the Arena Theatre of the UGA Fine Arts Building. Starting at 7pm with Campfire Kids: A Folklore Halloween and continuing with Hugo: a 1920s silent movie come to life, finally wrapping up with Improv Athens invading the scene upstairs (in the Balcony Theatre) at 9pm. All this is free, so even the frugal can have a little fun!

Starting the 5th and running through the 14th, you can check out Town and Gown’s production of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia. The show is high comedy from the wonderful author of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and only costs $15 for students and seniors ($18 for everyone else). Showtime is 8pm Thursdays through Saturdays, 2pm on Sundays.

Auditions

In addition to a few good shows, we’ve got a few good opportunities to get on stage ourselves. University Theatre is holding its auditions for the Spring season on the 4th and the 5th (callbacks on Saturday, the 6th). The slate for which you’re auditioning includes: The Changeling, The House of Bernarda Alba, and Dangerous Liaisons. For more info on the season, check out the University Theatre page about this year’s productions.

Following these auditions, you can go for Town and Gown’s production of Cabaret on Monday, the 8th, or Tuesday, the 9th. Note that the show will go on in February and I’m not sure whether or not the rehearsal schedule starts in December. For more info from them, check out the T&G listing about Cabaret.

Peace,

Dave H

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Auditions for Seussical

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

I wouldn’t normally post again so soon, but I need to get out the news about some auditions. Specifically, the UGA Baptist Collegiate Ministries are doing a musical dinner theatre show this February and are in the midst of auditions. Auditions started yesterday and continue tonight (11/13) and tomorrow night (11/14) from 5pm to 10pm by appointment. They say to sign up at the BCM center on the corner of Baldwin and Lumpkin for an audition time. For further details, check out the UGA BCM Drama page.

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August 2008 - And We’re Back!

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting all summer, but now’s the time to get into gear and get ready for the massive influx of students in Athens. In this post we’ve got news on auditions, shows this month, and our new Google Calendar.

Upcoming Shows

In August we’ve got Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, put on by University Theatre in an off-mainstage production. The show runs Thursday, 14 August, through Wednesday, 20 August, at 7 30 pm every day except Sunday, when the show will be at 2 30 pm. The play will be directed by Del Hamilton (of 7 Stages) and star two members of UGA’s acting faculty and two members of the Graduate Acting Ensemble. Take advantage of this opportunity to catch the production in the Cellar Theatre before it moves to 7 Stages in Atlanta later this fall for a professional run. For further information on the play, check out the Wikipedia article.

Starting nearly the same time we have the Town and Gown Players’ mainstage production of As You Like It. Opening Friday, 15 August, the show runs a normal T&G shedule: Friday through Sunday two weeks in a row with a special (and popular) $5 performance on the Thursday of the second week. In terms of dates, that’s the 15th through the 17th and the 21st through the 24th. General admission is $18 dollars, but student admission is only $15. If you plan to take advantage of the Thursday show, be sure to call ahead, as these ones usually sell out.  As usual, Wikipedia is a good way to find out more about this Shakespearean piece. (Don’t forget, Town and Gown shows are at the Athens Community Theatre.) This show is the official end of the 2007-2008 T&G season, so you don’t want to miss out!

I’ve also recently discovered that there’s a show, It’s a Thin Line, on Saturday, 16 August, at the Morton Theatre with a matinee at 3pm and an evening performance at 7pm. This is a Weston Christian Productions show, and tickets are $25 until 11 August, after which they are $35. For more info you can check out the Morton Theatre calendar of events.

Audition Opportunities

University Theatre starts out the semester with auditions commencing Thursday, 21 August–just three days after the start of classes. Auditions run for two days (the 21st and the 22nd) and you’ll need two contrasting monologues that you can deliver in three minutes (total). Note that you will be cut off at three minutes and that it is suggested that you read the scripts in preparation for auditions. Callbacks are on the weekend, the 23rd and 24th, and “may consist of cold readings, movement, improv”, or anything else they feel like. You’ll be auditioning for any shows in the Fall season as well as the January production of The Underpants. For more information, you can check one of the events listings for auditions or callbacks on the department site.

Town and Gown’s first auditions are for a mainstage production of Moon Over Buffalo on the 18th and 19th. The show will run in early October. The following week are auditions for the second stage production of Meanwhile Back at the Super-Lair… on the 25th and 26th (Monday and Tuesday, respectively). No monologues for either of these, as you’ll just be doing cold readings from the script. The second show will run 17-19 October with rehearsals getting off the ground in September. For more audition information on Moon Over Buffalo or Meanwhile Back at the Super-Lair… you should consult the T&G website.

Google Calendar and Other Site Progress

As of today, we’ve got an official Athens Theatre Google Calendar [XML | iCal] which we’ll be doing our best to keep up-to-date. I’m also working on finding other sites about theatre in Athens in order to set you up with some convenient (and hopefully useful) links.

On a sadder note, I must report that there won’t be reviews for all the shows in August with our current staff (me), as the semester starts on the 18th (and I intend to attend some of these auditions myself) and it’s arather hectic time of year. If you’re interested in joining us and helping out, shoot an email to the.management@athenstheatre.com, or to me directly at dave.h [at] athenstheatre (dot) com. We’re also wide open to questions and comments.

Hope to see you all soon,

Dave H

PS - Don’t be too worried; we’ll do what we can, so far as reviews are concerned.

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