Gainesville Theatre Alliance Announces 2008-2009 Season of
Delight
The
Gainesville Theatre Alliance (GTA) has announced a new
theatrical season, beginning fall of 2008, that provides both
well-loved and new titles, classical and contemporary, comical
and tragic fare for north Georgia theatre-goers. As a special
treat to patrons, and a technical challenge for the joint
theatre program of Gainesville State College and Brenau
University, a February Theatre Festival offers two shows in
repertory, alternating nightly. Tickets
are available July 1 at
www.gainesvilleTHEATREalliance.org
or by calling the Box Office, 678-717-3624*,
for all performances as follows:
Snow Dragon
By Gay H. Hammond
at Brenau University’s Pearce Auditorium
School Matinee Performances - October 2&3, 7-10
Family Performances – 7:30pm, October 3 & 10, 2:30 October 4
On a
mountain so high that the ice never melts, a mysterious Snow
Dragon lives. Sleet falls when he flies, and his breath is a
dagger of ice. But to one girl, found in the snow as a baby,
and forever different from those around her, Snow Dragon calls
with the voice of a friend. When the Fire Dragon erupts from
the belly of the earth, can Snow Dragon save his human friend .
. . or must she save him? Directed
by Gay H. Hammond Tickets are $8-12.
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Music by
Jeanine Tesori,
lyrics by
Dick Scanlan,
and a book by
Richard Morris
and Scanlan
November 11-22 at Brenau University’s Hosch Theatre
In
this Tony Award-winning play, Millie Dillmount, a fearless young
lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience life,
sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. Filled
with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a
villainess audiences will love to hate, Thoroughly Modern
Millie will dazzle your senses and capture your heart.
Directed by Jim Hammond. Tickets are
$16-22.
February Theatre Festival:
PROOF
&
Almost, Maine
By David Auburn and John Cariani (respectively)
February 10-21 at Brenau University’s Hosch Theatre
As a NEW
treat, GTA patrons can warm the cold winter nights in the glow
of TWO engaging plays performed in repertory.
Tickets are $12-18.
Winner of the
2001 Pulitzer Prize, Proof is a smart and compassionate
story of a young woman’s attempts to solve the mystery of her
father’s past and the uncertainty of her own future. After
years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a
mathematician, Catherine faces the most difficult problem of
all: How much of her father’s madness or genius has she
inherited? Directed by Alan
Kilpatrick.
On a cold,
clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite
what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine.
As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above,
Almost’s residents find themselves falling in and out of love in
unexpected and often hilarious ways.
Directed by Jim Hammond.
Romeo & Juliet
April 14-25 at Gainesville State College’s Ed Cabell Theatre
For
the first time on GTA’s stage, Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy
of young love, dueling families and lost lives explodes.
Romeo and
Juliet
is a story of humanity, of finding love within a world of hate,
and of the ability human beings have to inspire change.
Filled with all the passion of the most exquisite poetry in the
world, this soaring story makes all our hearts beat faster. Directed
by Brent Maddox. Tickets are $12-18.
2008-09 Roy C. Moore Art Gallery Exhibition Schedule
Aug. 18- Sept. 25, 2008:
Jack Cheatham
Jack
Cheatham has over 35 years’ experience teaching art and
exhibiting his work throughout the Southeast. During this
time, he has served as Director Visual Arts/Preparator,
Madison Morgan Cultural Center in Madison, GA, has taught at
the Atlanta College of Art in Atlanta (now the Savannah
College of Art), and the University of Georgia’s studies
abroad program in Cortona, Italy. Mr. Cheatham presently
teaches at the University of Georgia and Augusta State
University and is the owner of Lullwater Press in
Thomson, GA.
Oct. 2-
Nov. 6, 2008: Ink and Glaze: Japanese Prints and Pottery
Two of the
most important expressions of Japanese culture comes
together in this exhibit of work ranging from the 18th-
21st centuries including pieces created by
several masters declared by the Japanese government as
national treasures. This exhibition features pieces from the
collection of GSC alumni Scott Irvin and faculty member John
Amoss.
Nov. 12-
Dec. 12, 2008:
An
Artistic Discovery: 2007 Congressional Art Competition for
the
Honorable Nathan Deal's Georgia 9th District High Schools
This
juried competition is initiated annually by The Honorable
Nathan Deal of Georgia’s 9th Congressional District in the
United States House of Representatives. All high school
students in the 10th district are invited to participate.
The first prize-winner’s artwork is sent to Washington, DC
and exhibited for one year on Capital Hill.
Jan. 7-
Feb. 12, 2009: Martijn van
Wagtendonk
Mr. van
Wagtendonk teaches studio foundations at the University of
Georgia’s art department, where he has been on faculty since
2004. He has his undergraduate degree from Willem de Kooning
Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Academy of Visual Arts), in
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, a BFA in sculpture at the Fontys
Academie voor Beeldende Vorming (Academy for Visual
Forming), in Tilburg, The Netherlands, an MFA in sculpture
at The Ohio State University and a second Masters Degree
(2002) in Experimental Animation from The California
Institute for the Arts, in Valencia California. His
exhibitions include the biennale at the Southeastern Center
for Contemporary Art (SECCA, a solo exhibition at the Urban
Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA) in Grand-Rapids,
Michigan, a solo exhibition at the Southeastern Louisiana
University Contemporary Art Gallery (SLUCAG, and the
Anchorage International Film Festival, Anchorage, Alaska.
Feb. 18-
Mar. 18, 2009: GSC Art Faculty Show
This
bi-annual exhibition features paintings, ceramics, prints,
drawings, sculpture, and graphic work by faculty members of
Gainesville State College’s art faculty.
April 1- May 4, 2009:
Graduating Art Students’ Show
The last
exhibit of the academic year will feature works of
Gainesville College’s current graduating class of art
students. This is an annual event that allows students to
showcase their hard work in a professional gallery setting
and provides the community with a sneak-peek at these
emerging artists.
2008-09
Musical Performances
The 2008-09 schedule will be
released late summer 2008.
Gainesville State College Humanities and Fine Arts Division
web page.
2007-08 Colloquium Series
The 2008-09 schedule will be
released late summer 2008.
