9/20/2019
Today is Monday, September 20, 2019.
Here's What's Opening this Week (9/19 - 9/28)
The Roommate Aurora Theatre 9/19/2019 10/20/2019 (SUZI RECOMMENDED)
A Good Move Pumphouse Players 9/20/2019 (ONE DAY ONLY)
Steel Magnolias Sheffield Players 9/20/2019 9/22/2019 (MAT ELIGIBLE)
Little Shop of Horrors Elm Street Cultural Arts Village 9/20/2019 10/6/2019 (MAT ELIGIBLE)
Woman and Scarecrow Aris Theatre 9/20/2019 10/6/2019
Complete Works of Wm Shakespeare (Abr) Legacy Theatre 9/20/2019 10/13/2019
The Savannah Sipping Society Stage Door Players 9/20/2019 10/13/2019
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Horizon Theatre 9/20/2019 10/27/2019
Sing, Dream, Lead Like a Princess Aurora Children's Playhouse 9/21/2019 (ONE DAY ONLY)
Roald Dahl's Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Broadway in Atlanta 9/24/2019 9/29/2019
Paradise Blue Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Co 9/24/2019 10/20/2019
Hey, Willy, See the Pyramids Alliance Theatre for the Very Young 9/24/2019 10/27/2019
ATL Sketchfest Sketchworks Comedy 9/26/2019 9/28/2019
Second Samuel New Depot Players 9/26/2019 10/6/2019 (MAT ELIGIBLE)
Boyfriend Theatre Emory 9/27/2019 9/28/2019
The Sleepy Hollow Experience Serenbe Playhouse 9/27/2019 11/3/2019
Rock the Presidents Aurora Children's Playhouse 9/28/2019 (ONE DAY ONLY)
L'entranger 7 Stages / Home Brew Series 9/28/2019 (ONE DAY ONLY)
Here's What's On-Going:
Jest a Second Lionheart Theatre Co Runs Until 9/29/2019
Picnic Merely Players Runs Until 9/29/2019
12 Angry Jurors Act 3 Productions Runs Until 9/29/2019 (MAT ELIGIBLE)
Big: The Musical ACT1 Theater Runs Until 9/29/2019 (MAT ELIGIBLE)
The Jungle Book Serenbe Playhouse Runs Until 9/29/2019
Our Town Theatrical Outfit Runs Until 9/29/2019 (SUZI RECOMMENDED)
The Three Musketeers Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse Runs Until 9/29/2019
Mamma Mia! School Street Playhouse Runs Until 9/29/2019
The Haunting of Hill House Newnan Theatre Co 9/18/2019 9/29/2019
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Georgia Ensemble Theatre Runs Until 9/29/2019 (SUZI RECOMMENDED)
The Laramie Project Theatrical Outfit Runs Until 9/29/2019 (SUZI RECOMMENDED)
Matilda: The Musical OnStage Atlanta Runs Until 9/29/2019 (MAT ELIGIBLE)
Wrath of Con 2: Into Dorkness Dad's Garage Runs Until 10/5/2019
Becoming Nancy Alliance Theatre Runs Until 10/6/2019 (SUZI RECOMMENDED)
In the Heights New Theatre in the Square Runs Until 10/6/2019
Skintight Actor's Express 9/18/2019 10/13/2019
Space! Center for Puppetry Arts 9/17/2019 10/20/2019
Conceal and Carry Out of Hand Theatre Runs Until 11/24/2019 (SUZI RECOMMENDED)
Here're Your Last Chance Plays (Shows running until 9/22):
A Good Move Pumphouse Players 9/20/2019 (ONE DAY ONLY)
Fuddy Meers Essence to Crux Theatre Runs Until 9/21/2019
Sing, Dream, Lead Like a Princess Aurora Children's Playhouse 9/21/2019 (ONE DAY ONLY)
Memphis Henry Players Runs Until 9/22/2019
King Lear Gwinnett Classic Theatre Runs Until 9/22/2019
Mary Poppins City Springs Theatre Company Runs Until 9/22/2019
Vanity Fair Staged Right Theatre Runs Until 9/22/2019
Steel Magnolias Sheffield Players Runs Until 9/22/2019 (MAT ELIGIBLE)
New Reviews This Week: (Click on any to go to the review)
THE LARAMIE PROJECT Theatrical Outfit
Click Here to See All Our Reviews for 2019.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR'S SUZI NOMINATIONS! (CLICK HERE)
Aris Theatre Presents
Arís is proud to present Woman and Scarecrow by award-winning contemporary Irish playwright Marina Carr.
In bed, a woman is dying before her time, her mind and body worn out. In the wardrobe, something lurks. In the face of her death she threshes out her life’s truths, sparring with a ridiculous aunt, a cheating husband, and a slippery alter ego.
Sam Marlow of the London Times calls this play “An extraordinary brew, bittersweet and totally intoxicating.”
Directed by John Ammerman, the cast features Elisa Carlson, Kelly O’Neal, Robert Shaw-Smith, and Amanda Taylor Brooks.
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AURORA CHILDREN'S PLAYHOUSE
Aurora Theatre assembles the best children’s performers in the region, bringing them to Gwinnett County in order to give parents and their children a chance to experience their artistry in our amazing facility in downtown Lawrenceville.
We feature puppeteers, magicians, storytellers, jugglers and musicians as a part of this series intended for youngsters to have their first theatrical experiences. At about 45 minutes in length, perfect for the young attention span, these lively performances are fun for the whole family.
September 21, 2019
10:00am and 11:30am
The princesses of Second Star Events are so excited to bring their stories to Aurora! Come hear some your favorite heroines tell their tales of friendship, bravery and love and sing along with some of your favorite songs! Learn how how these princesses overcame their struggles to become the great leaders they are!
After the show stick around and take pictures with the princesses! Gain entry to the Meet & Greet by making a donation to Atlanta Women’s Foundation at the show. ($5 donation minimum. Limited number of tickets to Meet & Greet. Available at the door.)
Aurora Learning Library
September 28, 2019
10am and 11:30am
Learn about America’s presidents while rocking out to sizzling guitar riffs and great beats. Just like Hamilton and Schoolhouse Rock!, catchy songs help reinforce our history and inspire students to want to know more about our country. Get ready — as this fast-paced, non-partisan musical takes you from George Washington to today in an hour.
October 5, 2019
.10am and 11:30am
In 1880, 10-year-old Winnie Foster, trapped by her strict family’s rules, runs away and discovers the Tuck family who, long ago, had accidentally drunk from a spring that gave them eternal life. Winnie promises to keep their dangerous secret but a sinister stranger arrives, planning to steal the immortal water for himself. Winnie must choose whether to drink and join the Tucks in an everlasting childhood adventure or to live a natural life full of the ordinary beauty of growth and change.
THE HALLOWEEN MAGIC SHOW
October 19, 2019
10am and 11:30am
In what has become an Aurora Children’s Playhouse holiday tradition, the Halloween Magic Show with Atlanta magician Arthur Atsma returns for a 10th year on October 19. Arthur Atsma will amaze and amuse folks of all ages with a show filled with captivating sleight of hand magic, audience interaction, and comedy. It’s not necessarily magic, but Arthur Atsma has away of making tickets disappear, therefore reservations are strongly recommended for this popular performance!
Coming Later for the Holidays:
December 7 -- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
December 14 -- Holiday Juggling Show
December 21 -- Trouble in Toyland
Theatrical Outfit to Open its 2019/2020 Season With
August 27 - September 29
One cast. Two essential American stories.
Considered by many to be the greatest American play ever, Our Town depicts the town of Grover’s Corners in three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” Narrated by a stage manager character and performed with minimal props and sets, this classic chronicles the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually – in one of the most famous scenes in theatre – die.
In 1998, a university student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, beaten, and tied to a prairie fence outside Laramie, Wyoming. When he died days later, the world learned Shepard was targeted because he was gay. A breathtaking collage of the local residents, The Laramie Project is virtuously determined to find the light in an event of harrowing darkness and exposes the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
“Laramie is a latter-day Grover’s Corners, a cozy place where everyone appears to know everyone else’s business and actually finds comfort in this. The Laramie Project is Our Town with a question mark, as in, ‘Could this be our town? It can’t happen here,’ followed immediately by ‘And yet it has.'”
The New York Times
BOTH PRODUCTIONS ARE SUZI RECOMMENDED
SEE SCHEDULE AND BUY TICKETS HERE
On the second Sunday of each month, May through October, a new original play will be unveiled amid the relaxing backdrop of beautiful Dunwoody Nature Center. Each play was written by a nationally known writer who calls Atlanta home.
Enjoy complimentary wine and appetizers as Atlanta’s talented professional actors bring the play’s characters to life. You’ll be given your own creative license to imagine the look, feel and sounds that make up the setting of the story.
Each event will start and end with a reception, where you’ll have the opportunity to meet the play’s writer, director and actors. Be sure to leave time in your visit to explore the grounds of the Nature Center!
Second Sundays at 2:00 PM ~ Original Plays by Atlanta Writers
OCT 13 ~ Danielle Detweiller
(All events run from 2pm-4pm inside the North Woods Pavilion at Dunwoody Nature Center.)
