2008-09 Calendar of Events
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.
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