PERFORMANCES (SCROLL DOWN FOR CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITS)
The National Players present Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
at Georgia College's Russell Auditorium, Friday, January 20, 2012, 8pm
Town and Gown Arts will sponsor
a performance of Taming of the Shrew by the National Players
at the Russell Auditorium on Friday, January
20th at 8:00 pm.
The National Players, America’s longest running classical touring company, has now reached its 63rd consecutive season of touring. Currently, the touring program of Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, National Players has earned a distinctive place in American theater. Committed to the formation of emerging theatrical talent and new audiences, National Players seeks to celebrate the experience of theatergoing by presenting the world’s greatest dramatic literature.
The world of The Taming of the Shrew is one rife with classic comic situations: servants disguised as their masters, masters disguised as servants, young lovers deceiving their fathers, and joyful triple marriages. In this early comedy of his, Shakespeare masterfully draws inspiration from the Italian Renaissance theatrical tradition of commedia dell’arte, or “comedy of craft”, to provide his characters, situations, and settings for his play. Where the style of commedia was more of an improvisational tool for Italian actors to expand upon in performance, its characters were often two-dimensional in terms of emotional depth and personal discovery. Shakespeare takes these roughly drawn suggestions of archetypal characters and places them together into a fully cohesive play. However, what makes Shakespeare’s take on commedia truly original is the love story between two of the wittiest and fully realized characters of his early period: Petruchio and Kate. Their romance glows with dimension and detail, tucked neatly inside the commedia structure. Kate and Petruchio clash intellectually, spar physically and grow psychologically, revealing depth and humanity amidst the wacky and manic world that is The Taming of the Shrew.
Tickets are on sale now. If you are a FRIENDS MEMBER, don't forget to ask about the member's discount for the purchase of these tickets. For more information, you can contact Allied Arts by phone at 478.452.3950 or by email at alliedarts@windstream.net.
*TICKET PRICES*
General Admission:
Adult.................................................................................... $15.00
Senior Citizen / Student (non-GCSU).............................. $12.00
Friends Members:
Adult.................................................................................... $12.00
Senior Citizen / Student (non-GCSU).............................. $10.00
Georgia College students are admitted at no charge with their Bobcat ID.
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a performance of Taming of the Shrew by the National Players
at the Russell Auditorium on Friday, January
20th at 8:00 pm.
The National Players, America’s longest running classical touring company, has now reached its 63rd consecutive season of touring. Currently, the touring program of Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, National Players has earned a distinctive place in American theater. Committed to the formation of emerging theatrical talent and new audiences, National Players seeks to celebrate the experience of theatergoing by presenting the world’s greatest dramatic literature.
The world of The Taming of the Shrew is one rife with classic comic situations: servants disguised as their masters, masters disguised as servants, young lovers deceiving their fathers, and joyful triple marriages. In this early comedy of his, Shakespeare masterfully draws inspiration from the Italian Renaissance theatrical tradition of commedia dell’arte, or “comedy of craft”, to provide his characters, situations, and settings for his play. Where the style of commedia was more of an improvisational tool for Italian actors to expand upon in performance, its characters were often two-dimensional in terms of emotional depth and personal discovery. Shakespeare takes these roughly drawn suggestions of archetypal characters and places them together into a fully cohesive play. However, what makes Shakespeare’s take on commedia truly original is the love story between two of the wittiest and fully realized characters of his early period: Petruchio and Kate. Their romance glows with dimension and detail, tucked neatly inside the commedia structure. Kate and Petruchio clash intellectually, spar physically and grow psychologically, revealing depth and humanity amidst the wacky and manic world that is The Taming of the Shrew.
Tickets are on sale now. If you are a FRIENDS MEMBER, don't forget to ask about the member's discount for the purchase of these tickets. For more information, you can contact Allied Arts by phone at 478.452.3950 or by email at alliedarts@windstream.net.
*TICKET PRICES*
General Admission:
Adult.................................................................................... $15.00
Senior Citizen / Student (non-GCSU).............................. $12.00
Friends Members:
Adult.................................................................................... $12.00
Senior Citizen / Student (non-GCSU).............................. $10.00
Georgia College students are admitted at no charge with their Bobcat ID.
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The Golden Dragon Acrobats present a show of their breathtaking skill,
spectacular costumes and award winning acrobatics at
Georgia College's Russell Auditorium, Thursday, April 5, 2012, 8pm
Town & Gown Arts invite you to an evening with the Golden Dragon Acrobats Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 8 pm in Russell Auditorium on the campus of GCSU.
The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-five centuries ago. The Golden Dragons are recognized throughout the United States and abroad as the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company of today. The company is most honored to have performed in the nation’s capital, twice at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and for a six-week engagement at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.
The reputation of the company is solidly rooted in a commitment to the highest of production values and an attention to artistic details that is unparalleled in the art form. World renowned impresario Danny Chang and choreographer Angela Chang combine award-winning acrobatics, traditional dance, spectacular costumes, ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques to present a show of breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty.
Tickets are on sale now. If you are a FRIENDS MEMBER, don't forget to ask about the member's discount for the purchase of these tickets. For more information, you can contact Allied Arts by phone at 478.452.3950 or by email at alliedarts@windstream.net.
*TICKET PRICES*
General Admission:
Adult.................................................................................... $15.00
Senior Citizen / Student (non-GCSU).............................. $12.00
Friends Members:
Adult.................................................................................... $12.00
Senior Citizen / Student (non-GCSU).............................. $10.00
Georgia College students are admitted at no charge with their Bobcat ID.
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CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITS
Current Exhibit:
January 11 - February 10, 2012
Selected works of Georgia artists from Allied Arts' permanent collection
An exhibition
of almost 50 works
of art, featuring Georgia artists, will be on display at The John Marlor Arts Center, located at
201 N. Wayne Street, Milledgeville, from January 11, 2012 through February 10, 2012. Works by
Frank Stanley Herring, Jim Gensheer, and Lamar Dodd are among the Georgia artists whose work will be
on display.
Upcoming Exhibit:
February 19 - March 16, 2012
An exhibition of photographs
by artist Alan McGee at
The John Marlor Arts Center
Opening Reception:
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 from 1-3pm
with a gallery discussion at 2pm.
Milledgeville resident Alan McGee
will exhibit his personal collection of photographs at the John Marlor
House from February 19
through March 16, 2012.
McGee is a professional
photographer who has had the
opportunity to photograph places
around the world from Russia
to Atlanta. His subject matter is
as diverse as the locations
at which the images were captured,
and includes subjects ranging from
still life to landscape.
Upcoming Exhibit:
March 25 - April 20, 2012
Abandoned Rural America:
The American Family
Farm in Transition at
The John Marlor Arts Center
Opening Reception:
Sunday, March 25, 2012
from 1-3pm. The reception
will include a video display
and gallery discussion.
This exhibition will feature
drawings and egg tempura
paintings by Peter Muzyka,
oil paintings by Don Jolley, and photographs by Blake Smith.
The exhibition highlights and
explores the forgotten landscapes
left by failed American farms. To
the interested viewer, there can be mystery in these empty old
buildings that remain standing
decades after being vacated and artifacts remaining where they
were long since abandoned. Also,in some pieces, there is juxtaposition
of man-made and natural as nature reclaims its original dominion.