Georgia Ensemble Theatre and Conservatory
Georgia Ensemble Theatre and Conservatory is the only professional theatre in Roswell, Georgia. It serves as a teaching institution for improv and acting for children all the way up to adults. It was founded by Robert J. Farley in 1992.
History
Georgia Ensemble Theatre and Conservatory is a professional regional theatre company incorporated in 1992 under the direction of Robert J. Farley, artistic director of major theatre institutions, including the Alaska Repertory Theatre and Atlanta's Alliance Theatre.
The Theatre provides theatre productions and educational opportunities on a year-round basis and is the resident professional theatre at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center. Productions of particular note have included a world premiere of The Invisible Man by Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee, commissioned by the Theatre.[1]
The Founder
The Georgia Ensemble Theatre of Roswell was founded in 1992 under the artistic director of Robert J. Farley. He started his acting career in the early 1960s and has won many awards. He was the co-founder and Artistic Director of the acclaimed Alaska Repertory Theatre in the 70's, and was the Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre in Atlanta during the late 80's, where he directed the Atlanta premiere of Driving Miss Daisy in 1988, which went on to become one of the biggest hits ever in the Southeastern United States. Farley’s theatre gives authentic theatre production and provides summer camps for grades 3-12 in which kids participate in plays to better their acting.[2]
Past Productions
The Georgia Ensemble Theatre has created many unique plays. "The Invisible Man", a play written by Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee, was nationally known and commissioned by Georgia Ensemble.[3] Many other remarkable plays have been held at the theatre including "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" which was the most extravagant musical ever produced by the theatre, "Always... Patsy Cline" which tell a story about the relationship between two women.[4] "Always... Patsy Cline" became the most popular and most requested play in the Georgia Ensemble Theatre. It is mostly because of the popularity of Patsy Cline.
1993-94 You Can't Take It With You, The White Rose, Diamond Studs
1994-95 The Fantasticks, The Illusion, Fools, Driving Miss Daisy
1995-96 The Servant of Two Masters, Dearly Departed, The Real Inspector Hound and the Fifteen-Minute Hamlet, Pump Boys and Dinettes
1996-97 The Invisible Man, Appalachian Christmas Homecoming, The Living, The Gin Game, The Foreigner
1997-98 And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, Appalachian Christmas Homecoming, Lost in Yonkers, Travels With My Aunt, On Golden Pond, Forever Plaid, And Then They Came For Me (Tour)
1998-99 Having Our Say, The Delaney Sisters, First 100 Years, Crimes of the Heart, Déjà Vu, King Mackerel and the Blues are Running, Resident Alien, And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
1999-00 The Lion in Winter, The Nerd, Scotland Road, Something's Afoot, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
2000-01 Side by Side by Sondheim, Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas, The Widow's Best Friend, The Fourposter, Always...Patsy Cline One of the most popular and most requested play to have ever hit Georgia Ensemble. This play shows the true relationship between two women. This play is mainly so popular because of Patsy Cline.[4] Always Patsy Cline (remounted in summer 2001) And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
2001-02 The Taffetas, Appalachian Christmas Homecoming, Shirley Valentine, The Miracle Worker, Evelyn and the Polka King, And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
2002-03 10th Anniversary Season Dearly Departed, A Taffeta Christmas, I Hate Hamlet, To Kill a Mockingbird, Rodgers & Hammerstein's A Grand Night for Singing, Treasure Island (Theatre for Youth) And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
2003-04 Will Rogers' U.S.A., Perfect Wedding, A Taffeta Christmas, The Camellia Ball, Morning's at Seven Tintypes, Treasure Island (Theatre for Youth) Charlotte's Web (Theatre for Youth) And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
2004-05 Don't Dress for Dinner, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, Searching for Eden: the Diaries of Adam and Eve, Of Mice and Men, My Way, A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Charlotte's Web (Theatre for Youth) Thurgood Marshall's Coming! (Theatre for Youth) And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
2005-06 Twentieth Century, Always...Patsy Cline, Sleuth, Our Town, Sisters of Swing, the Story of the Andrews Sisters, The Emperor's New Clothes (Theatre for Youth) And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
2006-07 Steel Magnolias, Forever Plaid, The Odd Couple, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Beyond the Rainbow, The Emperor's New Clothes (Theatre for Youth) And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
2007-08 God's Man in Texas, The Gospel of John (Special Presentation) Season's Greetings, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Great Expectations, Triple Espresso, Treasure Island (Theatre for Youth) And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank (Tour)
2008-09 Lying In State, I Do!, I Do!, Southern Comforts, The Lady With All The Answers (co-production with ART Station) Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story The biggest and most extravagant musical ever produced on the Georgia Ensemble Theatre stage, andalso proved to be Georgia Ensemble's biggest hit ever.[5] This play has just recently been nominated for five Suzi Bass awards which is a highly competitive award [6] Stuart Little (Theatre for Youth) And Then They Came for Me (Tour)
2009-10 Cotton Patch Gospel (co-production with Theatrical Outfit) Arsenic and Old Lace, The Men of Mah Jongg, What I Did Last Summer, Always...Patsy Cline, River Rat and Cat (Theatre for Youth) And Then They Came for Me (Tour) Buddy: the Buddy Holly Story (14th Street Playhouse)
2010-11 The Boys Next Door, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Tokens of Affection (World Premiere) Inherit the Wind, Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits: Vol. 1[7]
References
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- ↑ Houghtontalent. (2010). Why Georgia ensemble theatre summer camps?. Retrieved from http://houghtontalent.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/why-georgia-ensemble-theatre-summer-camps/
- ↑ GET mission and history. (2008). Retrieved from http://www.get.org/about/history/
- 1 2 Georgia ensemble theatre. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.theaterreview.com/index.php3?productionurl=3508&maindata=proddetail
- ↑ Georgia ensemble theatre (2010). Retrieved from http://www.theaterreview.com/index.php3?productionurl=3508&maindata=proddetail
- ↑ Ensembles 'buddy holly story' nominated for five suzi awards. (n.d.). . Retrieved from http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-c-2009-09-23-179586.114126-sub_Ensembles_Buddy_Holly_Story_nominated_for_five_Suzi_Awards.html
- ↑ Link text, additional text.