Aurora Theatre Invites Guests To Join the Party For 15th Anniversary Season

Aurora Theatre continues to lead the way in Gwinnett County entertainment. As such, they have planned a year-long celebration to commemorate their 15th Anniversary Season.

Aurora Theatre sets the tone for the 2010-2011 Main Stage Season Series with the stage spectacle, Singin' in the Rain. Unforgettable melodies, tap dancing and a romantic story make this the greatest movie musical of all time. Now you can see the show performed live. And yes, it will rain on stage. The Halloween season just got more exciting with the addition of a chilling new adaptation of the classic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Christmas Canteen 2010 continues in its 15th year as Gwinnett's longest running theatrical holiday tradition. Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer (End Days, The Last Schwartz) has had Atlanta audiences in stitches and Aurora presents her newest play Sirens, the comic hit that opened the prominent Humana Festival last February. After attending the NY Music Theatre Festival, Aurora Theatre brings home a beautiful new musical, Academy, set in a prestigious boarding school for boys inspired by Faust. On the heels of Joe DiPietro's Tony Award winning Broadway hit, Memphis, Aurora will end the main stage season with his heartwarming comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods. As always, Aurora Theatre employs the region's top actors, directors and design artists accompanied by live musicians befitting the intimate grandeur of the Aurora Theatre Main Stage.

The GGC Lab Series expands to three productions after the huge success of its inaugural season. This series gives audiences thought provoking contemporary plays relevant to today's society. The GGC Lab Series opens with Circumference of a Squirrel, a darkly comic one-man show featuring Daniel May. At Valentine's Day, love is in the air as brutally funny playwright Neil LaBute reminds us that love hurts in Fat Pig. In Barrio Hollywood, a play to be presented in both English and Spanish, a Mexican-American boxer dreams of fighting his way out of poverty. In addition to the GGC Lab Series, the studio theatre is home to Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. This one-man version of the holiday favorite blends the very best of traditional storytelling with 21st century theatre technology, now in its 4th year.

Aurora Theatre will continue and expand their other highly popular entertainment series:
Learning Library, weekday performances for elementary school field trips in January and February. Gary Grinkle's Battles With Wrinkles and Other Troubles in Mudgeville is set for educational performances in 2011.

Funny Fridays, club comedy shows on select Friday evenings
Swing Night at the Aurora, concerts featuring the 17-piece Metro Jazz Club
Aurora Children's Playhouse, the regions top children's performers
Lawrenceville, GA Ghost Tours, one of the area's favorite tourist attractions

Our anniversary season will be host to other opportunities that celebrate Aurora Theatre's success including, author events, wine tastings, Aurora Theatre Charity Golf Tournament and the First Annual Aurora Theatre Awards Gala.

Metro Waterproofing Main Stage Series

Singin' in the Rain
Based on the MGM film
Screenplay and Adaptation by Betty Comden and Adolf Green
Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed
(Original Choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen)
August 5 - September 5, 2010

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
From the Novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
October 7- 31, 2010

Aurora Christmas Canteen 2010
An Aurora Theatre Original
November 26 - December 23, 2010

Sirens
By Deborah Zoe Laufer
January 13 - February 16, 2011

Academy
By John Mercurio
Conceived and Developed by Andrew Cato
(Suggested by Faust by Wolfgang von Goethe)
March 17 - April 10, 2011

Over the River and Through the Woods
By Joe DePietro
May 12 - June 5, 2011

Performances are Thursday - Saturday at 8:00PM and Saturday & Sunday at 2:30PM
Season Tickets $176 - $72
Single Tickets $20 - $35

GGC Lab Series

Circumference of a Squirrel
~a riff with an inner-tube~
By John Walch
September 16 - October 3, 2010

Fat Pig
By Neil Labute
February 10 - 27, 2011

Barrio Hollywood
By Elaine Romero
Spanish Translation by Catalina Maynard and Carmen Peralta
With assistance from Victor Hugo Garza, Dra. Jacqueline Messing, Irene Romero and Eva Tessler
April 14 - 24, 2011 in Spanish
April 28 - May 1, 2011 in Engilsh

Performances are Thursday - Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday at 2:30PM
Tickets $15

Special Holiday Performance

Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol
Adapted for performance and Directed by Tony Brown
December 2 -19, 2010

Performances are Friday & Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday at 2:30PM
Tickets $15

Aurora Theatre
128 Pike Street
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
678.226.6222
www.auroratheatre.com

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