GET Cancels 1/13 Performance of TOKENS OF AFFECTION Due To Weather

Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET), announces that due to inclement weather, the Thursday, January 13, 8:00pm performance of Tokens of Affection, by award-winning Atlanta Playwright Topher Payne, is canceled. Performances of Tokens of Affection will resume on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.

Due to inclement weather and hazardous road conditions, Thursday evening's performance of "Tokens of Affection" at Georgia Ensemble Theatre has been canceled. If you have purchased tickets for Thursday evening, please call 770-641-1260 to reschedule.

The Theatre will make the decision to cancel a show by 11 am on the day of the performance. The GET website, as well as the outgoing voicemail message in the box office, will be updated at that time to announce cancelations. Please check www.get.org for the latest information or call the box office for recorded updates at 770 641-1260 x 236, after 11am.

Should GET find it necessary to cancel future performances, patrons will be notified by email and/or telephone. Upon cancelation of a performance, patrons may exchange canceled tickets for any other performance of Tokens of Affection, without any change or upgrade fees, and receive best available seating. If patrons are unable to attend another performance, the Theatre will issue Snow Day Vouchers to be used for a performance of any other show this season. There will be no refunds issued for canceled performances as inclement weather is out of the Theatre's control.

Remaining Performances:
Thursday, January 13, 8pm
Friday, January 14, 8pm
Saturday, January 15, 4pm & 8pm
Sunday, January 16, 2:30pm

Wednesday, January 19, 7:30pm
Thursday, January 20, 8pm
Friday, January 21, 8pm
Saturday, January 22, 4pm & 8pm
Sunday, January 23, 2:30pm

Tickets for Tokens of Affection:
Tokens of Affection runs through January 23, 2011, with performances on Wednesdays at 7:30pm, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2:30pm. There will be two Saturday 4pm matinees: January 15 and 22. Tickets range in price from $23-$33, with student, senior and group discounts also available. Tickets may be purchased online at www.get.org or by calling GET at 770-641-1260. All performances will be at the Theatre's home at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., Roswell, GA 30075. This production is generously sponsored by the Macy's Foundation.

Playwright Topher Payne calls this new romantic comedy, "THE PARENT TRAP for grown-ups!" Tokens of Affection deals with "empty nesting," the complications of romance, and family dysfunction. What is a husband to do when his wife of 37 years announces she's leaving? Both seek solace at the homes of their grown children, to panicked and hilarious results.

Artistic Director Robert J. Farley says of producing this world premiere, "I am so excited about this play. Creating something from the ground up is always exhilarating and admittedly a bit scary. The journey with Topher Payne has been wonderful, and I'm thrilled for GET to get ‘bragging rights' on this one, because I believe it's going to ‘have legs!'"

Topher Payne was this year's selection for "Best Local Playwright" by the readers of Creative Loafing, and was voted "Best Local Writer" and "Best Actor" by the readers of The GA Voice. Process Theatre Company's production of his play Above the Fold won the 2009 Metro Atlanta Theatre Award for Best Original Work and Best Play of the Year. He is a columnist for The GA Voice, Project Q Atlanta and Fenuxe Magazine. Favorite directing projects include productions of On Golden Pond, Impossible Marriage, and Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet. In May, he will premiere the farce Lakebottom Proper at the State Theatre of Georgia, The Springer Opera House.

The cast of Tokens Affection features Judy Leavell (GET's The Lady with All the Answers and Steel Magnolias), John Stephens (Theatre Gael Artistic Director, Conversations with My Wife at Theatre in the Square), Shelly McCook (Season's Greetings and Twentieth Century at GET), Kelly Criss (River Rat & Cat and And Then They Came for Me tour at GET), Matthew Myers (Dracula at Aurora Theatre, Waiting for Godot at Theatre Gael), and Googie Uterhardt (You Can't Take it With You at Theater Emory, Music Man and Little Shop of Horrors at Atlanta Lyric). The design team includes Stephanie Polhemus as Scenic Designer, Bryan Rosengrant as Lighting Designer, Linda Patterson as Costume Designer, and Jason Polhemus as Sound Designer. Topher Payne directs the show; and Hayley Brotherton is Stage Manager.

 

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