GET's DRIVING MISS DAISY To Play At Oglethorpe June 28-July 21

Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET), the professional North Fulton theatre company, announces that it will remount its acclaimed production of the Pulitzer prize-winning play Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry this summer.

In partnership with Oglethorpe University, GET will bring 'Daisy' to the Brookhaven area college June 28 through July 21 at the Conant Performing Arts Center. Directed once again by GET Education Director Laurel Crowe, the production will feature the same stellar cast (Jill Jane Clements, Rob Cleveland and William S. Murphey) and run Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2:30pm for four weeks. According to Co-founder Anita Farley, "We look forward to artnering with Oglethorpe again as this will allow us to give so many more Atlantans the opportunity to experience this renowned Atlanta story."

Driving Miss Daisy by American playwright Alfred Uhry was both a Broadway hit and Pulitzer prize winner for drama and was adapted into a 1988 Academy Award-winning film.

Set against the historical backdrop of Atlanta's development through the mid-20th century, the story of aging Southern matron Daisy Werthan, her long-suffering son Boolie, and her chauffeur Hoke Colburn unfolds over 25 years of friendship, loss, racial tension, and ultimately love.

This much-beloved story of an unlikely friendship is the play most associated with our late Artistic Director and Co-founder Bob Farley, and is once again helmed by his daughter and director Laurel Crowe.

The cast of Driving Miss Daisy features Jill Jane Clements as Daisy Werthan, Bill Murphey (My Fair Lady and Moonlight and Magnolias at GET) as Boolie Werthan, and Rob Cleveland (A Doll's House Part 2 at Actor's Express & Aurora and Homers at GET) as Hoke Colburn.

Ticket prices for Driving Miss Daisy at the Conant Performing Arts Center will start at $35. Book early for best prices. Groups of 10 or more are welcome with great discounts available. Tickets are on sale now at www.get.org, or by calling the Box Office at 770-641-1260. All ticketing is done through Georgia Ensemble Theatre and not the Conant Performing Arts Center.

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