Georgia Ensemble Theatre Celebrates 25th Silver Anniversary Season in '17/'18

Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET) Co-Founder and Artistic Director Robert J. Farley has announced a special lineup of shows for the Company's 25th Silver Anniversary Season of professional theatre in North Fulton County.

Artistic Director Farley says of the coming season, "Our 25th Silver Anniversary Season is going to be one big party all season long. Each play I have selected to celebrate this occasion has been chosen as a tribute to our subscribers, donors, sponsors, and supporters."

GET marches into its 25th year stronger and with more programming and outreach than ever before. The 2017-2018 season will be a huge celebration focusing on great music and big laughs, whisking audiences from the Caribbean to Atlanta to Hollywood to Paris and ending with the most popular musical in the theatre's history. In addition to the mainstage subscription series, GET will produce the four-play FamilyStage: Adventure Series, a four concert Big Band series and an outdoor concert-version musical this summer.

Georgia Ensemble Theatre is the artistic home to more than 2500 season subscribers, as well as dedicated individual ticket buyers, theatre students, artists and educators who frequent the Roswell-based company throughout the year. Georgia Ensemble Theatre is the Official Resident Professional Theatre Company at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center in historic Roswell, located at 950 Forrest Street, Roswell, GA 30075.

The 2017-2018 Mainstage Season - It's Your Party!

September 14-October 1, 2017:

Once On This Island

By Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Directed and Choreographed by Ricardo Aponte

Musical Direction by S. Renee Clark

Georgia Ensemble Theatre starts off its 25th Silver Anniversary Season party with a smash hit Broadway musical. We are beckoned to the sunny and starlit Caribbean, where GET will bring the house down with a rousing Calypso-flavored score and highly charged dance from Atlanta's most revered musical theatre director and choreographer, Ricardo Aponte. Picture The Lion King and The Little Mermaid brought together with exhilarating Caribbean rhythms. Experience this romantic theatrical experience right here in Roswell before its upcoming Broadway revival.

October 26-November 12, 2017:

Morningside

By Topher Payne

Directed by Shannon Eubanks

This shrewd and very funny new comedy takes us to a sunny spring afternoon in the Morningside neighborhood of Atlanta where different generations are thrown together to battle it out. Imagine: a baby shower, nine women with secrets, and a case of champagne. What could possibly go wrong?

January 11-28, 2018:

Tenderly -- The Rosemary Clooney Musical

Based on the life of Rosemary Clooney

By Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman

Directed by Alan Kilpatrick

GET will ring in the New Year with its second musical of the Silver Anniversary season, offering a fresh and poignant picture of the woman whose unparalleled talent made her a Hollywood legend. One golden hit after another is woven through Clooney's compelling life story: "Come on-a My House," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Count Your Blessings," "Hey There," "Mambo Italiano," and so many more!

March 1-18, 2018:

A Comedy of Tenors

By Ken Ludwig

Directed by Shelly McCook

The theatre world has waited 30 years for comic genius Ken Ludwig to deliver this companion to the hilarious, Tony Award-winning Lend Me A Tenor, the most popular American farce of the 20th century. This time around, we're in 1930s Paris. One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium full of screaming fans. The stage is now set for the concert of the century - as long as producer Henry Saunders can keep Italian superstar Tito Merelli and his hot-blooded wife Maria from causing runaway chaos. An uproarious ride, full of mistaken identities, bedroom hijinks, and madcap delight, this long-awaited Southeastern premiere runs on all of your laugh-out-loud cylinders.

April 12-29, 2018:

Buddy -- The Buddy Holly Story

By Alan Janes

Featuring the Music of Buddy Holly

Directed by Robert J. Farley

The World's Most Successful Rock & Roll Musical of all time, Buddy has been by far the most-requested show to encore at GET over the span of 25 years. Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story tells the true story of Buddy's meteoric rise to fame, from the moment in 1957 when "That'll Be The Day" hit the airwaves until his tragic death less than two years later on the "The Day The Music Died." The show features over 20 of Buddy Holly's greatest hits including "That'll Be The Day," "Peggy Sue," "Everyday," and "Rave On," plus Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" and the Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace."

The FamilyStage: Adventure Series

The Jungle Book

By Greg Banks, adapted from the book by Rudyard Kipling

Performance on Saturdays at 11am - Sept. 16, 23, 30 and Apr 14, 21, 28

Mowgli is rambunctious and curious, scrappy and silly. This new adaptation finds a child lost in the Indian jungle, where he is adopted by Baloo the Bear, Bagheera the Panther, and all the beasts who

call the mysterious wilderness home. This fast-paced retelling keeps you perched on the edge of your seat.

Miss Nelson is Missing!

by Joan Cushing, adapted from the book by Harry Allard

Performance on Saturdays 11am, Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 2017 and March 3, 10, 17, 2018

Miss Nelson's class is the worst-behaved in the whole school. But the students of Room 207 are in for a surprise when Miss Nelson turns up missing and is replaced by Viola Swamp, a scary substitute teacher. In desperation, the students set out to find their beloved Miss Nelson...

but will they ever get her back?

And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank

by James Still

Performance 6:30pm on March 13, 2018

A powerful multi-media performance that tells the story of the hidden children of the Holocaust. Two childhood friends of Anne Frank, Eva Schloss and Ed Silverberg, recount their stories via video as professional actors portray them on stage.

The Giver

By Eric Coble, adapted from the book by Lois Lowry

Performance on Saturdays, 11am Jan. 13, 20, 23, 27, 2018

Jonas' world is perfect. Everything is under control and safe. There is no war or fear or pain. There are also no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. But when Jonas turns 12, he is chosen for special training from The Giver-to receive and keep the memories of the community.

The Joe Gransden Big Band Series

Joe and his band are back for another series of big band jazz concerts at Georgia Ensemble Theatre. Dates for this popular series are:

October 30, 2017

December 18, 2017

March 12, 2018

April 23, 2018

And Coming Up This Summer:

Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash - Concert-version of this hit musical, outdoors at the Chattahoochee Nature Center, July 13-29, 2017. Table and lawn seating available. Tickets online at www.get.org.

Tickets: Early Bird Mainstage Subscription Packages are available now through May 19th and range from $115-$160. Senior and Student discount subscriptions are available for select performance series for $100-$110. Flex Passes are also available for $130 (with limited subscriber privileges). Prices will increase on May 20th. To subscribe, call the GET Box Office at 770-641-1260.

Patrons may add the entire Joe Gransden Series to their subscription for only $100, and the Theatre for Young Audiences Series (4 shows) for only $32.

Benefits of Subscribing to GET Include: Huge savings off single ticket prices; Best seating; One free exchange per production; Ticket discounts on additional tickets purchased; Guest Passes (one per subscription); and Class discounts.

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