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Twenty years later, Habima theater company brings out smiles BY JOE EARLE joeearle@reporternewspapers. net Grease: The School Version Jerry’s Habima Theatre Where: Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody, 30338 When: March 7 at 7:30 p.m., March 9 at 8:30 p.m., March 10 at 3 p.m., March 14 at 7:30 p.m., March 16 at 8:30 p.m., March 17 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $35 general admission; $15 for children 12 and younger. For more information: 678-812-4002 or www.atlantajcc.org/boxoffice B Things started small. Saba Silver- man, who had volunteered to help or ganize social activities for children with developmental disabilities, thought the group should see a play. “I wanted them to have every experience they could,” she said. Her committee — called the “Very Special People committee,” or “VSP committee” -- organized social out ings to see traveling Broadway musicals playing at the Fox Theatre or the Atlan ta Civic Center, she said. “The kids just loved it,” she said. They were hooked. Eventually, they decided to try to stage a play of their own. “It was just, ‘let’s try it and see what happens,”’ Silverman recalled. And so, 20 years ago, the theater company now known as Jerry’s Habi ma Theatre was born. The company, based in Dunwoody at the Marcus Jew ish Community Center of Atlanta, bills itself as Georgia’s only theatrical group directed and produced by professionals and featuring actors with developmen tal disabilities. This year’s show features more than 40 actors, Silverman said. Over the past two decades it has per formed shows such as “Guys and Dolls,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “A Funny Thing Hap pened on the Way to the Forum” and “Fiddler on the Roof.” In 2007, the company received a Suzi Bass Award, which celebrates excellence in metro At lanta professional theater, for its contri bution to local theater. In March, Jerry’s Habima Theatre celebrates its 20th birthday with per formances of “Grease: The School Ver sion,” a shortened version of the musi cal based on the Broadway show and hit movie. “It gives me such joy to see how far this theater has come in 20 years and to witness all the lives that have been deeply touched by it,” said Lois Blond er, a company benefactor and the wid ow of Jerry Blonder, the man the group Restaurant Guide View these listings online with a map of each location at www.ReporterNewspapers.net. Advertise in the Restaurant Guide and reach 130,000+ discriminating diners. Call 404-917-2200 ext 130. 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