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SPIES. LIES AND SLAPPING THIGHS
Shaken, Not Stirred: The Seney-Stovall Chapel
will host JV Productions' new comedy, I'll Get
You, James Bond, on Friday and Saturday, May
27 & 28. Written and directed by John Vance
(the "JV" in JV Productions), this promises to
be a terrific send-up of the Bond films, as told
from the point of view of the villain, a la Dr.
Horrible, but without the singing.
The plot follows herb magnate and would-
be super-villain Basil Sage as he makes his
preparations for the inevitable showdown with
everyone's favorite insufferably smug secret
Theatre in the Fine Arts Building. This should
be a treat, as it will be performed by Ray
Paolino's Maymester Shakespeare class.
Girls Aloud: On Thursday, June 2, Flicker
Theatre & Bar will host ClamJam Comedy, a
night of standup featuring exclusively female
comics. The lineup includes Shalewa Sharpe,
Tammy Imig, Natalie Glaser, Amanda Burk and
Andrea Boyd. The show starts at 9 p.m., and
admission is $3, with proceeds benefiting
Girls' Rock Camp Athens and Project Safe.
Rose of Athens Theatre will perform Shakespeare’s As You Like It at Ashford Manor, June 8-12.
agent—complete with death traps, maniacal
over-planning and Sage's own hero stand-in,
appropriately named "Practice Bond." The cast
looks great, including Vance, Steve Wildey
and the always-good Andy Garrison and Kris
Schultz. Showtimes are at 8 p.m., and tickets
are $10 ($8 for seniors and students with ID).
A Will's on the Bill: The Rose of Athens
Theatre company will be performing As You
Like It, one of William Shakespeare's cel
ebrated comedies about love, deception and
crossdressing, at Ashford Manor on the Lawn
as this year's entry in the Rose's "Shakespeare
Under the Stars" series. Live music from C.
Lauren Smith and Christina Gifford will accom
pany the production, which runs June 8-12.
The show starts at 8 p.m., but lawn seating
opens at 5:30. For tickets, contact danielle@
roseofathens.org or call (706) 340-9181.
More from Will: The Town & Gown Players
will present Twelfth Night, another of
Shakespeare's celebrated comedies about
love, deception and crossdressing. Directed
by Fran Teague, who knows a thing or two
million about Shakespeare, this promises to
be a great production. The show runs at the
Athens Community Theatre June 10-12 &
16-19. Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows
start at 8 p.m., Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for Friday and Saturday shows,
$12 for Thursday and Sunday, $12 for seniors
and students all shows. Call (706) 208-8696 to
reserve seats, because this one should sell out
Also: UGA will present The Taming of
the Shrew, June 6-8 at 8 p.m. at the Cellar
ClamJam is a rolling project started by
Boyd to counter the testosterone-heavy
makeup of most standup showcases. As in rock
and roll, the persistent myth that "girls can't
rock" in standup comedy circles is patently
untrue and needs debunking in the worst way.
Flaving seen some of the acts ClamJam will
feature, I can assure you this will definitely
not be a night of ladies talking about their
feelings. This promises to be a good night out
for a good cause.
Speaking of Good Causes: While it's not
exactly theatre, per se, a lot of the folks
from the community-theatre community will
be making an appearance at Crooning for a
Cure!, an evening of karaoke and late-night
dancing at Go Bar, on Friday, June 3, 8 p.m.
'til close, to raise money for local performer
Heather Eve and her participation in this
year's "3-Day for the Cure" Breast Cancer
Awareness Walk. The cover is $5, with all pro
ceeds going to breast cancer awareness and
research.
Dr. Fred will be behind the board for kara
oke, and nobody does karaoke like theatre
people do it. This is not your typical evening
of drunks mangling the Sinatra catalog—Dr.
Fred regularly draws local musicians and musi
cal-theatre veterans who bring it Broadway-
style. The singing will actually make you shut
up and finish your G&T in awe and wonder.
Twin Powers and Trey Ehart will spin at mid
night, and you'll get to see how theatre folk
throw down. You'll be glad you did.
John G. Nettles theatre@flagpole.com
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