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These are exciting days for community
theatre in Athens as the current season comes
to a close and the schedules for the new
year begin to pop up. According to my Magic
8-Ball, it looks like we're in for some really
great stagecraft in the months ahead. No,
really. It says that in the little window...
Athens' newest theatrical outfit. Circle
Ensemble Theatre Company, kicks off its
new season with Mary Zimmerman's 1996
adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphosis, directed
by Mirla Criste, with original music for this
production. This looks ambitious, not
only because the play is being done in
period costume—and how weird is it
that we've come to be surprised when
someone stages a play as written?—but
also because it's being done around and
in the pool at Ashford Manor.
For those unfamiliar with
Metamorphosis, the original is the
poet Ovid's epic telling of what we
now call Greek mythology. Ovid was
Shakespeare's bible for mythology, and
most of the myths we read now, from
Bulfinch to Edith Hamilton, come from
this source. Zimmerman's adaptation
is a series of vignettes depicting vari
ous myths—the creation of the world,
Midas, Eros and Psyche, Narcissus—and,
like those myths, her play is tragic and
comic all at once. The cast, made up of
a nice mix of veterans and newcomers,
looks strong, and the venue for this
play, Ashford's lawn and its pool, could
not be more appropriate. This looks
really, really good.
The show runs Thursday through
Saturday, July 21-23, at Ashford Manor
Bed and Breakfast in Watkinsville.
Showtimes are at 8:30 p.m., but come early
for best seating. Tickets are $15/510 for stu
dents. Call (706) 362-2175 for details or visit
www.circleensembletheatre.com.
Circle Ensemble has also released its sched
ule for the upcoming season: The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
for fall 2011, The Diary of Anne Frank in
winter 2012, an original play TBA for spring,
and Steel Magnolias next summer. Obviously,
Circle doesn't mess around.
The Town & Gown Players will finish their
Main Stage season with Oscar Wilde's classic
1893 play of secrets, lies and relentless wit,
An Ideal Husband, Aug. 5-7 8. 11-14 at the
Athens Community Theatre. Written at the
height of Wilde's fame and success, the play
involves a successful politician, a blackmail
plot, a series of betrayals and the question
of how to reconcile the bright public image
with the darker private truth. In other words,
Wilde's play is as relevant today as it was in
the late-19th century. Directed by the always-
good Marisa Castengera, the play features
a strong cast and Wilde's signature cutting
cleverness. Showtimes will be at 8 p.m. for
Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows. 2 p.m.
for Sunday shows. Tickets are $15 Friday and
Saturday, $12 Thursday and Sunday, and $12
at all shows for students and seniors. Call
(706) 208-TOWN (8696) for reservations.
The following weekend T&G presents its
production of Frank Wedekind's controversial
1891 play The Awakening of Spring, adapted
and directed by Eric Kumsomboone. This play,
about young people discovering their sexual
ity amid the pressures of school and family,
promises to deliver the edgy excellence that
marks T&G's Second Stage series. The show
runs Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19 8. 20, at 8
p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 21, at 2 p.m. at the
Athens Community Theatre. All shows are $5
at the door, no reservations.
Town 8< Gown will announce the 2011-2012
season's offering after its annual banquet
in August, but auditions for the first show,
Steven Dietz's 1996 adaptation of Bram
Stoker's Dracula directed by Steven Carroll,
have been posted for Aug. 8 8< 9 at the
Athens Community Theatre. The show will run
in October, including two midnight shows
and a preview performance to benefit the
Boybutante AIDS Foundation. Dietz's adap
tation is faithful to Stoker but a lot more
streamlined and sexy than the classic play by
Hamilton Deane. This is going to be a great
show.
The Rose of Athens Theatre's new slate
is up, and it looks to be another great year
of family-friendly performances. In October,
Rose will present an adaptation of Mark
Twain's Huckleberry Finn that will run the 5th
through the 8th at the Seney-Stovall Chapel
and then tour through February. Following
that will be a production of James and the
Giant Peach, from the classic children's book
by Roald Dahl, in late February and March, and
then 2012's Shakespeare on the Lawn offering:
The Comedy of Errors.
The UGA Performing Arts Center has just
announced its 2011-2012 season. As a music
venue, most of its featured acts fall outside
the purview of this column (although The
Chieftains and Yo-Yo Ma are coming, which is
definitely of interest to this columnist), but
among the performances on the schedule are
the upcoming shows: 100 Years of Broadway
(Feb. 6), The Capitol Steps (Feb. 10), The
Second City Company (Mar. 2 8. 3—insert
"squee" and multiple exclamation points
here). Garrison Keillor: An Evening of Story
Telling (Apr. 23), the Reduced Shakespeare
Company (Sept. 20) and Civil War Stories
(Oct. 12).
John G. Nettles theatre@flagpole com
Circle Ensemble Theatre Company kicks off its new sea
son with Mary Zimmerman's 1996 adaptation of Ovid’s
Metamorphosis.
8 FLAGPOLE.COM JULY 20. 2011
