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Performances: October 24-26, 2025
How much would you pay for a white painting? Would it matter who the painter was? Would it be art? As an arguement between old friends becomes less theoretical and more personal, they border on destroying their friendships.
The Shadow Box
Auditions: August 11 & 12, 2025
Performances: October 3–12, 2025
Told with laughter and tears, this poignant 1977 Pulitzer Prize-winning production shows how hope and love sustain three people facing death, as well as the coping mechanisms (or lack thereof) of their loved ones.
Winter in Boulevard
Auditions: October 6 & 7, 2025
Performances: December 5–14, 2025
Directed by Harriet Anderson, Winter in Boulevard is a new musical review celebrating the festive season in Athens. You’ll hear songs both familiar and new, spanning decades of good cheer- from classic carols and crooners to those pervasive pop tunes that herald the beginning of the holidays each year.
Mad Scientists in Love
Auditions: December 8 & 9, 2025
Performances: February 6–15, 2026
When a would-be world conqueror tries to factor romance into his far-out theories, will the result be a big bang… or a complete bust? Can humanity survive the comic calamity that ensues?
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Auditions: February 9 & 10, 2026
Performances: April 10–19, 2026
Sisters Vanya and Sonia reside in the family home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker about their dreary circumstances. But when movie-star sister Masha appears with bad news and her new boy-toy Spike, insanity ensues.
She Loves Me
Auditions: April 13 & 14, 2026
Performances: June 5–14, 2026
A classic romantic comedy of secret pen pals and unexpected love, this musical comes to life in a fast-paced, high-energy production that transforms the stage into a vibrant, living pop-up book.
Antigone
Auditions: June 8 & 9, 2026
Performances: August 7–16, 2026
First performed in 1944 under Nazi occupation, the questions in this version of the ancient story still remain: Will you serve fascism, or will you tear it apart with your own hands?
Cheer
Cheer! Director: Jeannie Thomas The girls on the cheer squad prepare to cheer on their high school football team all the way to the state championship, exploring such subjects as sexuality, queerness, mental health, popularity, drugs, femininity, and...
Medea
A Second Stage Production, performing June 27-29, 2025 Director: Christine CarpenterThis is a true tragedy, where a cataclysmic wielding of the patriarchy wrecks havoc within a community. Jason is sidelining his wife Medea (the original princess who helped him gain...
The Loneliest Bird
A Second Stage Production, performing February 28-March 2. Directors: Julianne Merritt and Marius Palmour (Music by Julianne Merritt)An original Puppet Show/Musical. Scientists plant mannequin birds across an island, and Nigel, a living bird, flies down...
09/03/2025 – Now On Sale: Season 73 Flex Passes
08/04/2025 – Opening This Week: Rumors
06/23/2025 – Opening This Week: Medea
06/09/2025 – Opening This Week: Bright Star
04/28/2025 – Opening This Week: Cheer!
04/07/2025 – Opening This Week: Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight
02/24/2025 – Opening This Week: Loneliest Bird
02/03/2025 – Opening This Week: For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday
12/02/2024 – Opening This Week: A Spell for Winter
11/04/2024 – Join us for Town & Gown’s Garden Party!
10/21/2024 – Opening This Week: Thalian Blackfriars New Works Play Festival
09/30/2024 – Opening This Week: The Legend of Georgia McBride
09/25/2024 – Town & Gown 2025 Executive Slate
09/09/2024 – RSVP ASAP to the T&G Awards!!!
08/28/2024 – Season 72 Tickets and Passes On Sale Now!
08/24/2024 – Town & Gown Awards Banquet 9/14
08/05/2024 – Opening This Week: Pride & Prejudice
07/16/2024 – Accepting Nominations for the 2025 Town & Gown Executive Board
06/24/2024 – Opening This Week: The Icarus Monologues
06/03/2024 – Opening This Week: The Hello Girls
05/11/2024 – Special Event: The Preacher’s Wife
04/27/2024 – Opening This Week: Navigators
04/09/2024 – Opening This Week: Cyrano
03/04/2024 – Opening This Week: Love Letters
02/26/2024 – Opening This Week: Love is a Blue Tick Hound
02/05/2024 – Opening This Week: Disaster! The Musical
12/04/2023 – Opening This Week: Sorority House of the Dead
11/24/2023 – URGENT CALL TO ACTION! Town & Gown Lease In Front of Commission 12/5
11/05/2023 – Join us for Town & Gown’s Homecoming Event!
10/16/2023 – Opening This Week: Thalian Blackfriars News Play Festival
09/25/2023 – Special Event: Perfect Arrangement Playwright Q & A
09/24/2023 – Opening This Week: Perfect Arrangement
09/19/2023 – Town & Gown 2024 Executive Slate
08/21/2023 – Season 71 Tickets and Passes On Sale Now!
08/07/2023 – Opening This Week: Last Summer at Bluefish Cove
07/03/2023 – Opening This Week: A God In the House
06/12/2023 – Opening This Week: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
05/01/2023 – Opening This Week: Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench
04/26/2023 – Town & Gown Wine Tasting, April 29
04/10/2023 – Opening This Week: Red Herring
02/27/2023 – Opening This Week: Spellbound
02/06/2023 – Opening This Week: Much Ado About Nothing
12/31/2022 – End of the Year Highlights: 2022 President’s Report
11/28/2022 – Opening This Week: Murder on the Orient Express
10/17/2022 – Opening This Week: Timelapse (7 PM)
10/10/2022 – Town & Gown 2023 Updated Executive Slate & Meeting Reminder
09/26/2022 – Opening This Week: Sister Act
09/20/2022 – 2022 Town & Gown Homecoming
09/19/2022 – Town & Gown 2023 Executive Slate & Amendments
08/31/2022 – Town & Gown Players Presents: 2022 Awards Banquet for the 69th Season
08/08/2022 – Opening this week: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
07/04/2022 – Town & Gown Nominating Committee and Upcoming Events
06/29/2022 – Opening July 8-10: A Day in the Life of Adolph Zukor
06/13/2022 – Opening this week: Noises Off!
05/13/2022 – Canceled: Arms and the Man
05/09/2022 – Opening this week: Arms and the Man
04/22/2022 – Up & Coming Town & Gown Events!
04/18/2022 – Opening this week: Into the Woods
04/16/2022 – Town & Gown Narke’s Notes: April!
03/09/2022 – Town & Gown Narke’s Notes: March!
02/28/2022 – Opening this week: Athens Takes On!
02/15/2022 – Town & Gown Narke’s Notes: February!
02/11/2022 – Opening TONIGHT: Leading Ladies
01/29/2022 – Town & Gown Narke’s Notes!
12/06/2021 – Town & Gown Lease In Front of Commission
11/29/2021 – Opening This Weekend: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
10/11/2021 – Opening This Weekend: Athens Vignettes
09/20/2021 – Opening This Weekend: Back to Broadway
09/17/2021 – Town & Gown’s Annual Membership Meeting and Executive Board Slate 2022
09/13/2021 – Town & Gown’s 2021-2022 Season
08/09/2021 – Opening This Weekend: Four Old Broads
07/29/2021 – Back to Broadway Auditions!
06/15/2021 – Town & Gown Happenings!
02/22/2021 – Opening This Weekend: Canterbury Tales
02/19/2021 – Town & Gown Lease Update
01/07/2021 – Town & Gown Letter From the Board
11/09/2020 – Opening This Weekend: Sordid Lives
10/08/2020 – Town & Gown’s Annual Membership Meeting and Executive Board Slate 2021
09/18/2020 – Town & Gown Board Volunteers – Deadline Extended!
09/17/2020 – Announcing the 2020-21 Season with Town & Gown
08/24/2020 – Town & Gown 2020-21 Season Update
06/29/2020 – Announcing the 2020-21 Season with Town & Gown
03/19/2020 – Eurydice Cancellation Notice
02/24/2020 – Opening This Weekend: As You Like It