115 Grady Avenue

Athens, Georgia 30601

115 Grady Avenue

Athens, Georgia 30601

Thalian Blackfriars New Works Play Festival

Thalian Blackfriars

The Thalian Blackfriars, founded in 1893, are the oldest student theatre group at UGA and the second oldest in the country. They are dedicated to producing and creating new work that excites today’s students. This Festival will showcase new works written and directed by current Thalian Blackfriars.

The Plays:
“Your House on Pine Street and Mine on The Hill” by Jenna Gubran
Directed by Wyn Alyse Thomas
Synopsis: Levi plans a future with Clarice, as she attempts to break news that could change the course of their lives.X

“Waiting For Donny” by Wyn Alyse Thomas
Directed by Jenna GubranX
Synopsis: An absurdist play in which two Republican senators sit on the steps of the capitol waiting for Donald Trump to arrive.X

“The Long Way Down” by Isabel Bobrik
Directed by Alex Hutchison
Synopsis: In this retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Genevive must compete against the Dealer in a poker game to save her husband from death.

“Swipe Right to Die” by Katie Grace Lowrey
Directed by Wyn Alyse Thomas
Synopsis: A serial killer and crime novelist match on Tinder. This is the story of their relationship.

“An Angel Named Cora” by Bridget Blanchard
Directed by Bianca Cardona
Synopsis: Set in 1920s Appalachia, a railroad is being built through a small mountain town. The town pastor believes this to be the beginning of the Judgment Day and, with his wife, creates an angel to protect the town: a teenage girl named Cora. In the days before the train arrives, Cora learns what it means to be alive with the help of her neighbor and friend Inez.

Show Dates:

  • October 20, 2023   8:00pm
  • October 21, 2023   8:00pm
  • October 22, 2023   2:00pm

Admission:
$5 for Adults

Address: 115 Grady Avenue, Athens, GA 30601

Last Summer at Bluefish Cove

Last Summer at Bluefish Cove

Written by: Jane Chambers
Directed by: Richard Chaney

Lil and her female friends have been coming to the cove for years. But how will they react when a woman fleeing her marriage stumbles into their vacation colony? A classic written in 1980, this is the first mainstream play to look at the diversity of Lesbian lives.

Show Dates:
August 11, 2023 at 8:00 pm
August 12, 2023 at 8:00 pm
August 13, 2023 at 2:00 pm
August 17, 2023 at 8:00 pm
August 18, 2023 at 8:00 pm
August 19, 2023 at 8:00 pm
August 20, 2023 at 2:00 pm

Admission:
$20 for Adults
$15 for Members, Seniors, and Students
$12 for Members, Seniors, and Students on Thursday

*Masks and vaccinations are encouraged but no longer required.

With this in mind, if you do not feel well, have symptoms of any kind, and/or have been recently exposed to anyone with COVID-19, please STAY HOME. IF you are displaying any symptoms that are consistent with COVID-19, you will be asked to mask while in the theatre.*

Address: 115 Grady Avenue, Athens, GA 30601

Perfect Arrangement

It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay, and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door

Show Dates: September 29-October 1 and October 5-8.

A God in the House

A God in the House

Written by Peter Selgin
Directed by Léland Downs

Judith Birch, a music teacher stricken with Alzheimer’s disease, wants to end her life; Dr. Peter Katseus, a former pathologist, has invented a device for helping the terminally ill “die with dignity” which shunned him from the medical establishment. Aided by her reluctant husband, Douglas, the couple seeks out Katseus in hopes he will agree to help her. But with Judith’s determination, along with her sympathy and appreciation for Katseus and his mission, stirred unanticipated emotions in the doctor. He rediscovers his own heart just in time to have it broken as the forces that have brought him and Judith together must ultimately divide them.

This production contains discussions of and a depiction of voluntary euthanasia.

Show Dates:
July 7, 2023 at 8:00 pm
July 8, 2023 at 8:00 pm
July 9, 2023 at 2:00 pm

Admission:
$5 for Adults

Address: 115 Grady Avenue, Athens, GA 30601

Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench

Five Blue Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench

A Comedy Written by John A. Penzotti
Directed by Bonnie Roberts 

Anna, Eva, Rose, Gladys and La La had only two things in common when they met seven months ago: a park bench and a life well-lived. Through fond and sometimes painful memories, keen observations and a good belly laugh now and again, these gals are truly on the cusp of eighty, going on eighteen. Bound by each other’s strengths, wisdom and witticisms, each one unwittingly prepares for the day they leave the bench, perhaps for the last time.

Show Dates:
May 5, 2023 at 8:00 pm
May 6, 2023 at 8:00 pm
May 7, 2023 at 2:00 pm

Admission:
$5 for Adults

*All guests are required to wear a mask while inside the theater. Masks must cover the mouth and nose and fit tightly to the face (no bandanas, face shields, or gaiters). Vaccinations and boosters, while not required for entry, are strongly recommended.*

Address: 115 Grady Avenue, Athens, GA 30601

Wine Tasting Season 71

Wine Tasting in the Garden

Town & Gown invites you to join us for an evening of wine and light refreshment as part of our annual fundraiser. Athens’ favorite sommelier Kurt Galloway will be our guide through some deliciously different vintages.

Show Dates:
April 29, 2023 from 6:00-8:00 pm

Admission:
$30 for Adults

*All guests are required to wear a mask while inside the theater. Masks must cover the mouth and nose and fit tightly to the face (no bandanas, face shields, or gaiters). Vaccinations and boosters, while not required for entry, are strongly recommended.*

Address: 115 Grady Avenue, Athens, GA 30601