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A Sneak Peak of Right On! @ Horizon Theatre
Aurora Theatre’s “Tamer of Horses” is a must see

Jason Brooks - February 2014 (GRAYSON LOCAL NEWS)


The material, by playwright William Mastrosimone, gives Hofmann’s talented cast plenty to work with. UGA alum Dane Troy shines as Hector, delivering a fully-formed streetwise teen with swagger. But what’s mesmerizing is the undercurrent of intelligence that Troy brings to the illiterate Hector; nothing escapes his notice, and he uses that gift to create some of the plays best moments in concert with Anthony Rodriguez’s Ty...

​'Macbeth' lights up stage in LED

Alex Everhart -  April 2013 (RED & BLACK NEWSPAPER)


The University of Georgia's production of "Macbeth" will not be what Shakespeare imagined.

William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy “Macbeth” makes its way to the University of Georgia starting April 11. With high-tech LED displays and an elaborate set, this play puts quite a spin on Shakespearean theater.

“[We were] looking for an intersection between media and magic,” director David Saltz said...

'Darker Face' tackles Greek, American tragedy

Andre Gallant -  November 2012 (ATHENS BANNER HERALD)


Calling the play “The Darker Face of the Earth” poetic is apt, as the lines written by playwright Rita Dove performed at the Fine Arts Theatre by a cast of University of Georgia students are fluid, lyrical and sonorous.​

But as congo drums rattle out of the pit and onstage actors synchronously shimmy cotton harvest machinations and bellow work songs that resound throughout the theater, it’s very much the play’s natural rhythm that’s entrancing...

Theatre Notes: Classic, Campy and Vampy

John G. Nettles November 2012

Old South Redux: The University Theatre at UGA wraps up its run of The Darker Face of the Earth, the 1996 play by former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, with performances Wednesday, Nov. 7, through Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Fine Arts Theater. The play is a retelling of the Oedipus story set in the American South during the bleakest days of slavery and combines elements of Sophocles’ original with African tradition and spirituals of the period. As of this writing I’m not sure how this will turn out, but if it’s handled as well as most UGA Theatre productions, it should be very powerful. Showtimes are 8 p.m., Thursday–Saturday and 2:30 p.m., Sunday. Tickets are $16, $12 for students, and available by calling 706-542-4400 or online at 2012.pac.uga.edu...

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