Town & Gown Players — Attraction in Athens-Clarke County Unified Government

I saw 4 of the 7 performances of Into the Woods in April/May of 2022, and I cannot put into words what these experiences meant to me. After several years of uncertainty and feeling disconnected from the world, transporting myself for 2 hours and 45 minutes at a time into another world was transcendent. The shows were surreal. Every performer was perfectly suited for their roles. Watching the original Broadway cast is hard now because of how wonderful this show was. If you ever have the chance to see a show at this theater, do it. Community theaters are superior because everyone spends hundreds of hours preparing....

T&G is the longest continually running community theater in Georgia. Their season comprises of around half a dozen Main Stage shows that have a 2 week run and half a dozen Second Stage shows which are limited to a 1 week run. Performances are usually Thursday - Saturday evenings with a Sunday matinee. Over the course of a season you'll have the ability to see a variety of well known and not so well known plays with a musical or 2 thrown in for good measure. It's definitely a gem in the Athens...

Tucked away off the main drag, this intimate space hosts a constantly-evolving company of local and student talent mounting a varied slate both contemporary and classic. The Players’ love and enthusiasm for their craft is infectious and to experience what they can do with and on that stage is to witness the magic of theatre. And you know this praise is legit because these are the same people who have refused to mount my gender-bent musical adaptation of Die Hard for the past six...