2022-2023 Theatre Season
Please join us for a very special and exciting season! This upcoming theatre season we will be offering three chances for you to come out and enjoy productions by our amazing Theatre department!
For specific questions about the content of the production, please contact Lisa Ferguson (tpearson@gordonstate.edu).
For other information, including feild trips, please contact Mallarey Bailey (mallareyb@gordonstate.edu).
GSC Students, Faculty, and Staff: FREE
Adults: $10.00
Seniors: $7.00
Children and Students (with ID): $5.00
DIRECTED BY: Lisa Cesnik Ferguson/Jef Holbrook
SETS DESIGNED BY: Tony Pearson
COSTUMES BY: Amanda Edgerton
THE TEMPEST
Magic! Revenge! Love! THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare, adapted by Gordon State College’s very own Lisa Cesnik Ferguson has it all! Considered by most scholars to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote, The Tempest is a stormy tale of betrayal and forgiveness. Living on an island after being banished by his brother King Antonio. Prospero harnesses the magic of the other-worldly island, full of monsters becoming a master magician. Living with him is his daughter Miranda, a bizarre wildman Caliban, and Ariel, a sprite. Prospero wishes to seek revenge by creating a storm leading to an assassination attempt and romance. Join us for this enthralling “tragicomedy” to learn about the true meaning of justice and mercy!
Magic! Revenge! Love! THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare, adapted by Gordon State College’s very own Lisa Cesnik Ferguson has it all! Considered by most scholars to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote, The Tempest is a stormy tale of betrayal and forgiveness. Living on an island after being banished by his brother King Antonio. Prospero harnesses the magic of the other-worldly island, full of monsters becoming a master magician. Living with him is his daughter Miranda, a bizarre wildman Caliban, and Ariel, a sprite. Prospero wishes to seek revenge by creating a storm leading to an assassination attempt and romance. Join us for this enthralling “tragicomedy” to learn about the true meaning of justice and mercy!
WHERE
Fine Arts Auditorium at GSC
WHEN
Thursday, April 13th
- Matinee (Field Trip) — 10am
- Evening Performance — 6:30pm
Friday, April 14th
- Matinee (Field Trip) — 10am
- Evening Performance — 6:30pm
Saturday, April 15th
Evening Performance — 6:30pm
Sunday, April 16th
Afternoon Performance — 2pm
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FRANKENSTEIN LIVES
Just in time for Halloween Frankenstein will come to life at Gordon State College’s Theatre in Douglas Jones’ adaptation with limited seating! At the tender age of eighteen, Mary Shelley wrote a story so compelling that it has never since been out of print since 1818. Surrounded by exciting breakthroughs in electricity, chemistry, magnetism and other scientific fields, she imagined a Creature pieced together from dead bodies–then brought to life, only to be shunned by its creator. FRANKENSTEIN LIVES chronicles Mary’s life leading up to the book that made her famous; the literary world that surrounded her; the contest proposed by Lord Byron that inspired her to write Frankenstein; and the startling resonances between her own life and her literary creation. A story within a story, a lone actor portrays the obsessed poet Percy Shelley and the equally obsessed Victor Frankenstein; one actress portrays the young tormented Mary Shelley, and the equally tormented Creature. The result is a new take on a story you only thought you knew.
WHERE
Fine Arts Auditorium
WHEN
Tuesday, October 25
Opening Night 6:30pm
Wednesday, October 26
- Matinee (Field Trip) — 10am
- Evening Performance — 6:30pm
Thursday, October 27
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
A classic tale of compassion toward other and change of self, A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is an elderly miser who on Christmas Eve is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is a new kinder, gentler man. See the transformation live at the theatre!
WHERE
Fine Arts Auditorium
WHEN
Thursday, December 1
- Matinee (Field Trip) — 10am
- Evening Performance — 6:30pm
Friday, December 2
- Matinee (Field Trip) — 10am
- Evening Performance — 6:30pm
Saturday, December 3
Evening Performance — 6:30pm
Sunday, December 4
Afternoon Performance — 2pm
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Join the Cast! Come audition!
A Christmas Carol
Tuesday, August 23 at 5pm—8pm
Frankenstein Lives
Thursday, August 25 at 5pm—8pm
The Tempest
Tuesday, January 24 and Thursday, January 26 at 5pm—10pm
Tuesday, August 23 at 5pm—8pm
Frankenstein Lives
Thursday, August 25 at 5pm—8pm
The Tempest
Tuesday, January 24 and Thursday, January 26 at 5pm—10pm
Take a look at our past seasons!