Thomasville Streaming Fundraiser Raises $3,300 for Local Theaters
Sawyer Knight's weeklong streaming fundraiser has raised more than $3,300 for two theater programs, with Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day taking a pie to the face for the cause.
Youth on the Winning Side Marks 35 Years With a Week of Arts Training and a Saenger Theatre Finale
Youth on the Winning Side hosts its 35th annual summer intensive July 20-23 for ages 3 to 25, combining fine arts training, mental health education and mentorship, capped by a…
All Aboard for a Whodunit: Atmore’s Community Theatre Stages ‘Murder on the 518’
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts opens its summer murder mystery in downtown Atmore, with performances across two weekends, twelve-dollar tickets, and a train car full of suspects.
Thomasville’s Chloe Drinkard Champions the Stage That Shaped Her
Thomasville High graduate Chloe Drinkard has spent nearly two decades with the Thomasville Arts Council, and she now argues that community theater is essential infrastructure for a rural town, not…
Joe Jefferson Players turn to virtual Vaudeville showcase to weather pandemic shutdown
With its stages dark because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mobile’s Joe Jefferson Players found a creative way to raise money: a virtual Vaudeville showcase that invited the community to perform…
University of South Alabama Opens Fall Theater Season with ‘I Hate Hamlet’
MOBILE, Ala. — The University of South Alabama’s Department of Dramatic Arts kicked off its fall 2011 theater season with a production of “I Hate Hamlet,” the sharp-witted comedy by…