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Georgia Ensemble Theatre, North Metro Atlanta's Cultural Gem since 1992!
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Georgia Ensemble Theatre’s mission is to create a connection between artists and audiences of all ages.
Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET) provides award-winning theatre productions and first class educational opportunities year-round with Mainstage productions at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre in Marietta and educational programming at the GET Studio in Roswell.
Georgia Ensemble Theatre was established by the late Robert J. "Bob" Farley and Anita Allen-Farley in 1992 as the resident professional theatre company at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center. Since its first production of Kaufman and Hart’s You Can’t Take It With You, GET has produced 30 seasons of plays and musicals at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center and on tour to elementary and middle schools throughout Georgia. Notable productions have included a commissioned world premiere of The Invisible Man by Larry Larson and Eddie Levi Lee. Our Southeastern premiere of The Living was the kickoff event for AIDS Awareness Month in the Atlanta metro area in '97. Having Our Say was part of our cross-cultural promotion with downtown's Seven Stages and Jomandi Theatres. In the 1999-2000 season, GET's ambitious The Lion in Winter, directed by world-renowned Russian actor and director Eugene Lazarev, marked great strides for the Theatre both technically and artistically. In 2009, the Suzi Award-winning Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story became GET’s most popular show and was followed by a remount at the 14th Street Playhouse in midtown the following year. A home for new plays, GET has produced the world premieres of Swell Party, Tokens of Affection, The Only Light in Reno, Morningside, and the Young Audiences play S.T.E.A.M. Team by Topher Payne. For our 22nd season we commissioned Homers from playwright Jacob York. In the 2021-2022 season, we produced the world premiere musical The Pretty Pants Bandit by Chase Peacock & Jessica De Maria, after a postponement due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2001, Georgia Ensemble added a series of school matinees for our production of The Miracle Worker, playing to approximately 2100 students. This initiative has been replicated in seasons since then with critically acclaimed productions of the American classics To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, Our Town and Great Expectations, all playing to large student matinee audiences. The Theatre also produces between two and four plays for Young Audiences every year as part of the Travel Teams season - serving students at schools all over metro Atlanta and the state of Georgia.
Since 1998, GET has taken the powerful, multi-media Holocaust drama And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank on tour annually to many elementary and middle schools in the region. The story follows the lives of childhood friends of Anne Frank – Eva Geringer and Ed Silverberg – both Holocaust survivors. Students see Eva (now Schloss) and Ed share their stories in their later years on screen while actors portray them as children during the Holocaust. This play has played to more than half a million students and teachers in its history at GET.
The Conservatory serves the diverse community in north metro Atlanta. Ongoing educational opportunities are offered throughout the year in a conservatory setting. Classes include curriculum for youth as well as adults in all levels of theatre craft. Sessions are offered throughout the year, and many of our most popular courses are unique and not offered elsewhere in the area.
In 2007, Georgia Ensemble Theatre was awarded two CABY Awards: one for Outstanding Organization, and one for Excellence in Arts Education. The Theatre has received awards from Atlanta Magazine for Best Theatre Company (Readers’ Choice) in 2008 and Best Suburban Drama in 2011. Among many nominations for Suzi Bass Awards for artistic excellence in theatre are wins for Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Direction, and Outstanding Production of a Musical. GET’s Artistic Director Robert J. Farley was honored with the 2011 Flourish Award from Kennesaw State University and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pasadena Playhouse. Bob and Anita Farley were honored as Lexus Leaders of the Arts by PBA Atlanta in 2006 and received the Leitalift Foundations’ Valued Leaders in the Arts Award. In 2016, Bob was awarded the first ever Non Profit Visionary Award by the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce. In 2017, Bob and Anita Farley were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from Atlanta's Suzi Bass Awards.
Georgia Ensemble Theatre enjoys a strong relationship with many of its corporate and foundation partners. Organizations that have been instrumental in the development and continued growth of the Theatre and Conservatory are: The Thoresen Foundation, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Macy's, The Abreu Charitable Trust, Synovus Bank, Fulton County Arts and Culture, Georgia Council for the Arts, the Georgia Power Foundation, The Malon D. Mimms Company, Niolon Lumber, Northside Hospital, The Robert W. Hagan Family Foundation, Appen Media Group, Tolbert Yilmaz Enterprises, the City of Roswell and the Roswell Cultural Arts Board. GET is also proud to be affiliated with Actors’ Equity Association, Atlanta Coalition for the Performing Arts, the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, Theatre Communications Group, Roswell Rotary, Roswell Woman’s Club, and several other local organizations.
