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Sue E. Trotter Theater Events
 | Dinner Theater - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - September 9, 2010, at 7:30pm Athens Community Theater Athens Community Theater's first production of the 2010-2011 season is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman, based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Show dates are September 9-18 in the Sue E. Trotter Theater at The Arts Center in downtown Athens, Tennessee . The production is sponsored by Seventy-Two Wine & Spirits located at Exit 72 on I-75. The play is presented in honor of the 35th anniversary of the movie version starring Jack Nicholson, which garnered more Academy Awards than any movie in history to that point. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest follows the untamed R. P. McMurphy, who upon his commitment to a mental institution, attempts to buck the iron-fisted rule of Nurse Ratched and show the demoralized men of the ward that sometimes being crazy keeps you sane. As powerful and thought-provoking today as when the play first opened in 1963, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a story about freedom, conquering fear, and the strength of the human spirit. The cast features Brad Jewell as McMurphy and Amanda Haun as Nurse Ratched. Other cast members are Dave Siklosi, Logan Reed, Art Kimball, Jason Carusillo, G. David Brown , Jeff Wilkins, Steve Walker, Mary Kennedy, Lindsey Nunley, Shane Jackson, Traci McKenzie, Ashley Sullivan, and Matthew Cox. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is directed by Melonie Carideo and Ellen Kimball. The opening night dinner theater on September 9th features a seated dinner and cash bar. Doors open at 6:00 PM, dinner at 6:30, and showtime is 7:30 PM by reservation only. Dinner/show tickets are $25 per person. All other shows are $12 for adults and $8 for students. Other evening performances beginning at 7:30 PM are on September 10,11,16,17, and 18 with one 2:00 PM matinee on September 12th. Tickets are available on line at www.athensartscouncil.org, by phone at (423)745-8781, or at The Arts Center ,320 North White Street, Athens. Group rates for 10 or more people are available by calling The Arts Center. Group rates for 10 or more people are available by calling The Arts Center. - Sponsored by: Seventy-Two Wine & Spirits - Purchase Tickets
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 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - September 10, 2010, at 7:30pm Athens Community Theater Winner of the 2001 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival, the dramatic classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest opens our community theater season. The story follows the untamed R.P. McMurphy in his attempt to buck the iron-fisted rule of Nurse Ratched and show the beaten men of the Chronics Ward that sometimes being crazy keeps you sane. As powerful and thought-provoking today as it was when it first opened in 1963, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a story about freedom, fear and the strength of the human spirit. - Sponsored by: Seventy-Two Wine & Spirits - Purchase Tickets
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 | Luminescent Orchestrii - October 22, 2010, at 7:30pm THE BLACK BOX CONCERT SERIES Music to make you dance, kiss, and scream! An explosive union of Romanian gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard-rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle, all eaten and spit out by two violins, resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonica and Argentinian bass. You just can't have any more fun than an evening with this high-energy band. www.lumii.org - Purchase Tickets
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 | Janis Ian - December 9, 2010, at 7:30pm THE BLACK BOX CONCERT SERIES A musical icon opens our season! Huge hits in the 1970’s garnered Janis Ian numerous Grammy awards and nominations and created controversy. Her distinctive voice, superb songwriting and imaginative guitar chops continue to maker her seminal recordings of "At Seventeen", "Society's Child", and "Jessie" mainstays on the radio. Now promoting her autobiography, hear the tales of her roller-coaster life in a gentle but compelling performance that will blur the line between story and song. www.janisian.com - Purchase Tickets
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 | Vance Gilbert - February 11, 2011, at 7:30pm THE BLACK BOX CONCERT SERIES Great vocals and songwriting, great guitar, great good humor - Back by popular demand, you won't want to miss Vance Gilbert's return to our Black Box Theater. His show is lively and spellbinding, with virtuosic vocals, accomplished guitar playing, outrageous and edgy humor - but the real star is the songwriting. Compelling, brave, joyous and soulfoul, he is a master in the new folk/pop tradition. His many albums receive significant play in the New Adult Contemporary and Adult Album Alternative radio waves. www.vancegilbert.com - Purchase Tickets
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 | Annie - February 17, 2011, at 7:30pm Athens Community Theater "Annie" is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and finds a new family in the home of billionaire Oliver Warbucks. Great music, dance and fun for the whole family. - Sponsored by: Southeast Bank & Trust, Don and LeeAnn Moates - Purchase Tickets
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 | Adrian Legg - March 18, 2011, at 7:30pm THE BLACK BOX CONCERT SERIES You've never heard it played like this before. Like all genuine originals, he is hard to categorize, but there is no mistaking that Adrian Legg is a guitar wizard. Voted Acoustic Guitarist of the Decade by England's Guitarist magazine, he displays "dazzling technique with large dollops of spirit, humor, passion, eclecticism, and spontaneity". So fast, so deft, his finger picking guitar style is melodious, and yet so layered with riffs, parts and harmonies as to sound like an orchestra. A true guitar hero. www.adrianlegg.com - Purchase Tickets
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 | The Nerd - April 14, 2011, at 7:30pm Athens Community Theater Aspiring young architect Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life in Vietnam. He has written to Rick saying, as long as he is alive, "you will have somebody on Earth who will do anything for you" - so Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly. Delight soon fades, however, as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless "nerd" - a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tack - and he WON'T LEAVE - Sponsored by: Top Notch Printing, Dick Pelley - Purchase Tickets
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