Offshoot Productions announces upcoming season

Offshoot

Productions announces upcoming season

Fayette County-based

Offshoot Productions, the south side's oldest professional theater company,

promises an eclectic and exciting 2002 season.

In addition

to ongoing acting classes and workshops, this winter the company will

present another in its series of children's participatory plays.

"Dorothy

and the Wizard of Oz," a humorous spin on the classic tale, invites

children in the audience to help Dorothy and her friends escape from the

Wicked Witch of the West. The production, which will be presented in the

Black Box Theater of McIntosh High School in Peachtree City between Feb.

18 and March 3, will feature a combined professional and apprentice cast.

Auditions begin Dec. 2.

A third "festival

of theater for children" will enliven the summer with classes, camps

and workshops. A new camp, Shakespeare for Young Actors, allows children

and teens to explore the Bard's wit and wisdom during the production of

"A Midsummer Night's Dream."

This Shakespearean

comedy is set to run for three July weekends at Sams Auditorium in Fayetteville.

The cast will largely consist of professional actors from the metro Atlanta

area, with several apprentice actors filling the smaller roles.

Tentatively

scheduled for the fall is a two-character play, "Love Letters,"

which traces the lifelong relationship between childhood friends. A venue

for this professional cast show has not yet been determined.

Offshoot Productions,

a nonprofit organization now entering its ninth season, publishes a quarterly

newsletter, provides entertainment for other nonprofits, and enjoys a

large membership of theater lovers and practitioners.

Volunteer opportunities

are plentiful. For information, phone 770-631-2362 or e-mail [email protected].

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