“The paragraph starting with ‘I don’t want to get rich’ is pure gold. Dennis Gilmore taught me a long time ago, if you are in it for the money or fame, you are in it for the wrong reason and to quit while you can. That’s what it is all about. In my childhood, one of the only releases I had were those moments on stage, before the show, with the lights out. I can smell the theatre even now. If this is your reasoning for following your dream, you have already won. No one can take that from you. Beautiful, just beautiful.” — Lauren (Hopper) Roerick (former YES! Company Member)
By Dennis Gilmore/HCPAC
When that small band of volunteers got together back in 1964 to discuss the possibility of developing a live theatre in Athens, I wonder if they thought it would still be running strong 50 years later.
From those early beginnings where shows were presented at the Junior College, to the move into the facility on Gibson Road, to the construction of the new 10,000 square-foot theatre on the same property, Athens Little Theatre has gone through some major moves that included 25 years of all volunteer-directed shows and the major renovation of the first theatre.
In 1989, the Board of Directors made the bold decision to hire a full-time executive director for the purpose of expanding the programs to a regional level. The theatre added a full youth program that brought a new level of involvement to the theatre. Over the past 25 years, the theatre has expanded to 8-10 shows a year Continue reading “HCPAC searching for quotes for anniversary stories”
