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Over time, the company outgrew its humble<br />
beginnings and, in 1992 with the support of dedicated<br />
patrons, benefactors and local businesses, set up<br />
permanent shop at its current location 909 Main<br />
Street in Downtown Perry. Once home to a car<br />
dealership and a local Teen Night Club, the downtown<br />
building was renovated into a 170-seat community<br />
theater featuring six to seven theatrical shows and<br />
musicals per year. Past show seasons have included<br />
productions of the Wizard of Oz, the Little Mermaid,<br />
Driving Miss Daisy, Annie, and You’re a Good Man<br />
Charlie Brown—just to name a few.<br />
“We traditionally sell on average 100 season<br />
passes per year. This [<strong>2018</strong>-2019] season we’ve sold<br />
300 season passes—the most ever. We continue to<br />
have more volunteers, more people auditioning, and<br />
larger audiences each season,” says Hufnagel. “Our<br />
goal is to continue to provide shows year-round that<br />
are well rounded and grow to provide shows that<br />
the community wants to see. We want to create<br />
something that is a normal part of family life here in<br />
Middle Georgia.”<br />
The Perry Players’ <strong>2018</strong>-2019 show season has<br />
included Sundown at Timberlane Drive, Ragtime The<br />
Musical, and Anything Goes. Upcoming shows for<br />
the remainder of the season will include A Christmas<br />
Carol, The Golden Girls Musical, and Hello Dolly The<br />
Musical. Show times, audition schedules, ticket prices<br />
and season pass information can be found at www.<br />
perryplayers.org.<br />
Anyone interested in volunteering with the Perry<br />
Players can contact the theater by calling (478) 987-<br />
5354 or visiting their website at www.perryplayers.<br />
org/volunteer. The Perry Players is also a 501c3<br />
nonprofit organization. For information on making a<br />
Perry Players presents: All In the Family<br />
tax-deductible donation or for other ways to support<br />
the Perry Players, please visit their website at www.<br />
perryplayers.org/support.<br />
Warner Robins Little Theater<br />
Formed in June 1962 by a group of 30 local<br />
individuals, the Warner Robins Little Theater has<br />
continuously produced live theater for patrons<br />
throughout Middle Georgia for more than 50 years.<br />
The company’s first official playhouse—appropriately<br />
called “The Barn”—was in an old milking barn the<br />
group converted into a small theater. My Three<br />
Angels was the first official production for the Warner<br />
Robins Little Theater and was performed in 1963.<br />
Unfortunately, the newly formed theater group was<br />
displaced when the farm was sold for development of<br />
Tanglewood Estates Subdivision.<br />
“We held performances at area schools and<br />
churches, and we performed several years at the<br />
Warner Civic Center. However, we determined we<br />
needed a space that was more suitable for our needs,”<br />
explains Richard Hamilton, president of the Warner<br />
Robins Little Theater.<br />
In June 1980, the founding group purchased the<br />
property at 502 South Pleasant Hill Road in Warner<br />
Robins and over the next few years transformed the<br />
former barbeque restaurant into a 98-seat theater.<br />
Move Over Mrs. Markham was the first production<br />
performed in the new playhouse in 1982. Recent<br />
renovations have involved repaving and expanding the<br />
parking lot to allow for easier access to the theater’s<br />
entrance for patrons.<br />
WR Little Theater presents: Social Security<br />
At Home in Houston County<br />
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