Act3 Productions in Sandy Springs Announces 2023-24 Season

Sandy Springs, GA—Act3 Productions has announced its 2023-24 season. The season opens September 8, with the musical comedy Xanadu. The line-up of productions is all about laughter. It also includes a comedy from Atlanta playwright Topher Payne, a musical comedy revue, and a comedic farce. The Act3 2023-24 Season Calendar is:

• Xanadu - September 8 – 24, 2023, directed by Charlie Miller
• Perfect Arrangement - October 13 – 29, 2023, directed by Amy Cain
• I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change - February 9 - 25, 2024, directed by Cathe Hall Payne
• Lend me a Tenor - March 15 - 31, 2024, directed by Jared Wright

Season ticket packages range from $68 to $108 and are available at www.act3prod.org. Tickets for groups of 10 or more are available by calling the box office at 770-241-1905. Single tickets range from $21 to $34 for musicals and $18 to $27 for plays and are available via the website.

September 8-24: Xanadu

This Tony Award-nominated, hilarious, roller skating musical adventure is all about following your dreams despite the limitations others set for you. It rolls along to an original hit score composed by pop-rock legends, Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. Based on the Universal Pictures cult classic movie of the same title, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, Xanadu is a moving, electrifying tale of endless fun and hilarity on wheels.

October 13-29: Perfect Arrangement

It’s 1950, and new colors are being added to the Red Scare. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, have been tasked with identifying sexual deviants within their ranks. There’s just one problem: Both Bob and Norma are gay and have married each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the earliest stirrings of the American gay rights movement, playwright Topher Payne’s madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to stare down the closet door.

February 9 - 25, 2024: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as “the relationship”. Through sketches and songs, Act I explores the journey from dating and waiting to love and marriage, while Act II reveals the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and newborns, trips in the family car, and pick-up techniques of the geriatric set. This hilarious revue pays tribute to those who have loved and lost, to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance, to those who have dared to ask, “Say, what are you doing Saturday night?”

March 15 - 31: Lend me a Tenor

Lend Me A Tenor is set in 1934 as Henry Saunders, general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, is ready to welcome world-famous singer Tito Merelli for his starring role in Pagliacci. Alas, Tito arrives late, his tempestuous wife Maria has a fit of jealousy, and it remains to be seen whether Saunders’ mousy but determined assistant Max can save the day. A sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, where The London Times called it “a masterpiece”, this screwball comedy farce won three Tony Awards and four Drama Desk Awards.

The intimate, 100-seat Act3 Playhouse is located in the heart of Sandy Springs in Sandy Springs Plaza at 6285R Roswell Road (enter through the breezeway next to Five Guys). Ample free parking is available, and the area offers patrons many fine restaurants for pre- or post-theater dining. More details and tickets can be found at www.act3prod.org.