The Tater Patch Players in Jasper GA
If it’s entertaining, it’s Tater Patch!
THEATER NUMBER: (706) 253-2800
The Tater Patch Players, founded in 1977, is a vibrant community theater troupe. They are now the proud owners of a theater. They purchased a building in February, 2011, and by May the first show in the new theater was on the boards! For 2012, there are already four main plays, a youth camp, yoga classes, concerts and many other activities scheduled. If you have a show or an act you would like to produce at our theater, please get in touch to discuss venue rental. The new theater has many options for you. The short articles below will serve as an introduction to their many current activities and lead you into this website, where you will find everything from photos, to calendars, to articles that will invite you — as an audience member, performer, student or stage hand — to join them. Go to the “contact” tab for a map to the new theater.
SUPPORT TATER PATCH WHEN YOU SHOP AT AMAZON
On the right side of every page on the website, you will see a box that links to amazon.com. If you’re shopping at Amazon, please consider going there and buying through this link on our website. Every purchase you make that way puts a little money in the Tater Patch coffers at no cost to you!
Tater Patch Players, home at last, is striving to keep improving its new theater, and to pay the ongoing costs of home-ownership! We are a 501 (c) 3, not-for-profit corporation and gifts to Tater Patch are deductible to the extent allowed by law. We put all our capital that we had been saving in our building fund into the new theater. Now we need your help for a while to keep going forward. One of the best ways to show support is for you to buy tickets and tell all your friends about Tater Patch. Patrons in the seats, enjoying a great show, is the culmination of what we are here to do. Please join us! If you wish to make a gift, please go to the Fundraising page to learn more about giving to Tater Patch. And if you prefer to provide things rather than funds, we have a wish list, too!
CHANGES TO SHOW DATES FOR 2012
Our Board has decided that we will no longer do Thursday performances this year. But to bring you the same number of great performances, we’ve added an extra Friday and Saturday show to three of our productions. The changes are already reflected on the calendar. All Sunday shows are at 2PM and the others are at 7:30 PM. The new dates are:
Dixie Swim Club: 2/10,11,12,17,18,19,24,25
The Foreigner: 5/4,5,6,11,12,13,18,19
Gypsy: 7/13,14,15,20,21,22,27,28
The Miracle Worker: 11/30, 12/1,2,7,8,9
The Dixie Swim Club has been cast
The first play of our
2012 Season is The Dixie Swim Club. This hilarious comedy features five women who swam together on their college team. Every year, they get together at the same beach house for a weekend to reminisce, unwind, and catch up. During the course of the show, they age from 44 to 77, but their friendship and laughter never age. Sheree is the All-American soccer mom, organized and practical and she will be played by Kimberly Martin. Lexie is a flamboyant, multi-married event planner and decorator and will be brought to life by Lynn Mulkey. Dinah, portrayed by Janet Vardaman, is a wise-cracking high powered lawyer. Jeri Neal is a one-time nun with an always positive outlook and some new things in her life. Jackie Bauer will play her. And brought to life by Ellen Painter, Vernadette, in spite of bad luck with husband, job and kids, always tries to find the silver lining. Their pull-no-punches humor with each other is balanced by the same team spirit they had as a swim team in college.
Director Robert Countryman has scheduled the first rehearsal for December 12, wanting to get right to work on bringing you this great play. Performance dates are February 10-12 and 17-19 and 24-25. The show will be produced by Kenneth Farmer and Alex Nawrocki, costumed by Patti Caruso-Hunt, and stage managed by Nan Nawrocki. They’ve already met and want you to know that any pre-show and behind the scenes help you’d like to give would be welcome. Contact them at taterpatchplayers@gmail.com.
TATER PATCH TICKETING:
Information about next season’s shows is in the News and Happenings section of the website. Seating for all the plays is now reserved and can be purchased online or at the box office on show nights. Please call the number above if you have any difficulty getting tickets. If you are a season ticket holder, call or email with your seating preferences for each show and your seats will be reserved for you. If no one is there, leave a message and we will contact you. We want to make your theater experience, from buying tickets until the last applause, as enjoyable as possible. Purchase tickets for each performance online by clicking the “Buy Tickets” button on any page of the website. You will be connected our ticket vendor’s website to choose your show and seat, then purchase and print your tickets. The new ticket system allows you to reserve your seats right away and be guaranteed a good seat. You can print your tickets out and walk right in on the night of your choice. The advantage is in knowing that the seat you chose is waiting for you when you arrive at the theater.
In addition to being able to buy seats for individual shows, season tickets are now available for the troupe’s four-show season. These CANNOT be bought through the online ticketing service, but are available directly from Tater Patch. The Season tickets are $50 each, which is a 15% discount off the regular adult prices and will allow the ticket holder to make reservations for each show. These can’t be bought through the “Buy Tickets” button, but must be purchased directly from the Tater Patch Players. To get your season ticket, send a check to Tater Patch Players at PO Box 267, Jasper GA 30143. With any questions, email us or call the theater. Someone will be in touch with you quickly. Once you have your season ticket, you may go on line for each of the shows and see what’s available then call the theater at 706-253-2800 or email the Taters at taterpatchplayers@gmail.com. They will send you a message confirming your selection and you can pick up your tickets at the box office on show night.
A HOME AT LAST
On Friday, February 25, the Tater Patch Players, after more than 30 years of bringing plays to Pickens County, purchased a building to turn into their own theater, at 95 Old Philadelphia Lane. Click on the “Contact” tab above and you will see a map to our new home. Thank you so much for all your support and love through the “gypsy” years. From now on, you will know where to find us. Special thanks go to Don Martin and Ben Torrey of Torrey Mountain Properties. Countless hours of searching on their part led us at last to the right place. Community Bank of Pickens County has been a good partner to us for several years, and our relationship will continue into the future. The many advertisers and sponsors that support us are always in our thoughts. The hundreds of volunteer actors, stage hands, scene painters and costumers, and the often overlooked folks who hauled scenery, props and lights from place to place over many years are the backbone of Tater Patch. And a special round of applause goes to you, our audience. We are proud to be able to invite you to our home for your future entertainment. The 2011 schedule is on the calendar. We’re having a great summer camp and a production with lots of children this summer. Sign up info is in the “downloadable forms” section of the website. If you want to help with work, ideas, sponsorship or funds, please contact us. For an album of pictures of the new building, courtesy of knowpickens.com, go to http://www.knowpickens.com/photos/taterpatchtheater.asp
