Celebrating Years in action By J.K. Devine and Photos by Peggy Cozart
Gay Hammond, left in purple, and Jim Hammond, opposite page in grey, both alumni of Gainesville Theatre Alliance, now lead the program's efforts.
For 40 years, the nationally acclaimed Gainesville Theatre Alliance (GTA) has entertained audiences from across northeast Georgia with its construction-savvy and technically gifted crews, professional directors and choreographers, innovative costume designers, and talented casts of students
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from UNG and Brenau University. What started out as a theatrical experiment with a community theater group, a private university and a thentwo-year public college grew into a magical collaboration that has yet to be replicated anywhere. “We have presented the GTA model
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at several conferences across the nation,” said Jim Hammond, head of the UNG Department of Theatre and GTA’s artistic and managing director. “Some universities have tried collaborating as we do with Brenau, but they haven’t been successful. I think egos may get in the way and one school or another
