Discover Brunswick

Greater Tuna by Jason Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard
2024-02-11 15:00, 2024-02-17 20:00, 2024-02-18 15:00, 2024-02-24 20:00, 2024-02-25 15:00 (America/New_York) | SOGLO Gallery & Brunswick Actors Theatre, 1413 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520
The long-running off-Broadway hit features two actors creating the entire population of Tuna, Texas in a tour de farce of quick-change artistry, changing costumes and characterizations faster than a jack rabbit runs from a coyote. Two actors, 20 characters, and a barrel of laughs, y’all.
Featuring performances by: Michael Dyche & John Peters
Directed by: Barbara Dawn Dyche

Cinema Gourmet: Coal Miner's Daughter
2024-03-14 18:30 | Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520, United States
Cinema Gourmet, Golden Isles Arts & Humanities’ popular series pairing delicious food with classic films, continues on Thursday, March 14, 2024 with Coal Miner’s Daughter, the fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star. The film’s screening and discussion are paired with the culinary delights of Chef Judah Lynch and Indigo Coastal Shanty. The evening’s events begin with delicious food at 6:30 p.m.
Raised in rural Kentucky poverty and married at the age of 13, Loretta Lynn (Sissy Spacek) begins writing and singing her own country songs in her early 20s. With the tireless help of her husband Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn (Tommy Lee Jones), Loretta rises from local honky-tonks and small-time record deals to national tours and hit singles, befriending her idol Patsy Cline (Beverly D’Angelo) and becoming a country music icon despite the toll stardom takes on her family and her marriage. Based on Loretta Lynn’s biography, the film was a huge success when released in 1980, garnering seven Academy Award nominations and winning Best Actress for Sissy Spacek’s portrayal of Lynn. Roger Ebert wrote that the film “has been made with great taste and style; it’s more intelligent and observant than movie biographies of singing stars used to be.”
Cinema Gourmet will wrap up the season with George Lucas’ coming of age tale, American Graffiti, on April 11.
Seating is limited for the food, talk and movie, so audience members are encouraged to purchase their tickets early. The deadline for buying tickets for Coal Miner’s Daughter is midnight on Monday, March 11, 2024. Tickets are $20/person and can be purchased by phone with a credit card or in person at the Ritz Theatre, Tuesdays through Fridays 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Tickets may also be purchased securely online at www.goldenislesarts.org. Tickets for the talk and movie only may be purchased at the door the night of the screening for $7. The Ritz Theatre is located at 1530 Newcastle St. in downtown Brunswick. For more information, go to www.goldenislesarts.org or call (912) 262-6934.

Brunswick Tribute Music Festival
2024-03-21 - 2024-03-24 | Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520, United States
Friday Matinee Concert: “Country Roads, Take Me Home”
Friday Night Concert: “Two Kings and a Queen”
Saturday Matinee Concert: “Las Vegas Nights”
Saturday Night Concert: “Images of the King”
Sunday Concert: “Images of the King Preliminary, Final Round with a Gospel Opening and a set by last year’s champion Jimmy Holmes”
Tickets: https://tributefestival.rocks/georgia/

Cinema Gourmet: American Graffiti
2024-04-11 18:30 | Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520, United States
Cinema Gourmet, Golden Isles Arts & Humanities’ popular series pairing delicious food with classic films, wraps up its season on Thursday, April 11, 2024 with American Graffiti, George Lucas’ classic coming of age film filled with classic cars, a stellar cast and a rockin’ soundtrack. The film’s screening and discussion are paired with the culinary delights of Chef Judah Lynch and Indigo Coastal Shanty. The evening’s events begin with delicious food at 6:30 p.m.
“Where were you in ’62?” In the twilight of innocence, and against the backdrop of early-1960s Modesto, California, four school friends–Curt, Steve, John, and Terry–bid farewell to their carefree lives as teenagers, on the last evening of summer break. Over the course of one long and hot September night, the long-time companions take their first steps into real life; they experience the powerful feelings of desire, disappointment, and love–and, ultimately–see the world in a different light. Everything takes place against the backdrops of the burger drive-in, a high school dance, a downtown ‘cruising’ strip, or other places all of which have a totally authentic feel for the place and time. But when morning comes, nothing will ever be the same again. Featuring many soon to become stars of screen and television – Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Charles Martin Smith, and Candy Clark – American Graffiti redefined the teen coming of age genre, and the success of the film allowed George Lucas to make his next project – a little sci-fi film called Star Wars.
Seating is limited for the food, talk and movie, so audience members are encouraged to purchase their tickets early. The deadline for buying tickets for American Graffiti is midnight on Monday, April 8, 2024. Tickets are $20/person and can be purchased by phone with a credit card or in person at the Ritz Theatre, Tuesdays through Fridays 9:00 am – 5:00 pm. Tickets may also be purchased securely online at www.goldenislesarts.org. Tickets for the talk and movie only may be purchased at the door the night of the screening for $7. The Ritz Theatre is located at 1530 Newcastle St. in downtown Brunswick. For more information, go to www.goldenislesarts.org or call (912) 262-6934.

Boston Marriage at Brunswick Actors Theatre
2024-04-13 20:00, 2024-04-14 15:00, 2024-04-20 20:00, 2024-04-21 15:00, 2024-04-27 20:00, 2024-04-28 15:00 | SOGLO Gallery & Brunswick Actors Theatre, 1413 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520
Anna and Claire are two bantering, scheming “women of fashion” who have long lived together on the fringes of upper-class society. Anna has just become the mistress of a wealthy man, from whom she has received an enormous emerald and an income to match. Claire, meanwhile, is infatuated with a respectable young lady and wants to enlist the jealous Anna’s help for an assignation. As the two women exchange barbs and take turns taunting Anna’s hapless Scottish parlor maid, Claire’s young inamorata suddenly appears, setting off a crisis that puts both the valuable emerald and the women’s futures at risk.

SaturdaysApril 13, 20, 27 at 8 PMSundaysApril 14, 21, 28 at 3 PMDoors open 30 minutes before showtime$25 per person(Includes Desserts and beverages)Student, teacher and military discounts with ID

Blood Done Sign My Name
2024-04-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520, United States
In the spring of 1970, Henry “Dickie” Marrow, a 23-year-olad U.S. Army veteran whose wife was pregnant with their third daughter, was beaten and shot to death by three men that were later acquitted of the crime by an all-white jury, despite testimony by two black eyewitnesses and one of the three accused confessing to shooting the gun. Based on Tim Tyson’s award-winning memoir, this powerful one-man show is adapted and performed by Mike Wiley.

The Magical Tea Party Production Show with Christina's Dance World
2024-04-27 18:00, 2024-04-28 14:30 | Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520, United States
Tickets available here!!!

MAMMA MIA!
2024-05-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Glynn Academy Memorial Auditorium, 1001 Mansfield St, Brunswick, GA, 31546, United States
The award winning GA Players present Mamma Mia! at Glynn Academy Memorial Auditorium. Doors open at 7pm. All you Dancing Queens better be there!!

ABOUT FACE: The Faces of Catherine Durrett
2024-05-03 17:00 - 20:00 | Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520, United States
Golden Isles Arts & Humanities is pleased to share About Face, The Faces of Catherine Durrett in the Millie Wilcox Gallery opening with a community reception during the First Friday festivities on May 3, 2024 from 5-8 p.m. at the Ritz Theatre in Downtown Brunswick.

About Face features faces. “Just face it. We ‘read’ each other by our faces,” says Catherine. “Our expressions give us away…even our pets will pull a face.” Catherine Durret’s whimsical style draws the eye to the faces of her subjects. The expression seen gives way to an empathetic reaction. Whether human or animal, her faces translate the emotions within.

Ms. Durrett honed her artistic skills at Portland Art Museum School, Atlanta College of Art, Art Institute of Atlanta, NYC School of Visual Arts, NYC Pratt Phoenix and private tutoring. She has worked in various fields including model making for television and print ads; 2-D animation for an interactive educational CD; architectural photography; and commercial illustration. Her own business, *Pena Haku, includes murals, faux treatments, trompe l’oeil and paintings. Catherine has enjoyed group and solo shows in New York City; published art in Jezebel magazine in Atlanta, Georgia; and painted four panels for the original AIDS Quilt hanging in the White House. Back in the Golden Isles, Catherine continues art locally. She has contributed to The Mural Project in downtown Brunswick, has designed and painted sets at The Ritz Theatre, and does business and residential specialty painting in the area. For more information and art go to: CathyDurrett.com or Penahaku.wordpress.com.

Join artist Catherine Durrett and Golden Isles Arts & Humanities during the May First Friday from 5 to 8 pm for the opening of About Face. The exhibit will remain on display through May 30, 2024. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p. m. and during performances and events. Admission to all art exhibits in The Wilcox Gallery at the Ritz Theatre is free. For more information about the exhibit or to find complete details about upcoming shows, please contact Golden Isles Arts and Humanities at (912) 262-6934, info@goldenislesarts.org or visit our website at goldenislesarts.org.

Georgia Artists with DisAbilities Opens June First Friday
2024-06-07 17:00 - 20:00 | Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520, United States
The 38th annual Georgia Artists with DisAbilities Exhibition of winners will be on display in the Wilcox Gallery in the Historic Ritz Theatre. Sponsored by The Pilot Clubs of Metro Atlanta, the exhibit will open on First Friday June 7th with an opening reception from 5 – 8 pm and will be on display through June 20, 2024.
The exhibit include paintings, photographs, clay pottery, textiles and other mediums. Brunswick is a part of the 8-city tour where the work has been shown at venues across the state. “The work is always outstanding and inspiring,” said, Heather Heath, Executive Director, “And the Penguin Project production of The Music Man JR will also be running June 13-16 at the Ritz, so we are proud to be showcasing the talent of both visual artists and dramatic artists who have disabilities and showing that a disability does not hinder creativity.”
Georgia Artists with Disabilities, Inc. was founded in 1985 by the Pilot Clubs of Metro Atlanta and is supported by Georgia District Pilot Clubs. The mission of Georgia Artists with Disabilities is to provide avenues through which Georgia artists with disabilities can display their artistic accomplishments in all disciplines of the arts, and to create public awareness of the artistic skills these artists have developed by overcoming the obstacles of their disabilities.
Join Golden Isles Arts & Humanities on Friday, June 7th for the opening reception for the Georgia Artists with DisAbilities Exhibit or visit the gallery during its regular hours Tuesday – Friday 9 am to 5 pm a or by appointment. For more information visit https://www.georgiaartistswd.org/ or www.goldeniselsarts.org or call 912-262-6934.

The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon
2024-06-08 20:00, 2024-06-09 15:00, 2024-06-15 20:00, 2024-06-16 15:00, 2024-06-22 20:00, 2024-06-23 15:00 | SOGLO Gallery & Brunswick Actors Theatre, 1413 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520
Al and Willie as “Lewis and Clark” were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren’t even speaking. When CBS requests them for a “History of Comedy” retrospective, a grudging reunion brings the two back together, along with a flood of memories, miseries, and laughs. The story follows the attempt by a young theatrical agent to re-unite his elderly uncle, a former vaudevillian great, with his long-time stage partner for a TV reunion. Despite their celebrated reputation, the two old men have not spoken in twelve years. Besides remastering their sketch, the two men have numerous issues to work out before they are ready to return to the public eye.
“It’s ham on wry […] Simon’s sure footed craftsmanship and his one liners are as exquisitely apt as ever.” – New York Post
“Delicious and oddly affecting.” – The New York Times
Featuring performances by Mike Dyche, and Tony Ferri with Jay Nichols as Ben
Also …. Alysia Albeck, JuJuan Newberry, Shamika Edwards, Joan Scheetz, Kenny Wells
Directed by: Lynda Dalton-Gallagher and Alysia Albeck

Golden Isles Penguin Project Presents: The Music Man Jr.
2024-06-13 19:00, 2024-06-14 19:00, 2024-06-15 19:00, 2024-06-16 15:00 | Historic Ritz Theatre, 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, GA, 31520, United States
BRUNSWICK, GA — The Golden Isles Penguin Project, a musical theatre production that casts children and young adults with disabilities in all roles, is proud to present The Music Man JR on June 13-16, 2024 at the Historic Ritz Theatre in downtown Brunswick. Evening performances begin at 7 pm; Sunday afternoon matinee at 3 pm.
Master showman Harold Hill is in town and he’s got “seventy-six trombones” in tow. Can upright, uptight Marian, the town librarian, resist his powerful allure? The story follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize. The catch? He doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, whose belief in Harold’s power just might help him succeed in the end in spite of himself. Based on Meredith Willson’s six-time-Tony-Award-winning musical comedy, The Music Man JR. features some of musical theatre’s most iconic songs and a story filled with wit, warmth and good old-fashioned romance.
37 Artists ages 10 and up take on all the roles and are supported on stage by Mentors, young people without disabilities, who assist them as needed while participating in the performance. This is the eighth year for the Golden Isles Penguin Project and all shows have been sold out so audiences are encouraged to get their tickets soon.
The Penguin Project is the brainchild of Dr. Andrew Morgan, a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and the former Head of the Division of Child Development at the University College of Medicine at Peoria. By creating unrestricted access to the performing arts, The Penguin Project® demonstrates that the special challenges of a disability need not handicap a child’s ability to participate in life’s experiences. In his words “Our penguins may not be able to fly, but that does not prevent their spirits from soaring.”
The Golden Isles Penguin Project is supported by Stambaugh Aviation, Georgia Council for the Arts, The Episcopal Women of Christ’s Church, Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation Foundation, The DeVito Family Foundation, Glynn Paton Foundation, The Winans Family Foundation, Cheek To Cheek Animal Hospital, Love Up with Stiles, The Pirates of the Spanish Main, Advance Rehabilitation, Jackson Bethune Music LLC, Birdies of St Simons, Brogen’s South, and individual donors in our community. Generous In-kind support has been provided by First United Methodist Church, Webb Production, next phase media, Premier Printing, The Brunswick News, and Larry’s Giant Subs-Summer Waves.
Tickets are now available for the Golden Isles Penguin Project’s production of The Music Man JR. Advance tickets for Golden Isles Arts & Humanities Members are Adults $15/Seniors $10; Nonmembers are Adults $20/Seniors $15. Day of show tickets increases by $5. The cost for students (with ID) is always $5 each. To purchase advance tickets, visit www.goldenislesarts.org or the Ritz Theatre box office, 1530 Newcastle St., Tuesdays-Fridays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. For more information, call (912) 262-6934
