If there’s value in Crisp’s returning to MLT, aside from the value of simply putting on a good show, it may be found in that word community. Through the years, Crisp has won recognition for the plays he has staged and for fostering the arts in Macon.
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It’s uplifting and full of love.”Ĭrisp steered Theatre Macon until his retirement in 2018 when the artistic director role was handed to Richard Frazier. Despite its unique circumstances, the story of Hellen Keller and her teacher and lifelong companion, Anne Sullivan, is a universal one of overcoming challenges. “We chose ‘Miracle Worker’ intentionally because it’s about the importance of finding the way to community and living in awareness and love. “It was a tough play to do but we had a marvelous cast and Hellen Keller was played brilliantly by 7-year-old Amanda Hutchinson,” Crisp said. The first show Theatre Macon staged was the somewhat challenging “The Miracle Worker,” the story of young Helen Keller who lost her sight and hearing at 19 months old. “The first play I directed was in celebration of the theater’s history and was a repeat of the first play they’d ever performed, Noel Coward’s ‘Hay Fever.’”īut Crisp’s stay at MLT only lasted just over three years: he was fired from the theatre group in early 1986 over “artistic differences.” But instead of leaving town for new opportunities, Crisp and a handful of others created a new opportunity right here by forming another community theatre group: Theatre Macon. “I moved to Macon to work with Macon Little Theatre in 1982, quite a wonderful year for them as they were celebrating their 50th anniversary,” Crisp said. Though it’s been quite a stretch since Crisp last directed at MLT, it was MLT that brought a young Crisp to Macon in the first place.
“Jim has more than 300 shows under his belt as a director so it’s the perfect show and also the perfect time to bring him back to Macon Little Theatre.” “Neil Simon was certainly one of the greatest playwrights and ‘Lost in Yonkers’ is a great, award-winning show so it’s a perfect match for Jim and his experience,” said JP Haynie, artistic director at MLT.
Today, he returns to MLT as guest director of Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Lost in Yonkers” which runs through April 9. directed a play for the Macon Little Theatre stage. Her most special Disney memory was getting to take the Haunted Mansion Ride at age 11 - all by herself (literally as the only person on the ride) way back in the first days after the park opened in 1971.It’s been 37 years since Jim Crisp Jr. Laura grew up in central Florida and visited Disney World as often as possible while growing up. Voss recently retired after being a band director for 39 years and plans to spend more time with her beautiful granddaughter, Lumi (who is appearing as Baby with a Lady in this show.) Sharing the stage with her talented mom, Ashlee. Together with Haynie, Laura co-directed Disney’s Descendants back in June, which was the seventeenth summer MLT Kids Camp collaboration with the APA. She and Sylvia have co-owned the Academy of the Performing Arts since 2004 and recently directed MLT’s summer blockbuster, Legally Blonde alongside choreographer Jenny Morris.
She’s also pleased to be working with such a talented cast and loves the energy and sound they bring to this production. Laura Voss (MUSIC DIRECTOR) is thrilled to again be sharing the directing chores with her wife, Sylvia Haynie, and collaborating with her son, JP who designed the set, lights, special effects and serves as MLT Artistic Director.
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