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City Springs Theatre Company presents Broadway’s hilarious MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT March 10-26 The Tony-winning Best Musical from Python’s Eric Idle is a laugh-a-minute romp through the Middle Ages City Springs Theatre Company has brought together a cast of acclaimed musical performance and comedic actors for MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, its first production of 2023. The Tony Award winning, riotous romp through the world of Monty Python will be performed March 10-26, 2023, in the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center (1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs). The cast includes Broadway veterans David Rossetti (Broadway: Annie) as the not-so-brave Sir Robin, Billy Harrigan Tighe (Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Pippin) as Sir Galahad, and Kristine Reese (Broadway: Les Misérables) as

City Springs Theatre Company presents Lin-Manuel Miranda’s international hit IN THE HEIGHTS (Oct 21-Nov 6)   Sandy Springs, GA, – City Springs Theatre Company, Atlanta’s home for professional musical theatre, presents In The Heights as its second show of its 2022-2023 PNC Bank Season. Directed by Broadway’s Natalie Caruncho, this energetic and heart-warming musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony®, Pulitzer® and Grammy® award-winning creator of Hamilton, will be presented October 21 – November 6, 2022 in the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center (1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs). In The Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, where a bodega owner, Usnavi, dreams of a better life for himself, far away from “the heights.” His friends, his family, and his neighbors have dreams of their

City Springs Theatre Company to Present WEST SIDE STORY Directed by Daniel Kutner, this modern, musical take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet will be presented July 8 – 24, 2022   City Springs Theatre Company, Atlanta’s home for professional musical theatre, will present the ground-breaking, Broadway musical masterpiece West Side Story, the final performance in its 2021-22 PNC Bank Season. Directed by Daniel Kutner, this modern, musical take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet will be presented July 8 – 24, 2022 in the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center (1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs). From the first notes to the final breath, West Side Story rumbled onto Broadway in 1957 with its boundary-busting choreography by Jerome Robbins

City Springs Theatre Company Presents ANYTHING GOES The Cole Porter classic sets sail at the Byers Theatre this September   City Springs Theatre Company, Atlanta’s home for professional musical theatre, kicks off the 2022-23 PNC Bank season with Anything Goes. Directed and choregraphed by Sara Edwards, toe-tapping production of Cole Porter’s classic 1930s musical will be presented September 9-25, 2022 in the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center (1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs). “What better way to begin our fifth season in Sandy Springs than with this spectacular show that has won six Tony awards, as well as the 2011 Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival, Best Choreography, and Best Actress, and the 1987 Outer Critic’s Drama

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Wilkes, Director of Media Relations Phone: 404.314.0545 Email: jwilkes@cityspringstheatre.com The Color Purple comes to City Springs Theatre Company Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker Sandy Springs, GA, – City Springs Theatre Company, Atlanta’s home for professional musical theatre, presents The Color Purple as part of its 2021-22 PNC Bank Season. Directed by Kamilah Long, this musical about love plays May 6 – 22, 2022 in the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center (1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs). The Color Purple is included in current subscriber season packages. Tickets are $40-$100, with discounts for seniors, students, groups, and active and retired military personnel. Visit www.CitySpringsTheatre.com or call 404-477-4365 for more information.

City Springs Theatre Company Names Tony Award-Winner Shuler Hensley as Artistic Director   Sandy Springs, GA – City Springs Theatre Company is excited to announce Shuler Hensley as its new Artistic Director. The Tony award winner has been an integral part of the company from its inception in 2017 but will now take on a more prominent role, working closely with recently named Executive Director, Natalie DeLancey.   Shuler Hensley, a native of Marietta, Georgia, is a distinguished, multi-award-winning Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, and television actor.  Hensley most recently starred on Broadway as Tom Kettle in Jez Butterworth’s “The Ferryman,” directed by Sam Mendes and Two Plays in Rep at the Cort Theatre: “Waiting for Godot” and “No Man’s Land,” opposite

For Immediate Release:   Jennifer Wilkes 404-314-0545 jwilkes@cityspringstheatre.com   City Springs Theatre Company Announces Leadership Change   Sandy Springs, GA – City Springs Theatre Company announced today that Brandt Blocker will be stepping down from his position as Executive/Artistic Director. After launching the theatre company and serving as the director since 2017, Blocker made the decision to leave the Sandy Springs based theatre company.   “It has been a privilege to lead the startup of City Springs Theatre Company, said Founding Executive/Artistic Director Brandt Blocker. “In four short years, one altered by the pandemic, we have installed ourselves as the premiere home for professional musical theatre in metro Atlanta. I have every confidence that City Springs Theatre will continue on

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 Contact: Jennifer Wilkes, Director of Media Relations Phone: 404.314.0545 Email: jwilkes@cityspringstheatre.com   City Springs Theatre Kicks Off Its 4th Season with “The Sound of Music” Starring Broadway’s Mike McGowan, Sumayya Ali, John Scherer and Kristine Reese   Sandy Springs, GA, – City Springs Theatre Company, Atlanta’s home for professional musical theatre, kicks off its 2021-22 PNC Bank Season with “The Sound of Music,” directed by Tony Award® winner Shuler Hensley, in the Byers Theatre at The Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center (1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs) playing September 10-19, 2021.  This production is included in current subscriber season packages. Tickets are $40-$100, with discounts for seniors, students, groups, and active and retired military personnel.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 Contact: Jennifer Wilkes, Director of Media Relations Phone: 404.314.0545 Email: jwilkes@cityspringstheatre.com   City Springs Theatre Company Returns to Byers Theatre with Into the Woods The Stephen Sondheim Classic Performs this July in Sandy Springs   Sandy Springs, GA, – City Springs Theatre Company, Atlanta’s home for professional musical theatre, and UPS will present Into the Woods, the Tony Award-winning musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim. Into The Woodstakes everyone’s favorite storybook characters and brings them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece, with a rare modern classic. This production is part of the 2020-21 PNC Reimagined Season and is included in current subscriber packages. Into the Woods will be performed at Byers Theatre