2011-2012 Season

The Red Balloon

by Albert Lamorisse
Adapted for stage and directed by Park Cofield

January 26 - February 12, 2012
at 7 Stages Back Stage Theatre, 1105 Euclid Ave.

Back by popular demand! Before the sold-out run of The Red Balloon had closed in February, our audiences were already clamoring for TdR to bring it back. We will remount our story of magic, childhood and friendship in early 2012.

This classic story about a young boy who makes friends with a shiny red balloon comes to life in a stage adaptation featuring puppetry and live original music, which premiered in a TdR production in February 2011. Based on the beloved 1956 film. Performed in a combination of French and English -- no French required for the whole family to enjoy!

Student matinees are available for school group bookings. For more information: TdRcontact@gmail.com or 404.875.3829. Click here to purchase student matinee tickets online or reserve by phone.

Bal Masqué

Our second annual Masked Ball gala fundraiser
Inspired by the glamorous Paris discotheque, The Queen!

Saturday, November 19, 2011
7:00pm
at The Jungle, 2115 Faulkner Rd at Cheshire Bridge Rd

Baroque music, performances, dancing, fabulous wines and spirits, sumptuous buffet et beaucoup de surprises! Costume contest for the best-dressed King and Queen.

Click here to visit the Bal Masqué information page for details, costume ideas, auction updates, contests, and more!

"I didn't make it last year. What did I miss?" Performances by the New Trinity Baroque Orchestra and Théâtre du Rêve, period dance, a stellar DJ, delicacies from Soiree Catering and fabulous wine from Highland Wine and Crystal, and auction items including vacations and a wide array of art. Wedding and prom dresses reinvented, tuxes, boas and period costumes... Not to mention the dancing that went long into the night!

Tickets $35-$100 and $500 for VIP table of 4. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!! CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE

Microfiction ATL

A public street theatre production
text by Régis Jauffret

September 16-17, 2011
at "Elevate//Art Above Underground"

This street theatre performance will be free and open to the public as part of the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs' fall public art exhibition in the vicinity of Underground Atlanta.

Directed by Valéry Warnotte and Charlie Windelschmidt of the French theatre company Dérézo, the performance brings to life some of the 500 interior monologues in the book Microfictions by Régis Jauffret. Through character and storytelling, we can reclaim the urban spaces often overlooked in our own city. The monologues are performed in site-specific stagings by both French and American performers, including actors, musicians and puppeteers.

A Dérézo production, presented by Théâtre du Rêve with the support of Etant donnés, the Alliance Française de Washington, and France-Atlanta.

Quad-City Collaboration: Phase 1
Staged Reading: Celles d'en haut (The Women from on High)

by Olivier Kemeid
directed by Olivier Coyette

August 22, 2011
At The Alliance Theatre (Circle Room, Third Floor)

A staged reading of scenes from a TdR-commissioned play in workshop, Celles d'en haut (The Women from on High). Artists from four locales will converge in Atlanta to collaborate on this project: Québecois playwright Olivier Kemeid, Belgian director Olivier Coyette, Atlanta actresses Carolyn Cook and Park Krausen, Chicago actress Barbara Robertson and Québecois actor Kevin McCoy.

The first phase of the collaboration is a five-day workshop at The Alliance with the international artists, which will culminate in this reading of scenes from the play on August 22, 2011: a "goutée" of the play. Belgian beer reception with the artists to follow the reading, sponsored by the Belgian Consulate and the Québec Délégation.

Developed with the support of the Québec Délégation in Atlanta and the Belgian Consulate.