Student Experience
See Yourself at GTA
Our unrivaled undergraduate program produces four shows per season and numerous student-driven productions.
Mainstage
GTA produces four mainstage productions per academic year in one of our multiple venues. A typical production season includes two plays and two musicals. GTA has become well-known for our incredible production value and focus on a professional production process.
WonderQuest
WonderQuest is GTA’s exciting production arm for Theatre for a Young Audience (TYA). Each year, GTA produces one show for thousands of area children and schools on the Brenau University campus.
Learn MoreFilm Opportunities
GTA enjoys a healthy partnership with the quickly growing Film program at University of North Georgia, as part of the UNG School of Communications, Film & Theatre. Our students work interchangeably with the film students as actors, art directors, designers, scenic artists, gaffers, and in a myriad of other positions. When you’re not on the boards, you’ll be in front of the camera.
Learn MoreFind Yourself on One of our Four Unique Stages
Train, rehearse, perform, and create in distinctly different spaces
Pearce Auditorium
Pearce Auditorium is a 700-seat, 19th-century opera house, located on the Brenau University campus. “The largest of its kind in the South,” the auditorium was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Pearce has showcase multiple distinguished speakers and performers, including Helen Keller, Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Dennis, Martin Luther King Sr., Dan Rather, Jane Fonda, Maria Von Trapp, the Joffery II Ballet, the Vienna Boys Choir, Ramsey Lewis, Chuck Mangione, and Dave Brubeck.
Hosch Theatre
Opened in 2002, the Hosch Theatre is the largest performance space in the John S. Burd Center for the Performing Arts, on the Brenau University campus. Named after its donor, Mary Helen Roop Hosch, the theatre offers seating for an audience of 350.
Ed Cabell Theatre
Named after Gainesville Theatre Alliance’s first artistic director, the Ed Cabell Theatre seats 200 around a three-quarter thrust stage. This theatre is housed inside the University of North Georgia-Gainesville's Performing Arts building.
Charles D. Walters Theatre on the Square
The Charles D. Walters Theatre on the Square is a 300-seat proscenium theatre, located inside the multi-purpose Brenau Downtown Center only a few blocks from the Brenau University campus and perched on the edge of Gainesville, GA’s bustling downtown square.