Past Performances

Would you like to know what Fly-By has done in previous seasons? In this section, peruse archival photos of past productions.
2010

TEST FLIGHTS 2010: GROUNDED IN FLIGHT
Fly-By Theatre joins Ground Delivery Dance Theater Company to
present Fly-By’s annual new works series. Come see an evening of
new dance-theater works about the way we design and fashion our
lives. Grounded in Flight is sure to be an engaging and poetic night of
performance with work by Lillian Ransijn, Susan Eldridge, Blake Beckham,
Gaelyn Hurd, Corian Ellisor, and DeLa Sweeney with Moving in the Spirit’s
Apprentice Corporation.

Dates:
Fri April 16 at 8pm, Sat April 17 at 8pm, Sun April 18 at 7pm
Location:
7Stages in Little 5 Points

This modern dance theater performance includes Rose Caudle, Juana Farfan, Megan Gibbs, Helen Hale, Gaelyn Hurd, Camille Jackson, Laura Johnson, Dana Lupton, Ellen Lyle, Natasha Nyanin and Sharon Sibley

2009

TEST FLIGHTS: 3 NEW SHORT PLAYS
Feb 20 – Mar 8, 2009
Fly-By’s annual new works competition where the audience chooses the winner. Three artistic teams create an original 20 minute play based on this year’s theme: gods, goddesses, prophets. Modern and mythic gods come to life for a brief moment in this dynamic combination of theater and dance. Enjoy the spectacle and contemplate the human relationship to the forces that have shaped our lives for centuries. PHOTOS

Funding for this program is provided in part by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts

2008

SCRIPT FLIP
October 17—November 2, 2008
Oct. 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 and Nov 1 at 8pm
West End Performing Arts Center, 945 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. Atlanta 30310.
PHOTOS

2006
TEST FLIGHTS: 3 NEW SHORT PLAYS

CELESTIAL GIFTS
A mysterious little girl with a yellow bird appears in Private Edwards’ dream. With the help of this playful vision and some advice from an old friend, this young soldier, who has recently returned from the middle east, gets his life back on track. The visual arts world meets the performing arts world in this play inspired by Hale Woodruff’s paintings “Yellow Bird” and “Celestial Gates.” PHOTOS

WELL OF DREAMS

2005
TEST FLIGHTS: 3 NEW SHORT PLAYS

2004
A WORLD OF SILENTS
A culmination of an 8 month collaboration with Duende Dance Theater , this movement rich performance is about the silent film stars and comedians – their lives, their techniques and America in the early 20th century. A collage of people, places, music, silence and laughter this dance theater piece features 3 modern dancers and 3 actors, furthering Fly-By’s commitment to bringing actors and dancers together. PHOTOS

THE PAINTING
by Eugène Ionesco
This classic absurd comedy pits a painter, a wealthy gentleman and his one-armed sister in a constantly shifting emotional tug-of-war over a painting, raising questions about the relative value of art and its effect on our relationships. PHOTO

2003
THE MAIDS
by Jean Genet
The Maids is the story of two maids who dream of leaving the shackles of servitude by killing their mistress. The play journeys in and out of the maids’ fantasies until the point of no return. Do they have the courage? Mystery, murder and outcasts making a futile effort to reach the world of acceptance and belonging possess this play. PHOTOS

2002
ORESTES, A MYTH
Long before Hamlet, Orestes struggled with the difficult decision of whether to avenge his father’s murder. Like Hamlet, Orestes suspects his mother in the murder but can he kill Clytemnestra, his own mother? Orestes, A Myth is the continuation of the well known Agamemnon and Iphegenia myths and is a tale of retribution and bloodshed. This poetic retelling of the myth is an original production and weaves stunning images with slightly modern text and a very talented cast.