{"121561":{"#nid":"121561","#data":{"type":"news","title":"\u2018Rent\u2019 Due at DramaTech this Month","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s campus is a place filled with integral pieces of history, one being its very own theater company, DramaTech. The company began in 1947 and, despite periodic economic and political turmoil, has operated ever since, making it the oldest continually running theater company in Atlanta. DramaTech is located in a small theater in the rear of the Robert Ferst Center for the Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll this month, DramaTech is performing the rock musical \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=115721\u0022\u003ERent\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d winner of the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical but perhaps more familiar to students through its reincarnation as a motion picture in 2005. The script is based on Puccini\u2019s \u201cLa Boh\u00e8me\u201d and follows a year in the life of eight friends in the late 1980s. The characters are faced with social issues while struggling to make a living in New York City and follow the tagline \u201cNo day but today.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe culture of this student-run organization can be described as nothing short of unique, according to Melinda Ellington, a fifth-year international affairs major and president of DramaTech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur theater is different than other colleges and universities,\u201d Ellington said. \u201cEven outsiders who experience DramaTech can sense its quality. We don\u2019t have a theater major here at Tech \u2014 everyone who participates is eager to learn, has a passion for theater and is in it for pure fun.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech currently consists of approximately 125 active members, who produce three larger productions each year (one per semester); they also operate an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dramatech.org\/ltt\u0022\u003Eimprov group\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dramatech.org\/vt\u0022\u003Emusical theater group\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dramatech.org\/classes\u0022\u003Einstructional classes\u003C\/a\u003E throughout each semester. Students interested in learning more about theater are invited to knock on DramaTech\u2019s door and join in the festivities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPeople come in and help with lighting for one show, and that\u2019s OK,\u201d adds Ellington. \u201cWe are for the students, by the students, and we want to share our love for theater with a campus full of science and engineering students. There is always someone hanging out at DramaTech working on homework or playing card games \u2014 it is a fun place to be.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech has a handful of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dramatech.org\/about\/culture\u0022\u003Erituals\u003C\/a\u003E for each performance, one being \u201cthe toaster.\u201d Members consider the toaster a symbol of club culture and incorporate it into all of the company\u2019s performances. The toaster is not necessarily in the spotlight, but can often be seen as a background prop, transformed into a purse or hung from the ceiling.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThose interested in getting involved are encouraged to visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dramatech.org\/\u0022\u003Edramatech.org\u003C\/a\u003E or simply stop by the theater. To attend a performance, information about tickets and upcoming shows can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/dramatech.org\/shows\/current\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta\u2019s oldest continually running theater company, DramaTech, will be performing the musical Rent throughout the month of April.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Atlanta\u2019s oldest continually running theater company, DramaTech, will be performing the musical Rent throughout the month of April."}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2012-04-02 15:53:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:56","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"121501":{"id":"121501","type":"image","title":"DramaTech - Rent - 1","body":null,"created":"1449178279","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:31:19","changed":"1475894743","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:43","alt":"DramaTech - Rent - 1","file":{"fid":"194391","name":"dsc_7018.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_7018_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_7018_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3863201,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc_7018_0.jpg?itok=p09IBMXW"}},"121511":{"id":"121511","type":"image","title":"DramaTech - Rent - 2","body":null,"created":"1449178279","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:31:19","changed":"1475894743","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:43","alt":"DramaTech - Rent - 2","file":{"fid":"194392","name":"dsc_7020.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_7020_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_7020_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3411525,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc_7020_0.jpg?itok=UUUzMD7X"}},"121521":{"id":"121521","type":"image","title":"DramaTech - Rent - 3","body":null,"created":"1449178279","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:31:19","changed":"1475894743","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:43","alt":"DramaTech - Rent - 3","file":{"fid":"194393","name":"dsc_7670.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_7670_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dsc_7670_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4445704,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dsc_7670_0.jpg?itok=wlkJrREg"}}},"media_ids":["121501","121511","121521"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/dramatech.org\/","title":"DramaTech"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.rentmusical.net\/history","title":"\u0022Rent\u0022 the Musical (Synopsis)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=115721","title":"\u0022Rent\u0022 Synopsis"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1062","name":"dramatech"},{"id":"8570","name":"DramaTech Theater"},{"id":"29111","name":"ferst theater"},{"id":"950","name":"liberal arts"},{"id":"4635","name":"musical"},{"id":"1956","name":"Performance"},{"id":"26721","name":"Rent"},{"id":"3874","name":"theater"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:president@dramatech.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMelinda Ellington\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech President\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}