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08/28/2026

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07/16/2026

MEAN GIRLS OPENS AT 7:30 TOMORROW

Due to a plethora of requests to change our show times (from both actors and customers) Mean Girls will show at 7:30 on Fridays and Saturdays. Sunday Matinees will continue to be at 3:00 on Sundays.

Also, please be aware that Mean Girls (a show about teenage bullying) is PG 17. There is language, implied nudity, and several middle fingers.

Get your tickets for this hilarious show today!

mellodramaproductions.com/tickets (http://www.mellodramaproductions.com/tickets)

The Menagerie Theatre and Event center is located between Harbor Freight and Dahlonega Fitness at
406 East Main Street Suite A2 Dahlonega GA 30533

07/14/2026

THE HOTTEST SHOW OF THE SUMMER!

The Menagerie is proud to present the North Georgia premier of a newly release title!

"Mean Girls" follows Cady Heron, a naïve teenager navigating the treacherous social hierarchy of high school, as she infiltrates the popular clique known as The Plastics and learns the consequences of gossip, manipulation, and peer pressure.

RATED PG-17

OPENS THIS WEEKEND!

Get your tickets at mellodramaproductions.com/tickets (http://www.mellodramaproductions.com/tickets)

06/17/2026

Brutus

An original play written and directed by local author Leah Basso.

This story chronicles the events leading up to Marcus Brutus killing Julius Caesar.

Come enjoy this action-packed show full of love, friendship, and betrayal.

The Menagerie is located between Harbor Freight and Dahlonega Fitness at 406 East Main Street Suite A2 Dahlonega GA 30533

mellodramaproductions.com/tickets (http://www.mellodramaproductions.com/tickets)

06/02/2026

Summer is HOT at The Menagerie!

Don't miss these exciting events at The Menagerie Theatre and Event Center:

All Abilities Camp June 8-12

Brutus June 26, 27, 28, July 3, 5

Matilda Jr Camp/Show June 29-July 12

Mean Girls July 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26

Check out more details at:
mellodramaproductions.com/childrens-education-program (http://www.mellodramaproductions.com/childrens-education-program)
and
mellodramaproductions.com/tickets (http://www.mellodramaproductions.com/tickets)
or
Call for details: 7064828561

As a small token of our appreciation, below is a reward that can be used during your next visit. Hope you enjoy it!

04/07/2026

ANNOUNCING AUDITIONS FOR AN ORIGINAL PLAY.

Brutus, written and directed by Leah Basso, focuses on the character who killed Caesar.

Casting characters of all ages.

Join us for some great story-telling and stagecraft!

Click the QR code in the header for audition information.

The Menagerie Theatre and Event Center is located between Harbor Freight and Dahlonega Fitness at 406 East Main Street Suite A2 Dahlonega, GA 30533

04/01/2026

CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION!

Come see The Passion of Christ at the beautiful Menagerie Theater!

An awe-inspiring addition to your Easter Season!

ONLY 2 MORE SHOWS!

April 3rd, 4th

For tickets: mellodramaproductions.com/tickets

The Menagerie Theatre and Event Center is located between Harbor Freight and Dahlonega Fitness at
406 East Main Street Suite A2
Dahlonega, GA 30533

Our facility has easy-accessible parking, handicap restrooms, and a wheelchair ramp to the stage.

As a small token of our appreciation, below is a reward that can be used during your next visit. Hope you enjoy it!

03/27/2026

CELEBRATE THE RESURRECTION!

Come see The Passion of Christ at the beautiful Menagerie Theater!
An awe-inspiring addition to your Easter Season!

March 27th, 29th
April 3rd, 4th

For tickets: mellodramaproductions.com/tickets (http://www.mellodramaproductions.com/tickets)

The Menagerie Theatre and Event Center is located between Harbor Freight and Dahlonega Fitness at
406 East Main Street Suite A2
Dahlonega, GA 30533

Our facility has easy-accessible parking, handicap restrooms, and a wheelchair ramp to the stage.

As a small token of our appreciation, below is a reward that can be used during your next visit. Hope you enjoy it!

03/02/2026

Come join us the celebrate the memory of Bo Payne, our beloved friend and fellow actor.

For the next TWO weekends, please join us for The Glass Menagerie.
I am SO very proud of this show and this amazing cast!

Please allow me to tell a story about this show. (And concurrently about the way The Menagerie Theatre and Event Center got its name.)
My kids had a precious classmate and dear friend named Bo Payne.

He was one of the most open-hearted people I ever knew. He literally loved everyone and was a bundle of laughs and sunshine wherever he went.
He made directors, teachers, classmates, castmates, whomever he was around, feel like they were the most important person ever.

However, there were undercurrents that most of us didn't see. He struggled with mental health issues that he put WAY too much effort into hiding (so as not to burden others with it.)

Those issues were eventually his undoing, and he (much to the surprise of everyone) took his life on March 17th, 2017.

In addition to being a great person, he was an extremely talented actor, often being cast in highschool theatre, community theatre, and even a local Halmark movie.

He won several acting awards, including one for playing the role of Tom Wingfield in the play, The Glass Menagerie.
It is a very difficult and intense role...and he captured it beautifully.

He fell in love with the show so much that he would often ask me to produce it. I would reply, "If I can ever get my own place Bo, but straight plays are had to sell as a drop in show."

So, when I built The Menagerie, I decided I would produce The Glass Menagerie every year on the weekend(s) closest to March 17th.

So, here it is, our first March being open, and I have kept that commitment.
Please join us at the beautiful new Menagerie Theatre and Event Center located between Harbor Freight and Dahlonega Fitness at 406 East Main Street Suite A2 Dahlonega GA 30533

Come see the show that inspired the theatre, and was near and dear to our beloved Bo Payne.
To join us to honor the life and person of Bo Payne, click the link below:
mellodramaproductions.com/tickets (http://www.mellodramaproductions.com/tickets)