2009
- After receiving a grant to create a video tour for the Suttons Corner Frontier Country Store Museum, the Fort Gaines Historic Society commissioned us to create a self-guided video tour using footage we shot of David R. Campbell on our first trip to the museum in 2007. Savages Ashby Wratchford and director Kristi Casey Sanders edited the rough drafts in the summer of 2008, using film shot by Wratchford and Michael McReynolds. Final versions of the CDs were delivered in November 2009, in time for the Christmas in Fort Gaines celebration.
2008
- Year-round: Work continues on the Suttons Corner documentary project, as more trips to Fort Gaines are planned, and the group is commissioned to create self-guided audio and visual tours for the museum.
- February-March: Savage Crash Classes gave students an opportunity to create together using visual arts, storytelling, improv and music. Taught by Kristi Sanders, Bob Souvorin and Colin Bragg.
- May 24: Kristi Casey Sanders leads an improv workshop at the Decatur Arts Festival’s Literary Arts Festival tent.
2007
- September: We entertained audiences at the Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival with excerpts from Kyle Crew’s original show, Hell’s Bells, adapted from works of classic tales of horror.
- October: A skeleton crew walked the Little Five Points Parade in promotion of the show.
- October-November: Hell’s Bells opened and ran from Oct. 31-Nov. 18 at Theatre Decatur.
- November 2: A Sunday Night Speak Easy variety show/fundraiser took the stage at Theatre Decatur for one night only, organized by Roz Ayres-Williams and featuring many amazing talents
- November 30-Dec. 22: Robert Sanders’ Wink Davidson Christmas Spectacular cheered many hearts over the holidays with its nostalgic take on old-fashioned Christmas specials (with a twist, of course).
2006
•January: We kicked off the New Year with a Potluck to plan our spring festival and launch Acting and Creative Writing classes with Prodan Dimov and Kristi Sanders.
•March/April: The Spare Rib Festival presents a full roster of art and performance based on and inspired by the “weaker sex.” Featuring traditional and contemporary re-examinations of The Trojan Women, and Why We Have a Body, in addition to a new play festival, original films, dance, music and more!
•December: It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! A whole month of art, music, craft galleries, hands-on workshops, irreverent humor, original theater and more for families of every denomination.
2005
•January: We held Art Workshops in conjunction with Crazy Moon Art Room that taught non-professional artists intuitive art-making skills.
•February: We began work on company-created pieces Off the Ropes and The Kankle King Show to run in repertory in our 2005 Spring Festival
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•March: We began rehearsals for our centerpiece of the 2005 Spring Festival, Requiem for a Heavyweight.
•April: The Festival Fundraiser, The Fight Party took over the dojang of the Black Knight Martial Arts studio to provide an evening of music, performance, fight demonstrations and interactive art making.
•May: The Savage Tree Arts Project 2005 Spring Festival: Dignity vs. Despair played at Dad’s Garage Top Shelf Theater May 6 -22, 2005.
•Summer: Workshops begin on Seizure, the centerpiece of the Fall 2005 Festival, a company-created original theater piece inspired by Peter Weiss’ Marat/Sade. Improv workshops with Hayden Ward begin.
•November: The Touch of Madness Festival inaugurated our season in residence at The Academy Theatre.
2004
•June: We held Movement Workshops in conjunction with Fly-By Theatre that trained 30 non-dancers in Viewpoints, contact improvisation, Action Theater and other movement techniques.
•July: We created a Russian House fundraiser with different performances and creative activities in each room that allowed guests to become artists.
•September: We produced our first Fall Festival: Uncle Vanya and the Russian Roulette exploring, celebrating and lampooning aspects of Russian life and culture, featuring six very different shows using film, circus, music, dance, art, spoken word, improvisation and theater to explore the world of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
•June-September: We filmed our first movie: “For the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” which screened at Push Push Theater November 2005.
