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Lifetime Achievement Award

Georgia Ensemble Theatre proudly congratulates Artistic Director Robert J. Farley for being named the 2008 Gilmor Brown Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient by the Pasadena Playhouse Alumni & Associates. The Award is granted for outstanding creative achievement that has made a significant contribution to the enrichment of the American Theatre.

Bob Farley, Artistic Director

Robert Farley (Artistic Director)

Robert J. Farley most recently directed the Georgia Ensemble Theatre mega hit, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story this past spring. In 2008 he was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Pasadena Playhouse (the State Theatre of California) for his significant contributions to the enrichment of the American theatre over the past 40 years. This summer, it was his distinct pleasure to return to California, this time to present the annual award to Playhouse Artistic Director Sheldon Epps. He recently directed the 21st anniversary production of Driving Miss Daisy at Theatrical Outfit, Southern Comforts at GET, and A Man for All Seasons at Marietta’s Theatre In The Square.

Bob began his career in the late 1960’s. His first directing opportunity was staging five productions of Hair, the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical which is now in the midst of a major revival on Broadway for a whole new generation of theatregoers. He was the co-founder and Artistic Director of the acclaimed Alaska Repertory Theatre in the 70’s, and was the Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre in Atlanta during the late 80’s, where he directed the area premiere of Driving Miss Daisy in 1988, which went on to become the biggest hit ever in the Southeastern United States.

Since its inception in 1992 he has been the Artistic Director of the Georgia Ensemble Theatre & Conservatory at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center. During the 2009-2010 season he will direct Arsenic and Old Lace, Grease, and the revival of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, which will perform in midtown Atlanta at the Woodruff Arts Center 14th Street Playhouse in May, 2010.