Tinseltown Studios Finds a Home in Dougslaville

Tinseltown Studios had always been very mobile, as that was its business model for seven years. But recently Takeheed Productions found a home in Douglasville, and the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce helped them celebrate the opening this week.

Tinseltown Studios opened at 5387 Fairburn Road. Chamber representatives were greeted with a production put on by Tinseltown’s Summer Camp.

DC Chamber President and CEO Kali Boatright, welcomed everyone to the new location and to the Chamber of Commerce and said that “it is wonderful to have such a unique business in our community offering such an array of creative and positive opportunities to children.”

Bobby and Renee Peoples, Tarjatta Rose and  All Sillah are the founders of Tinseltown Studios. All founders and staff have experience in entertainment from acting to behind the scenes. They offer a Summer Camp teaching kids about entertainment. Age groups are broken into Twinklers, Shooting Stars, and Super Stars.  

 “We are so thankful to be entering our seventh year as an official 501 ©(3) Nonprofit Production Company,” she said. Tinseltown Studios offers free and/or low cost drama and acting classes as well as film production services to students with low income, learning disabilities and students who seek behavioral modifications.

Services compliment the main mission of the organization, “to provide a cultural alternative to the film making- theater experience for the youth.”

Programming initiatives include:  Scholarships to youth in need, high quality education and productions with accessible ticket prices and tuition, family-friendly theatrical and film experiences, and support of the economic and cultural revitalization of theater / arts and film in Douglasville Georgia.

Tinseltown Studios offers an Afterschool Program, Summer Camp, and Entrepreneurship Film Camp for Kids, Acting Classes, a Community Stage Theater to host plays and film screenings, a Video Store for student films/community projects, sound recording and photography.

For more information on Tinseltown Productions, you may call the Fairburn Road location at 770-489-1132 or visit their website.