CCCEPA at Pebblebrook Celebrates 25 Years

The Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts at will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a two-night gala event, "Bring on Tomorrow."

The event will be held on Sunday and Monday and includes a silent auction and gala concert on Monday featuring CCCEPA alumni from Broadway and national and international dance, opera, and touring companies.

Current CCCEPA students will blog here on South Cobb Patch as they interview the school's alumni about how their time at CCCEPA prepared them for their roles on Broadway and elsewhere.

The gala concert will be held at the Cobb Civic Center’s Jennie T. Anderson Theatre at 8:00 on Monday. To purchase tickets, call (770) 419-0417 or email CCCEPA25th@gmail.com. 

Guest performers include:

• Tyler Hanes - Broadway: "Oklahoma!," "Urban Cowboy," "The Boy from Oz," "The Frogs," "Sweet Charity," "Hairspray," "A Chorus Line"
• Jake Dogias - Television: “Better Off Ted,” “The Forgotten”
• Chauncey Jenkins - Broadway: "The Color Purple"; National Tour:"Mamma Mia," "The Color Purple," "Hairspray"
• Liz Legrande - "America's Best Dance Crew," Dancer on international tour with Usher
• Autumn Guzzardi - Broadway and National Tour: "9 to 5"
• Megan Slack - Opera: AIMS - Gratz, Austria; Brevard Music Center (graduate student at Oberlin Conservatory)
• Cody Williams - Regional (Washington, D.C.) - "Oklahoma!"– Arena Stage, Helen Hayes Award Nominee
• Findley Hansard – National Tour: "Grease"