Serenbe Playhouse Is Changing The Theatre Game World Wide
Serenbe, Georgia, approximately thirty-two miles outside of Atlanta, there’s a Playhouse. The regional theatre has made a name for itself through theatrical spectacle and nature-bound immersive productions that never show up on the same plot of its 1,000 acres of land. But spectacle and immersion are consequences of originality in the extreme, and a return to theatre’s amphitheater roots. Before Serenbe became synonymous with nature-set technical feats, there wasn’t even a plan to produce outdoors. “I’d love to say I had this vision from Day One,” says Serenbe Playhouse founder and artistic director Brian Clowdus. “We did it outdoors initially just out of necessity because there was no money and no facilities.” After the courtyard performances of Romeo + Juliet , and John & Jen and The Jungle Book in the woods in its inaugural season, the outdoor setting became the element generating all the buzz.