Tucker’s Main Street Theatre
Ray Ganga, Jason Garrett and Bill Hines in MST’s first production of “Harvey.” Tucker’s Main Street Theatre returned to a live audience in October with its first in-person performance in over eighteen months. The company presented Katherine DiSavino’s lighthearted comedy, “Things My Mother Taught Me,” in sold-out shows over three consecutive weekends. Founded in 2014 by nine Tucker residents, MST promotes itself as “a community theatre run by the community,” according to the company’s president, Sabrina Chambers. “We incorporated in June 2014, before Tucker was even a city.” (Tucker was settled in the 1820s but did not incorporate as a city until 2015.) As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, MST relies solely on the support of the community to help
PAGE 4
Uniting the Community with Entertainment L.A. Dison
produce high-quality and entertaining productions, most staged at Tucker Recreation Center. Chambers graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in industrial and systems engineering, and in 2014 was working at Delta Air Lines as a design engineer. An amateur stage actor in high school and college, she wanted to get back on stage as an adult but felt intimidated by the more well-established theatre companies around Atlanta. When a co-worker asked her about starting a community theater in Tucker, she at first thought it was a ridiculous notion. But with growing interest in cityhood by Tucker residents, Chambers thought maybe this would be a good time to gauge support
To become an Our Town DeKalb advertising partner, email info@OurTownDeKalb.com or call 770.621.9041
Our Town DeKalb
