Marionettes Programs

Dramatics at Georgia Tech has a deep-rooted history dating back to the inception in 1913 of a Drama Club, whose first show was "Brown of Harvard." Named in 1915, the club was quite popular on campus, and by the 1920s, rivaled the football team for the attention of the student body. Their performances were taken on the road to most of the neighboring states and farther beyond, gathering critical acclaim. The Marionettes often performed at the Atlanta Women's Club Auditorium, though productions were never held on campus. Performances were often sold out, with the audience comprised of everyone from Tech students to Atlanta high society. Following medieval and renaissance tradition, male students executed the female roles. Eventually Agnes Scott students performed in conjunction with the Marionettes, but not until the 1934 production of "Lord Babs." Disappearing for a while during the early Depression years, the Marionettes returned for a few more years, presenting seven more productions before their demise after the spring 1937 production of "Wharf Street." Nine years later, drama was reintroduced to Tech, with the founding in 1946 of DramaTech.