Alliance Theatre’s 10th round of its Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab — a program that provides money and resources to local artists to help them develop new work — will showcase readings and presentations of its selected 2025 recipients May 15 through May 17. Show creators Dalyla Nicole, Emma Yarbrough and Vynnie Meli have been working…
People seek sex, sometimes with a variety of different people and for a variety of motives. Sometimes, getting to the sex isn’t easy, though, even if willing folks are involved. Trick! The Musical, a world premiere at Out Front Theatre through May 17, is about two eager New York guys who keep getting their coitus…
The inaugural short film and play festival promises fresh work and perspectives in a single space. :: Hoping to create something unique for Atlanta theatergoers, aspiring festival director Jonna Leanne reached out to Sam Ross, founder of Windmill Arts in East Point, to pitch a weekend full of short plays and films involving local talent….
The new production of the comedy Twelfth Night, onstage at the Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse until April 27, surprisingly leans into the queer joy baked into the script, crafting a show that’s delightful, musical, quick, hilarious and energized by the cast having a great time. Their enthusiasm is contagious. The audience will have a blast. Deftly…
Colleen Oakley didn’t turn her own marriage into a book, but writing a book about marriage was a unique challenge. :: In Colleen Oakley’s new novel, Jane and Dan at the End of the World, a novelist and her husband find themselves in the middle of several crises on their 19th anniversary. On the one…
Carolyn Cook delivers an absolute powerhouse solo performance in playwright Jennifer Blackmer’s I Carry Your Heart with Me, onstage at Horizon Theatre through April 5. She is one of Atlanta’s best actors, and this is a terrific showcase for her talents. Blackmer’s script follows a young military stenographer named Esther at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base…
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002 and a Tony Award for Best Play Revival in 2023, centers upon two loving yet competitive brothers named Lincoln and Booth who are struggling with the cards that life and fate has dealt them. The two-person play, starring Aaron Goodson and Lamar K….
Though Paul Oakley Stovall’s Immediate Family, onstage at Out Front Theatre through March 29, has the strong, fun and nostalgic vibes of a 1990s sitcom like Living Single or Martin, there is something deeper at its core. It is a very good, funny and emotionally engaging show that deserves to be seen with a crowd….
Katie Pelkey wants to celebrate three decades of Dad’s Garage by planning for the improv theater’s future. :: Katie Pelkey, the new managing director at Dad’s Garage Theatre, is one strong mother. The longtime Aurora Theatre executive — who served as its managing director since 2020 after working there in various roles since 2008 —…
All of the ingredients in Hot Jambalaya, the new original musical onstage at Dad’s Garage Theatre through March 29, make for a delicious Cajun-flavored show. Don’t miss it. Heck, go back for seconds. The show is a wacky comedy musical with a legitimately compelling, twisted murder mystery at its center, written by local talents Matt…
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