Marshall W. Mabry IV explains why the role of Juicy in the Pulitzer prize-winning play Fat Ham, opening this week on Alliance’s Hertz stage, is his dream role. :: When Atlanta-based Marshall W. Mabry IV (they/them) first read James Ijames’ Pulitzer Prize-winning script for Fat Ham, the actor declared the lead role of Juicy would one…
Playwright Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds centers around six participants at a guru-led silent retreat. Burning Bones Physical Theatre will stage the mostly wordless show, all about strangers finding connection with a palpable mix of music and movement, at Windmill Arts Center in East Point March 21 through March 31. Director Frankie Mulinix (they/them), who…
True North, at 7 Stages Theatre through March 31, presents big ideas about how human beings are connected to the universe and how the energy of the world can shift based upon positivity. The show proves its point by giving its audience high-quality, engaging content for the first two-thirds. Then it fumbles the ending, losing…
The Passage, a new iHeartMedia podcast featuring monologues developed by an array of Atlanta writers, mixes horror and history with a uniquely fascinating premise. Each episode speculates what a major figure in American history — such as Billy the Kid or J. Edgar Hoover — would say about their legacy as they crossed over into the…
Brian Wallenberg had just changed careers in 2013, transitioning from being a company dancer with the Atlanta Ballet to a videographer and content creator, when he went on a first date with Paul Conroy. At the time, Conroy was running a community theater in Newnan, Georgia. The two met at a Starbucks on 14th Street. …
For Vernal & Sere Theatre’s 10th production The Glass Essay, founding company member Sawyer Estes issued himself a unique challenge as a playwright: He wouldn’t actually write a line of dialogue within it. Instead, the work — inspired by Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson — will present Carson’s poem of the same title verbatim,…
According to pharmacists, laughter may not actually be the best medicine — yet a dose of good humor does go a long way to help children who are hospitalized and their families. The Laughter League is a nonprofit organization using therapeutic health care clowning to help brighten the days of nearly 100,000 patients and families…
Del Shores — the queer, Southern creative mind behind many successful films, plays and television series such as Sordid Lives — and his frequent collaborator, Emerson Collins, will be in town at Out Front Theatre this weekend to host the second Del Shores Foundation Writers Festival. The first festival was held in Dallas in 2022. …
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, produced by Actor’s Express at Oglethorpe University’s Conant Performing Arts Center through March 3, is a fun, lively musical full of heart and a strong message. There’s a chance you don’t even know it — the musical by Tom MacRae and Dan Gillespie Sells was a hit on London’s West End…
No matter how old the rest of us get, Romeo and Juliet stay the same age. Because we as an audience evolve, our perspective on the doomed lovers’ tale can shift, as every new version of the tragedy sparks different ideas. With Shakespeare Tavern’s newest production of Romeo and Juliet, onstage through March 3, the…
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