The Local
A collaborative theatre project about the City of Atlanta, by the writers of Atlanta, developed and directed by Ellen McQueen, award-winning director of Ice Glen and Sally and Glen at the Palace.
A collaborative theatre project about the City of Atlanta, by the writers of Atlanta, developed and directed by Ellen McQueen, award-winning director of Ice Glen and Sally and Glen at the Palace.
Five public school teachers are caught in the limbo of the disciplinary “Rubber Room,” waiting for their cases to be heard and their fates decided. Poignant and funny drama, it’s like The Breakfast Club for teachers, as thy share secrets with each other and begin to look into their own hearts. Winner of the 2012 Essential […]
World premiere opens Friday, July 26, 2019 This passionate and provocative drama spans four centuries as it tells the tales of two remarkable young women: Amanda, struggling for justice and recognition in the offices of modern-day Atlanta, and the amazing true story of Artemesia Gentileschi, a painter in Renaissance Italy who took her rapist to trial. A […]
by Ben Thorpe, directed by Shannon Eubanks. World premiere opens Friday, August 2, 2019. A horror comedy about a small group of incompetent devil-worshippers who are preparing for the birth of the Dark Lord when an newcomer arrives, thinking she’s been invited to an old friend’s baby shower. Girl talk and plans for the “Hell Feast” […]
The World Premiere of a twisted family comedy about a successful young astronomer who brings his wife home to the north Georgia mountains and the simple country household in which he grew up and where his parents are now addicted to crystal meth. Winner of the 2010 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award.
A comic drama about the growing friendship between two very different college students working together in the lobby of a 1970s movie theatre in a southern university town. Written by artistic director Peter Hardy. Winner of a New Southern Theatre Festival Playwriting Award. “One of the year’s best shows” -Sunday Paper & Atlanta Theatre Buzz […]
A classic new American drama which tells the story of a prominent African-American family that has reached the pinnacle of their professional success, poised to achieve their greatest triumph – only to face the threat of having it all torn down by the illness of the father and the passions of the past. Winner of […]
Swimming with Jellyfish, written by Katie Grant Shalin and directed by Bill Murphey, is poignant and loving as a family tries to figure out how to traverse new paths in life.
Stray Dogs,written by Matthew Myers and directed by Peter Hardy, is a comedy-romance about cops and criminals – sort of like Quentin Tarentino only much sweeter.
The magical realist tale of two sisters, trying not to drown in the haunted legacy of their troubled family. by Rachel Graf Evans directed by Peter Hardy World Premiere opens Friday, July 27, 2018. Built to Float press kit This is the story of Tess, who quietly crusades to keep it together, working full time […]