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Theatrical Outfit Reveals 2024-25 Season Lineup

Theatrical Outfit has announced another season in the heart of Downtown Atlanta. 4 thrilling mainstage productions. 2 dynamic partnerships. 1 mold breaking new works festival.  Learn more about the lineup here!

Bartlett Sher, Bob Martin, Adam Guettel & More Set for Alliance Theatre's 24/25 Season

Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre has revealed the productions for the 56th season. Learn about the shows and see how to purchase tickets.

Ishmael Houston-Jones Will Receive the 2024 American Dance Festival Distinguished Teaching Award

Renowned educator, performer, and choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones will receive the 2024 Balasaraswati/Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching and its $5,000 honorarium at the American Dance Festival (ADF) on Sunday, June 30 in Durham, NC.

PASSING STRANGE, A CHRISTMAS STORY And More Announced For Theatrical Outfit 2023 �" 2024 Season

Theatrical Outfit has announced its 2023 – 2024 Season of unmissable theatre created by incredible Atlanta artists, right in the heart of Downtown.

Theatrical Outfit Presents MADE IN ATLANTA

While the doors to the Balzer Theater at Herren's are blocked by construction vehicles for the “Heart of the City” Capital Campaign renovation, Theatrical Outfit (TO) is putting new work center stage with Made in Atlanta. 

American Dance Festival Names Nile H. Russell New Director Of Education

The American Dance Festival (ADF) has named Nile H. Russell to the new role of Director of Education. ADF has reorganized its education department, shifting from historically employing an off-site, part-time ADF Dean, to employing an on-site, full-time Director of Education.

Review: Immerse Yourself in FROM ON HIGH's Office Cult(ure)

What did our critic think? If you've ever worked in an office, you know the corporate culture can start to feel a little culty. That's the premise behind OddKnock's production of From On High, an immersive experience set in RiNO's IMAC building.

School Spotlight: Webster University-Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts

The Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University offers a unique and intensive program for training young artists for theatre. All students are accepted into the program by interview or audition and are enrolled in a particular sequence. It is our mission to train our future colleagues to become visionaries, creators and leaders in the next generation of American professional theatre.

Theatrical Outfit Announces 2022 �" 2023 Season

Theatrical Outfit has announced its 2022 – 2023 Season – a truly game-changing year. With four gripping Mainstage productions and the continuations of Made In Atlanta, The Graham Martin Unexpected Play Festival, and The Welcome Table, the season will bring powerful, relevant, and thrilling live theatre to the heart of Downtown Atlanta.

Alliance Releases THE CURIOUS CARDINAL Short Film

The Alliance Theatre announces the release of an original animated short THE CURIOUS CARDINAL, part of the 10th Anniversary Season of the Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young.

VIDEO: Check Out a New Teaser for A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Alliance Theatre!

CHRISTMAS CAROL, Alliance Theatre's annual holiday production is now running at the Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre through December 24, 2021.

BWW Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL is Magnificently Heartwarming at The Alliance Theatre

If you're looking for a Broadway-level production in Atlanta, look no further than the Alliance Theatre. With a new script, a new score, and new costumes, A CHRISTMAS CAROL at The Alliance Theatre is a spectacularly hopeful revival of the classic Christmas story. | Ella Outlaw

Alliance Presents New Staging Of A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Alliance Theatre's annual holiday production, returns to the Coca-Cola Stage at Alliance Theatre November 12 – December 24, 2021. 

Alliance's 20th Palefsky Collision Project is Underway

Guided by the Alliance's Distinguished Playwright in Residence Pearl Cleage, director Patrick McColery, and associate director Rodney Williams, participants are encouraged to find and claim their own voices within a judgment free zone of creativity and community.

Alliance Theatre Takes BEAUTIFUL BLACKBIRD LIVE! Concert On Tour

Alliance Theatre is taking its family-friendly BEAUTIFUL BLACKBIRD LIVE! concert on tour around Atlanta this summer.

BWW Review: BEAUTIFUL BLACKBIRD LIVE Delivers Sunshine and Free Wings

The world can feel oppressively cloudy sometimes, but bright spots that celebrate who people are without prejudice or shame can always be found. And if you're willing to sit in an outdoor tent on a rainy Saturday morning like I am, then you’re in for a lot of sunshine at Alliance Theatre’s BEAUTIFUL BLACKBIRD LIVE.

2021 NYC INDIE THEATRE FILM FESTIVAL Announces Full Lineup

The New Ohio Theatre’s NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival announced the 2021 online film lineup today. NYCITFF offers a selection of new feature-length and short films, filmmaker Q&As, and a conversation with prolific screenwriter and playwright Qui Nguyen between March 10-14.

Alliance Theatre Announces Updates to 2020/21 Season, Featuring UNDER THE TENT Pop-Up Concert Series

The Alliance Theatre today announced updates to its 2020/21 season, including a new “Under The Tent” series to provide more socially-distanced performance options.  The “Under the Tent” series will include a concert staging of the Broadway hit WORKING: A MUSICAL, as well as concert-style performances of BEAUTIFUL BLACKBIRD LIVE and more.

The Alliance Theatre's Animated Feature SIT-IN Now Available to Stream

The Alliance Theatre’s first-ever animated feature, SIT-IN, is available for streaming now on Alliance Theatre Anywhere.  Written by Atlanta's bestselling author, playwright, and civil rights activist, Pearl Cleage (Blues for An Alabama Sky, Tell Me My Dream) this original animated special for family audiences celebrates the power of youth to change history. 

Eugene Lee Brings EAST TEXAS HOT LINKS To Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company

Outgoing Artistic Director Kenny Leon and Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company are thrilled to present Eugene Lee's East Texas Hot Links from July 16 to August 11, 2019. A few years after this play was originally produced in the early nineties, the nation was shocked by the brutal lynching of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper, TX, a small East Texas town. The play itself is set in 1955, but the story continues to resonate as playwright Lee explores how we, as humans, feed off of each other as links in the food chain.