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
“Best Atlanta Playwright” -Creative Loafing
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 the 2011 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award.
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.
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This is the story of Tess, who quietly crusades to keep it together, working full time as a phlebotomist and caring for her ailing mother Marjorie, who likes to harp on Tess’s dormant dreams of becoming a doctor. Suddenly, her sister Roz shows back up from rehab, pledging high expectations and a clean slate.
By Avery Sharpe
Directed by Ellen McQueen
World Premiere opens Friday, August 3, 2018.
Woke follows two friends from different backgrounds who are trying to navigate the already rocky transition from high school to college. When a calamitous event captures national attention, they are forced to wrestle with their different understandings of social awareness. Through family, romance, and their own friendship, they painstakingly and comically explore what it truly means to be woke.
Cast: Derrick Robertson (Adrian), Paul Danner (Jesse), DeShon Green (Tanisha), Karina Simmons (Natasha), Kathleen Wattis (Martha),
By G. M. Lupo
Directed by Peter Hardy
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World premiere opens August 4, 2017
Winner of the 2017 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award, this play follows the journey of Genevieve as she pieces together the mysterious identities and relationships between her biological mother, her birth mother and the mother who raised her.
Meet the Playwright:
an interview with G.M. Lupo
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If someone you loved went missing, how far would you go to find them? A man goes on a dream quest to figure out what happened to his best friend, who seems to have disappeared. Derek Dixon’s WHEN THINGS ARE LOST is a funny and moving play about friendship, loss, understanding and forgiveness.
CAST: Kerwin Thompson, Alex Towers, Anthony Goolsby, Alex Van, Jill Perry, Barrett Doyle, Chelsea Steverson and Gina Rickicki
Advisory: Some adult themes and situations
Derek Dixon is a writer and actor who resides in Atlanta,
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Dispossed Dramaturgy Board
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August 6 Talkback following DISPOSSESSED
DISPOSSESSED is a romantic comic-fantasy, set in 1928 New York City, about a Yiddish theater company that is rehearsing the classic play “The Dybbuk” (in which a bride is possessed by the ghostly spirit of her dead true love on the day she is supposed to marry another man). The actress playing the leading role is being pressured by her parents to marry the handsome leading man who wants to take over the company,
A warm, touching play about the members of a small African-American church, struggling to keep its doors open and adapt to changing times. Mama Gwen is a beloved elder who feels the burden of others who depend on the strength of her faith, and Quincy is a young man who loves his church but is beginning to realize that he’s gay. A Professional World Premiere about people searching for a spiritual life in trying times. With lots of music!
Featuring the acting talents of: James G. Smith,
