8/17/2026
Today is Monday, August 17, 2026
NEW PROMOTIONS THIS WEEK
Early Bird Discount for "Tapestry Tunes: Carole King Cabaret" (9/26 - 10/4) (Alley Stage) (Expires 8/25)
FREE Artist-To-Artist Dance Workshop: "Annie" (Aurora Theatre)
Auditions for Legacy Dream (Legacy Theatre)
Audition for "Come From Away" (Legacy Theatre)
Auditions for "Annie" (Holly Theatre)
Submissions for "Summer Harvest: Dating ...." (Vidalia Theatre Co)
2026 / 2027 Season at Theatre Emory
Les Misérables (City Springs Theatre Co)
Quilters: The Musical (Roswell Cultural Arts Center)
Macbeth (Georgia Classic Theatre)
Measure for Measure (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse)
The Pillowman (Out of Box Theatre)
Arsenic and Old Lace (Henry Players)
Dirty South Comedy: Marietta Edition (Alley Stage)
Improv @ The Alley: Musical Improv (Alley Stage)
ShakesBEER: A Comedy of Errors (Alley Stage / N GA Shakespeare)
Educators Unfiltered (The SistahGirl Club / Jennie T Anderson Theatre)
WATCH (OR ATTEND) TODAY
2026 Essential Theatre New Play Festival
Beg (Reading) (Essential Theatre Bare Essentials) Tonight Only
Theatre People Podcast (Actor's Express) (Latest Episode - Amber Bradshaw) -- All Episodes Available)
OPENING AND RESUMING THROUGH SUNDAY 8/23/2026
Frame-by-Frame: The Art of Stop-Motion Puppetry (Exhibit) (Center for Puppetry Arts) (Tu - Su Thru 11/1) Resumes 8/18
Standin' in the Sun (Reading) (Essential Theatre Bare Essentiials) 8/18 Only
Inventing Tesla vs Edison (Zoom) (Center for Puppetry Arts) 8/18 Only
Dinner & a Diva: The Barber of Seville (Capitol City Opera / Petite Violette) 8/18 Only
Choir Boy (Actor's Express) Resumes 8/19
MovieProv (Alley Stage) 8/19 9/16
Annie (Aurora Theatre) Opens 8/20
Ken Ludwig's Moriarty (Newnan Theatre) Opens 8/20
All Shook Up (Marietta Theatre Company) Resumes 8/20
Dinner With Friends (Blue Ridge Community Theatre) Resumes 8/20
Lumiere Lounge Cabaret Night: Diva Night (Strand Theatre) 8/20 Only
The Woman You Want to Be (Essential Theatre) 8/20
Dad's Garage Vault: Final Girl (Dad's Garage) 8/20 8/27
Dirty South Comedy: Marietta Edition (Alley Stage) 8/20 Only
Aug 3-peat: 12th Night (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse) 8/20 8/23 8/29 9/4
Arsenic and Old Lace (Henry Players) Opens 8/21
K-Pop Murder Things Hunters (Murder, Mystery, & Mayhem at Petite Violette) (Fri/Sat thru 10/31) Resumes 8/21
Aug 3-peat: A Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse) 8/21 8/27 8/30 9/5
Comedy at the Den (Out of Box Theatre / The Creator's Den) 8/21 Only
Holy Chicken Sandwich (Horizon Theatre) Opens 8/21
Twelfth Night (Pumphouse Players) Opens 8/21
Helen of the West (Essential Theatre) Suzi Recommended Resumes 8/21
Alice by Heart (Act 1 All Stars Cartersville) Resumes 8/21
Spring Awakening (Woodstock Arts) Resumes 8/21
Sweeney Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (OnStage Atlanta) Resumes 8/21
Only Improv in the Building (Dad's Garage) 8/21 8/28
Layne Denton at Holly Theatre 8/21 Only
Cobb Idol (Strand Theatre) 8/21 Only
Doubt: A Parable (Acworth Theatre Co) Opens 8/21
The Odd Couple (Winder-Barrow Commuity Theatre) Opens 8/21
Guys and Dolls (FoCAL) Opens 8/21
Quilters: The Musical (Roswell Cultural Arts Center) Resumes 8/22
Aug 3-peat: The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse) 8/22 8/28 9/3
Catch 23 (Dad's Garage) 8/21 8/28
We Hold These Truths (Essential Theatre / Out of Hand Theatre) 8/22 Only
Dungeons & Mashables (Dad's Garage) 8/22
Tight Acquaintances (Dad's Garage) 8/22 8/29
Cage Match (Dad's Garage) 8/22 8/29
Red (Reading) (AuthentiCity Reading Series) 8/22 Only
Midsummer Jr (Aurora Children's Playhouse / Atlanta Shakespeare) 8/22 Only
Cherry Cherry: A Neil Diamond Tribute) (Holly Theatre) 8/22 Only
The Velvet Hour (Overture Series / Marcus Jewish Community Center) 8/23 Only
COMING SOON:
(MC)² Festival (staibdance) Opens 8/24
Insert Laugh Here (Dad's Garage) 8/26
Improv @ The Alley: Musical Improv (Alley Stage) 8/26 9/23
From the Ashes (7 Stages) Opens 8/27
Lumiere Lounge Cabaret Night Spinoff: Legends & Icons (Strand Theatre) 8/27 Only
The Foreigner (Blue Ridge Community Theatre) Opens 8/27
ShakesBEER: A Comedy of Errors (Alley Stage / N GA Shakespeare) 8/27 Only
Purpose (Alliance Theatre) Opens 8/28
Beautiful Eunuchs (Burning Bones Physical Theatre) 8/28 8/29 8/30
The Crow's Nest (Holly Theatre Academy) 8/28 8/29 8/30
On Golden Pond (Players Guild @ Sugar Hill) Opens 8/28
Family Secrets (WOW OnStage) 8/28 (Sold Out) 8/29 8/30
Donor Company Class Preview (GA Ballet) 8/29 Only
Wowie Zowie! (Dad's Garage) 8/29
3 Redneck Tenors Broadway Bound (Strand Theatre) 8/30 Only
Early Bird Tickets for Actor's Express's 2026 Fearless Gala (Offer Expires 8/31)
Carmela Full of Wishes (Alliance Theatre / Goizueta Family Theatre) Opens 9/1
Y'all's Line is it Anyway? (Alley Theatre) 9/2 Only
Planet Acorn's Game Show Dahlonega (Holly Theatre) 9/2 Only
Hamilton (Broadway in Atlanta / Fox Theatre) Opens 9/2
Atlanta Black Theatre Festival 9/3 9/4 9/5
Opening Night (Alley Theatre) 9/3 10/1
National Puppet Slam (Center for Puppetry Arts) 9/4 9/5
Parade (Strand Theatre) Opens 9/4
Educators Unfiltered (The SistahGirl Club / Jennie T Anderson Theatre) 9/5 9/6
Sketchbook Saturday (Center for Puppetry Arts) (1st Saturday of Every Month) 9/5 10/3
Measure for Measure (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse) Previews 9/10 (Opens 9/12)
The Only Light in Reno (Process Theatre) Opens 9/11
Les Misérables (City Springs Theatre Co) Opens 9/11
Macbeth (Georgia Classic Theatre) 9/12 9/13
Travelin' Tales (Aurora Children's Playhouse / Puppet Guy Productions) 9/19 Only
Cereal Saturday (Center for Puppetry Arts) (3rd Saturday of every month) 9/19 10/17
The Pillowman (Out of Box Theatre) Opens 9/25
AUDITIONS, CAMPS, CLASSES, JOBS, SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES
Auditions for "Alice by Heart" (Red Phoenix Theatre Co) Submissions Due TODAY
Auditions for "How to Train Your Dragon Jr" (Red Phoenix Theatre Co) Submissions Due TODAY
Auditions for "Finding Nemo Jr" (Woodstock Arts Youth Spotlight) TODAY Aug 19
Rod Puppet Building Workshop (Center for Puppetry Arts) Aug 20
Auditions for Anthologies Short Play Festival (Have We Met Productions / Onward Theatre) Aug 20
Fall Classes Open House (Aurora Theatre Academy) Aug 22
Auditions for Legacy Dream (Legacy Theatre) Aug 22
Audition for "Come From Away" (Legacy Theatre) Aug 23
FREE Artist-To-Artist Dance Workshop: "Annie" (Aurora Theatre) Aug 29
Auditions for "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" (Merely Players Presents) Aug 29 Aug 30
Auditions for " Another Night Before Christmas" (Art Station) Submissions Due Aug 31
Auditions for "Deathtrap" (Acworth Theatre Co) Aug 31 Sep 1
Auditions fo "Just in the Nick of Time" (Pumphouse Players) Aug 31 Sep 1
Submissions for "Summer Harvest: Dating ...." (Vidalia Theatre Co) Submissions Due Sept 7
Auditions for "Annie" (Holly Theatre) Sept 12
Auditions for "Alice in Wonderland" (Drama Space Studio) Sept 14
(See Our Auditions/Jobs Page for Details and Other Links).
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PRODUCTIONS SUZI RECOMMENDED THIS SEASON
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HELEN OF THE WEST (Essential Theatre)
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PRODUCTIONS SUZI RECOMMENDED LAST SEASON
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WORKING (Art Station)
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA (True Colors Theatre)
W;T (Actor's Express / Oglethorpe University)
IN SPITE OF MY AMBIVALENCE (Synchronicity Theatre)
THE REVOLUTIONISTS (Theatrical Outfit)
GUTENBERG: THE MUSICAL (Dad's Garage)
IN THE HEIGHTS (Aurora Theatre)
MAHALIA: A GOSPEL MUSICAL (Impact Theatre / Academy Theatre)
THE SECOND-TO-LAST CHANCE LADIES LEAGUE (Art Station)
EMMA (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse / Belle Esprit)
PRISONTOWN (Out of Hand Theatre)
THE PRICE (Theatrical Outfit)
VENUS (Actor's Express)
TIMON OF ATHENS (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse)
ORPHANS (Art Station)
STEEL MAGNOLIAS (Stage Door Theatre)
DOG MOM (Horizon Theatre)
INITIATIVE (Aurora Theatre)
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY'S GREATEST HITS (Georgia Ensemble Theatre)
QUEEN BESS (Théâtre du Rêve)
GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (Actor's Express)
BLEEDING HEARTS (Theatrical Outfit)
THE GLASS MENAGERIE (Theatrical Outfit)
THE HEART SELLERS (Horizon Theatre)
COVENANT (Alliance Theatre)
THE ROCKET MEN (Synchronicity Theatre)
RING OF FIRE (Georgia Ensemble Theatre)
MACBETH (Shakespeare Tavern Playouse)
THE THIN PLACE (Actor's Express)
THE COTTAGE (Stage Door Theatre)
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Alliance Theatre / Atlanta Opera)
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse)
THE VENETIANS (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse)
THE WIZ (Aurora Theatre)
A VERY SPECIAL HOSPITAL (Essential Theatre)
A STRANGE LOOP (Actor's Express)
SKELETON CREW (Academy Theatre / Impact Theatre)
ORANGE (Stage Door Theatre)
WM SHAKESPEARE'S LONG-LOST FIRST PLAY (ABR) (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse)
DADDY LONG LEGS (Art Station)