8/16/2026
Today is Sunday, August 16, 2026
NEW PROMOTIONS THIS WEEK
Fall Classes Open House (Aurora Theatre Academy)
Auditions of Ensemble Roles in "Ragtime" (Marietta's Theatre in the Square)
Auditions for Anthologies Short Play Festival (Have We Met Productions / Onward Theatre)
Auditions for "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" (Merely Players Presents)
Auditions for " Another Night Before Christmas" (Art Station)
Auditions for "Alice in Wonderland" (Drama Space Studio)
Carmela Full of Wishes (Alliance Theatre / Goizueta Family Theatre)
Atlanta Black Theatre Festival
Beautiful Eunuchs (Burning Bones Physical Theatre)
The Only Light in Reno (Process Theatre)
National Puppet Slam (Center for Puppetry Arts)
Y'all's Line is it Anyway? (Alley Theatre)
The Crow's Nest (Holly Theatre Academy)
Planet Acorn's Game Show Dahlonega (Holly Theatre)
On Golden Pond (Players Guild @ Sugar Hill)
Lumiere Lounge Cabaret Night Spinoff: Legends & Icons (Strand Theatre)
3 Redneck Tenors Broadway Bound (Strand Theatre)
The Foreigner (Blue Ridge Community Theatre)
WATCH (OR ATTEND) TODAY
2026 Essential Theatre New Play Festival
Helen of the West (Essential Theatre) Suzi Recommended
The Woman You Want to Be (Essential Theatre) Next - 8/20
SheATL Arts Summer Theatre Festival Final Day
Rootbound: A New Musical (SheATL Arts Festival) Final Day
Queerly Departed (SheATL Arts Festival Final Day
Aug 3-peat: The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse) Next - 8/28 9/3
Choir Boy (Actor's Express) (Sold Out)
All Shook Up (Marietta Theatre Company)
Dinner With Friends (Blue Ridge Community Theatre)
Spring Awakening (Woodstock Arts)
Sweeney Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (OnStage Atlanta) (Sold Out)
Mr. Cool (Theatrical Outfit) Final Day
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) Final Day
The Tragedy of Hamlet (FTS Theatre Co / Cobb County Parks) Final Day
H.M.S. Pinafore (Front Porch Players) Final Day
The Heart of Rock and Roll (City Springs Conservatory) Final Day
Comedy Class Showcase (Out of Box Theatre / The Creator's Den) Today Only
Theatre People Podcast (Actor's Express) (Latest Episode - Amber Bradshaw) -- All Episodes Available)
Frame-by-Frame: The Art of Stop-Motion Puppetry (Exhibit) (Center for Puppetry Arts) (Tu - Su Thru 11/1)
OPENING AND RESUMING THROUGH SUNDAY 8/23/2026
Beg (Reading) (Essential Theatre Bare Essentials) 8/17 Only
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
Annie (Aurora Theatre) Opens 8/20
Ken Ludwig's Moriarty (Newnan Theatre) Opens 8/20
Lumiere Lounge Cabaret Night: Diva Night (Strand Theatre) 8/20 Only
Dad's Garage Vault: Final Girl (Dad's Garage) 8/20 8/27
Aug 3-peat: 12th Night (Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse) 8/20 8/23 8/29 9/4
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
Alice by Heart (Act 1 All Stars Cartersville) 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
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
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
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
Sketchbook Saturday (Center for Puppetry Arts) (1st Saturday of Every Month) 9/5 10/3
The Only Light in Reno (Process Theatre) Opens 9/11
Travelin' Tales (Aurora Children's Playhouse / Puppet Guy Productions) 9/19 Only
Cereal Saturdays (Center for Puppetry Arts) (3rd Saturday of every month) 9/19 10/17
AUDITIONS, CAMPS, CLASSES, JOBS, SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES
Auditions for "Madagascar Kids" (Off-Broadway Children's Theatre) TODAY
Auditions for "Alice by Heart" (Red Phoenix Theatre Co) Submissions Due Aug 17
Auditions for "How to Train Your Dragon Jr" (Red Phoenix Theatre Co) Submissions Due Aug 17
Auditions for "Finding Nemo Jr" (Woodstock Arts Youth Spotlight) Aug 17 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 "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
Auditions for "Alice in Wonderland" (Drama Space Studio) Sept 14
Auditions of Ensemble Roles in "Ragtime" (Marietta's Theatre in the Square) Submit ASAP
(See Our Auditions/Jobs Page for Details and Other Links).
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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)