Atlanta ShowGuide Fall 2015

Fall 2015

Greater Atlanta’s Performing Arts Magazine On the Cover:

Theatrical Outfit & Aurora Theatre 2015 Production Memphis Photo by Chris Bartelski

Artistry of Master Photographer Chris Bartelski Creative Process: Gwinnett Performing Arts Center Caters to Community and Far Beyond Celebrating 30 Years of World-Class Theatre in the Heart of the South The Dekalb Symphony Orchestra Announces a Stellar 2015-2016 Season!

Daring Season Ahead for Actor’s Express

Fun for Fall! Find Creative Fare, Artistic Flair All Around Decatur

Atlanta’s Must-See Cultural Experience

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2015/16 Season…

An Inside Look

Alliance Theatre Will Deliver an American Classic, a World Premiere, and More

Healing Through the Sound of Music “We Bring Broadway to You”

ShowGuide Spotlights • Performance Guide September – October 2015

Theatrical Outfit & Aurora Theatre 2015 Production Memphis Photo by Chris Bartelski

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Artistry of Master Photographer Chris Bartelski

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Creative Process: Gwinnett Performing Arts Center Caters to Community and Far Beyond By Holley Calmes

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Celebrating 30 Years of World-Class Theatre in the Heart of the South

By Katie Perkowski

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The Dekalb Symphony Orchestra Announces a Stellar 2015-2016 Season!

By Ann Alperin

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Daring Season Ahead for Actor’s Express

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Atlanta’s Must-See Cultural Experience

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Alliance Theatre Will Deliver an American Classic, a World Premiere, and More this Fall

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Fun for Fall! Find Creative Fare, Artistic Flair All Around Decatur

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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2015/16 Season… An Inside Look

By Meyer Horne

By Andrew Alexander

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Healing Through the Sound of Music “We Bring Broadway to You”

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ShowGuide Spotlights Performance Guide Sept.– Oct. 2015

ShowGuide Venues Performance guide courtesy of atlantaplanit.com

ARTISTRY OF MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER

CHRIS BARTELSKI

Theatrical Outfit & Aurora Theatre 2015 Production Memphis Photos by Chris Bartelski

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hristopher Bartelski was born in The Netherlands and spent most of his years through high school living in different parts of the world.

This early exposure to diverse cultures and experiences has shaped him into guy with many interests. Formally an award winning theatrical sound designer, Chris’ main trade now is photography. He co-owns thereasonilove.com, a wedding photography/ videography company, with his wife. With his photography company, he’s travelled all of the US and even India and Holland to shoot weddings. Although Chris’s main photography

discipline is wedding photography, through his former sound designer career, he still has a close connection to Atlanta profession theater and often shoots head shots and production photos. He lives in Cumming, GA, where he and his family enjoy having a little bit of land and chickens running around the yard. He’s a dad of two wonderful boy, aged 5 and 2. Besides working in the wedding photography business; Chris is the Director of Photography for a web series called thatseducational.com, shoots music videos for artists and thelovelist.net, and is studying to get his real estate license.

L-R Tom Key/Theatrical Outfit, Waverly Lucas/Ballethnic Dance Co. Choreographer, Ann Carol Pence / Aurora Theatre

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Two Chicago policemen push their moral boundaries to the breaking point in this scorching, edge-of-your-seat drama.

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CREATIVE PROCESS:

Gwinnett Performing Arts Center Caters to Community and Far Beyond

By Holley Calmes And the Gwinnett community is one of the most culturally diverse counties in the United States. The GPAC’s list of clients reflects this fact.

“Japanfest, Kalavani Indian Dance, and TM Asian Cultural Arts perform here regularly among many other international groups,” says Selina Branstetter, Events Manager.

The venue attracts more than locally grown fare. Desmond Richardson’s acclaimed “Complexions Contemporary Ballet Company” is leaving its base in New York City for Atlanta, and GPAC is to be their new performing home.

Complexion’s first post-move performances will be October 8-10 on the GPAC’s spacious stage.

What makes the venue so popular with audiences as well as renters? “Free parking is big!” states Miller. “And there is not a bad seat in the house.”

“GPAC accommodates any type of event,” continues Miller. “From rehearsal dinners to Broadway shows, film festivals and dance competitions, we offer it all. We’ve recently presented ‘Menopause: The Musical,’ comedian Ron White, guitarist Tommy Emanuel, ‘Home

By Dark’ (a song writers’ showcase,) and a child prodigy pianist named Ethan Bortinick.”

“Our guests are important to us,” says Joseph Dennis, General Manager. “So whether you’re a patron coming in the front door or a client coming in the back door, we strive to make everyone’s experience memorable.”

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t is now one of Gwinnett’s busiest intersections, but less than 15 years ago,Satellite Boulevard and Sugarloaf Parkway met in a dead end. Forward a mere decade or so, and there is no “dead end” of any kind. Now thousands of people flock to the area to enjoy a suburban lifestyle that borrows the best of urban amenities, especially in the area of performing arts.

The Gwinnett Performing Arts Center is one of four major segments of Gwinnett Center which includes The Arena, The Gwinnett Convention Center, and The Hudgens Center for the Arts. GPAC, as locals call it, is one of the most highly sought venues for performing arts in Metro Atlanta with a waiting list for dates “a mile long.”

A large stage, bountiful preparation space backstage for performers and crews, and an intimate, 708 seat seating capacity have presenters scrambling for dates. Its built-in technology is on par with any Broadway venue.

Yet it is the amiable staff and commitment to community that serve GPAC best. “90% of our business is repeat business,” says Marketing and PR Manager Jaclyn Miller.”

We specialize in continuity and continuation, and our best marketing has been word of mouth among area performing groups. We have taken great care to grow relationships within our community.”

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MAYA BEISER March 5

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CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF WORLD-CLASS THEATRE IN THE HEART OF THE SOUTH

by Katie Perkowski Cast of Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid

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A Christmas Carol (adapted by ASF Producing Artistic Director, Geoffrey Sherman). We jazz things up with Ain’t Misbehavin’ January through February on the Festival Stage, while the classic fairy tale Cinderella plays for young audiences on the Octagon Stage. March comes in with a roar via White Lightning by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, an exciting world premiere about moonshine running and the origins of NASCAR. Our season peaks in March through May with Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the Festival Stage and The Comedy of Errors on the Octagon Stage. Summer at ASF offers entertainment for the entire family with the musical spectacular, Disney’s Beauty & the Beast.

For residents of Atlanta, ASF is the perfect weekend get-away. Montgomery is easy to navigate with a charming downtown area that includes many important Civil War and Civil Rights sites, from the White House of the Confederacy to the Martin Luther King’s Dexter Avenue church and the Rosa Parks Museum. Several weekends in the spring you can enjoy a “play-cation” and see multiple productions over a single weekend. Downtown hotel partner Embassy Suites offers a special rate for ASF patrons. Come play with us!

he 2015-16 season marks 30 years of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) in Montgomery, Alabama. The theatre company, which began as a summer festival in Anniston, Alabama in 1972, quickly garnered a reputation for its high-caliber productions and was proclaimed the state theatre of Alabama in 1977. A $21.5 million dollar gift from philanthropist Wynton Blount saw the festival relocated to Montgomery, Alabama in its own 250-acre cultural park, where it was reinvented as a year-round repertory company.

In the past 30 years ASF has seen over millions of visitors from all fifty states and over sixty countries. ASF mounts between eight to twelve productions a season, including works of Shakespeare, Broadway musicals, and new work developed through the Southern Writers’ Project, this year celebrating 25 years of bringing Southern plays to national stage, including notable titles Gee’s Bend, A Lesson Before Dying, Fair and Tender Ladies and Bear Country.

The 2015-16 season is an exciting ride, opening October 8th with Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy, then in November on to Alabama’s favorite holiday tradition, Dicken’s

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The Dekalb Symphony Orchestra Announces a Stellar 2015-2016 Season!

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By Ann Alperin

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aving launched the celebration of a half century anniversary last season, the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra (DSO) approaches the upcoming 2015-16 Season with a varied and exciting program that promises amazing artistic quality and major, acclaimed soloists. Music Director and Conductor, Fyodor Cherniavsky, has announced these classical centerpieces for the year: Opening the season in September, accomplished ASO players, Christopher Pulgram and Yang-Yoon Kim, will join the orchestra in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola. In November, Elizabeth Pridgen, described as a “big piano presence,” performs Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2; and the concert includes the world premiere commissioned by Georgia Perimeter College Foundation commemorating the joint anniversary of DSO and college — Laurence Sherr’s Doina & Dances Overture. The March concert features William Ransom, about whom a reviewer said, “He made the piano sing,” whose selections will be Bach’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Winds.

April’s concert is an All Orchestral Concert highlighting Borodin’s Symphony No. 2, nicknamed “Heroic Symphony.” In May, cellist Charae

Krueger will present Bloch’s Schelomo in which the cello represents the voice of King Solomon.

In addition to this core of programming, June brings DSO’s free, community concert in downtown Decatur introducing Cuban-born classical guitarist, Rene Izquierdo, playing Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. While the summer Pops Concert soloist is still a surprise, that event is always a delightful opportunity for DSO to demonstrate what a swinging group they can be. Indeed, ask any kid who has attended DSO’s annual Children’s Concert held in January, and they can attest to how much fun the DSO is. This year is no exception as WSB’s Jovita Moore resumes her role as narrator when DSO invites children of all ages to travel musically “Around the World in 60 Minutes.”

The DSO intentionally presents wonderful music that is accessible and affordable in a welcoming atmosphere.

Most concerts are held at Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston Campus, where DSO is in residence. A full year subscription is only $110; individual tickets are also available. Additional information and purchasing are available online at DeKalbSymphony.org or by calling 678-891-3565.

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Daring Season Ahead for Actor’s Express

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ctor’s Express will present a daring and highly theatrical 2015-2016 season that includes six stunning plays, three of which are world premieres. The season opens September 12 with Aaron Posner’s hilarious “sort-of-adaptation” of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, Stupid F*cking Bird. Directed by Freddie Ashley, this play has been a hit all over the country, and we expect no less in Atlanta. In October and November, Actor’s Express will produce two world premiere plays by Steve Yockey in repertory. Yockey penned previous AE hits Wolves and Pluto. The Thrush and the Woodpecker is a white-knuckled thriller full of the power and theatricality audiences have come to expect of Yockey, while Blackberry Winter, a National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premiere and Co-Production with Out of Hand Theater starring Carolyn Cook, is a poignant story of a woman caring for her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother. An electrifying production of the Sondheim masterpiece Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street starring Kevin Harry kicks off 2016 for a six-week run. Winner of eight Tony Awards, this production will explode off the stage with raw power and some of the best singing you’ll hear in Atlanta all year. In April Actor’s Express will stage its third world premiere of the season, Serial Black Face by Janine Nabers, an emotionally powerful piece about a mother coping with the disappearance of her young son set against the backdrop of the

Atlanta Child Murders. This piece is especially exciting given its connection to our city’s history. The season will close in May with Significant Other, a gay romantic comedy by Joshua Harmon, the writer of last season’s smash hit Bad Jews. Significant Other recently opened in New York City to rave reviews.

In addition to its mainstage season, Actor’s Express will introduce Threshold, a new play reading festival scheduled for December 5-6. This season’s offerings are Obsession by Lee Nowell, I Love My Brother by Johnny Drago and Trick Church by S.M. Shepard-Massat. Libby Whittemore will return to Actor’s Express for three engagements throughout the season, continuing her cabaret series Libby’s at the Express.

Season subscriptions to the 2015-2016 season at Actor’s Express start as low as $132.

Both subscriptions and single tickets can be purchased at actors-express.com or by calling 404-607-7469.

Kevin Harry Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus.

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Atlanta’s Must-See Cultural Experience

By Meyer Horne

Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection,provides a rare view of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s personal papers and items. A highlight of The Center; the collection offers a unique look into the life of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. King.

Over 50,000 students visited The Center in its first year. School programs, self guides, supplemental activities and teacher resources, available on our website www. civilandhumanrights.org, are designed to engage and empower students and teachers, grades 3–12.

Conveniently located next to the World of Coca-Cola at Pemberton Place, The Center is a must-visit destination in Atlanta for all generations.

The Center for Civil and Human Rights is also one of five downtown attractions on the 2015 CityPASS, ticket booklet that provides savings of 43 percent on admission, alongside the Georgia Aquarium, World of Coca-Cola, Inside CNN Studio Tour, and College Football Hall of Fame, plus Zoo Atlanta, and Fernbank.

Purchase CityPASS at http://citypass.com/ atlanta?mv_source=civilrights&campaign.

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he Center for Civil and Human Rights is Atlanta’s must-see, cultural attraction.

Bold, immersive, and interactive; The Center empowers visitors to create a personal connection with civil and human rights. The Center promotes its mission of shaping the next generation of human rights leaders by encouraging visitors to reflect and be inspired to make a difference in our world.

The Center features three primary exhibitions. In “Rolls Down Like Water,” The American Civil Rights Movement, exhibits like the interactive surround-sound lunch counter simulate the historic Greensboro, North Carolina sit-ins offering the chance to experience the bravery of individuals who combated intolerance during segregation. Individuals, young and old will find opportunities for encouragement and motivation.

In “Spark of Conviction,” The Global Human Rights Movement,” students and teachers are pushed to consider the link between the choices of individuals and the shared responsibility we all have to human rights. Responsive touch-screen mirrors place visitors face-toface with someone from another part of the world offering the opportunity to step into another person’s shoes.

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Alliance Theatre Will Deliver an American Classic, a World Premiere, and More this Fall

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his September the Alliance Theatre will present the powerful American drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey that inspired the Oscar Award-winning film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest explores the beauty and danger of being a free spirit in a closed system. Ward patient Randle McMurphy uses his charisma

contemporary crime drama by writer and producer Keith Huff (Mad Men, American Crime).

A Steady Rain received its world premiere in Chicago where it was awarded the Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best New Work and Best Production in 2008. A Steady Rain follows two Chicago policemen who push their moral boundaries to the breaking point in this Photos by Greg Mooney

to lead the other patients into open rebellion.

But McMurphy’s revolution against Nurse Ratched and everything she stands for quickly turns from sport to fierce power struggle with shattering results.

The Alliance’s production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest will feature an all-star Atlanta cast including Thomas Neal Antwon Ghant (A Christmas Carol, Blues for an Alabama Sky) as Randle McMurphy and Tess Malis Kincaid (Broke, August: Osage County) as Nurse Ratched.

This play will be directed by Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director of the Alliance Theatre, and runs on the Alliance Stage from Sept. 2- 20.

The Alliance’s Hertz Stage season opens on Sept. 18 with A Steady Rain, a

scorching, edge-of-your-seat drama. The Alliance production will be directed by Jeff Perry, well-known for his role as Cyrus Beene on the hit TV series Scandal.

In October, the Alliance will present the world premiere of Tiger Style!, the hilarious new play by past Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition winner Mike Lew. Traveling from California to China, Tiger Style! embraces the inner slacker and tiger parent in all of us. This production will be directed by Tony Award nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God) and runs on the Alliance Stage from Sept. 30 – Oct. 18.

For tickets and information, visit www. alliancetheatre.org/season or call the box office at 404.733.5000.

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Fun for Fall!

Find Creative Fare, Artistic Flair All Around Decatur

Evening Concerts at the Gazebo

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pend some time in the wonderfully Concerts walkable City of Decatur — your trendy “indie” hub six miles from downtown Atlanta on the Eastside. The city’s four square miles are jam-packed with 200+ locally owned shops, galleries, cafés, and destination dining spots.

This fall, you’ll find art popping up all over Decatur. Sidewalk Saturdays starting in September bring music, dance, and performance to the streetscape. Our Community Bandstand is hopping with jazz, rock, bluegrass, and Top-40s hits. Add live music to your lunch hour with Blue Sky Concerts on Wednesdays in September. Pack a picnic for free Saturday night Concerts on the Square.

Look high and low for art in Decatur.

New this year — tour The Decatur Artway!

This open-air art gallery features public art installed around town. Walk or roll to each of the five sculptures placed throughout the city. This is the first installment of a dynamic rotating collection of public art in Decatur, so keep your eye out for more. While you’re looking you may find one of the 32 miniature art installations around town. Secret Doors Decatur adds whimsy and delight

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to unexpected corners of our street scene with local artist-created doorways installed throughout the city. Follow along on your own scavenger hunt at secretdoorsdecatur.com The critically acclaimed Book As Art exhibit returns. This juried show of artist books reimagines an ancient form with fresh, creative works. On view through Sept. 18 at The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur Gallery, it is the visual component to the AJC Decatur Book Festival held Labor Day weekend.

In the mood to shop? Come out and support young artists by purchasing their creative wares during the YEA! Event on Saturday, Sept. 26, noon to 4 p.m. Young Emerging Artists fill our downtown plaza with paintings, drawings, jewelry, crafts, and more.

They also rock the bandstand with live music all afternoon!

There’s plenty to see, do, sip, taste, and explore in Decatur while you’re here getting your art on — and you can ride MARTA to all of it! Find out more at the Decatur Visitors Center, 113 Clairemont Ave., or online at visitdecaturga.com

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The AtlantaSymphony Orchestra 2015/16 Season…

An Inside Look

By Andrew Alexander

Photo by Jeff Roffman

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onumental classics, world premieres, distinguished visitors and spectacular choral masterworks mark a year of celebration as the 2015-16 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra season honors the 100th birthday of the legendary Robert Shaw.

The season includes many of the works most strongly associated with Shaw, pieces he conducted countless times. The season opens September 17, with Mahler’s Second Symphony conducted by Robert Spano. Mr. Spano will also conduct Verdi’s Requiem November 12-14, and the Brahms Requiem April 14-16. ASO Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles conducts Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, a challenging work Shaw championed all his life, January 21-23.

ASO Director of Choruses Norman Mackenzie will conduct a program of “A Shaw Choral Celebration,” March 10-12, including such works as Mozart’s Mass in C and Verdi’s Stabat Mater.

The ASO’s banner 71st season also offers no shortage of distinguished guests, both returning visitors and some new faces.

Itzhak Perlman performs in Symphony Hall in a special recital with piano on October 18, and André Watts performs on an all-Brahms program under Robert Spano June 9-12.

Early in the season, a performance of Avner Dorman’s unusual Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! September 24-26, will feature two ASO percussionists: Principal Thomas Sherwood and Charles Settle. From February 4-6, Concertmaster David Coucheron performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto on a Spano-conducted program that will also feature a newly commissioned work from ASO bassist and composer Michael Kurth. ASO Principal Flute Christina Smith and Principal Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson perform Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp October 8-11, and Principal Cellist Christopher Rex performs Korngold’s Cello Concerto January 7-9.

The season also features ten weekends of POPS! concerts, the beloved ASO holiday concerts and a special tribute to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., taking place this year on his birthday, January 15. Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Music Director and ASO Assistant Conductor Joseph Young will make his subscription debut later in the season conducting the twin pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton in Mozart’s Concerto No. 10 for two pianos May 19-21.

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HEALING THROUGH THE SOUND OF MUSIC

“We Bring Broadway to You”

Introducing Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye to Atlanta Black Theatre Festival: Cincinnati, OH artist commemorative performance of Civil Rights icon in The Fannie Lou Hamer Story “I knew this great woman and I spoke at her funeral.

Mzuri’s metamorphic transformation was transfixing and took me back in time.”

— The Honorable Andrew Young, U.S. Ambassador Emeritus

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ealing Through the Sound of Music invites the public to celebrate our 50th commemorative celebration of the passage of the Voter’s Rights Act of 1965 with a special presentation of The Fannie Lou Hamer Story: “I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired”, the Mother of Voter Registration featuring the 2002 “Black Tony” Audelco Viv Award“Excellence in Black Theatre” winner — awarding winning playwright, songstress and actress Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye.

Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye which means “beautiful heart who sings” is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso actress, singer and performing artist with a wide range of performances in her repertoire. Mzuri said, “I always saw myself doing something extraordinary through singing.” Mzuri’s dramatic soprano voice took her from her Paterson, N.J. birthplace to nightclub gigs in Paris, France, and Rome Italy. She co-starred in the hit film “Sankofa”.

“When she dons her wig and anklelength dress…,” Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye

channels Fannie Lou Hamer and takes the audience on a 60-minute emotional roll-a-coaster ride of laughter and tears with riveting storytelling integrated with about eleven powerful emotionally stirring songs coupled with a graphic video montage culminating to raise awareness about Mrs. Hamer’s activism whose efforts became the catalyst to the passage of the Voter’s Rights Act of 1965.

Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye combines her talents in music and acting to present an entertaining educationally focused production that addresses the struggle for human dignity and freedom to provoke change in the nation.

For tickets contact Atlanta Black Theatre Festival http://www.atlantabtf.org/ticketinformation.html The performance will take place at Morehouse College Ray Charles Performance Arts Theatre, 830 Westview Dr SW, Atlanta, Friday October 9, 2015 @ 8pm – 9:30pm, One Night Only. www.thefannielouhamerstory.com

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From the National Museum of Dance The public is invited to view this collection which is on view at the studios of Gwinnett Ballet Theatre 1800 Macleod Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

From August 8, 2015 during studio hours: 3pm - 8m Monday through Friday 10 am – 4 pm Saturday Please call 770-237-0046 for more information Visit Richard Calmes site at www.richardcalmes.com

ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE SPOTLIGHTS Alabama Shakespeare Festival presents Atlanta-native Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy When Daisy Werthan causes a car wreck, her son hires hard-working chauffeur Hoke Colburn to look after her. What begins as a hostile clashing of wills between a stubborn Jewish matriarch and a proud black man evolves into a decades-long friendship as the two navigate Civil Rights-era Atlanta. With humor and heartfelt emotion, Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play poignantly explores the transformative power of true friendship.

Visit the charming and historic Montgomery, Alabama (Voted USAToday Best Historic City in the U.S.) and experience World-Class Theatre in the Heart of the South. www.asf.net

Director Robert Shaw. With guest artists including Itzhak Perlman and André Watts to the Orchestra’s own Concertmaster David Coucheron, this season is packed with amazing performances. This year — ten POPS! concerts featuring music from The Beatles to Broadway, and movie music from Danny Elfman and John Williams. The holiday season isn’t complete without a visit to Symphony Hall for A Very Merry Holiday POPS!, Cirque de la Symphonie, and Christmas with the ASO! Fall Season at Atlanta Symphony Hall The Atlanta Symphony Hall is ready to kick off the fall concert season with an assortment of world-class musical acts! In September, multi-talented Seth MacFarlane known for his comedy work (Family Guy, American Dad, and TED) takes the stage with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for a night of big band classics. On October 21st, American singer and songwriter Boz Scaggs, returns to the stage with his booming baritone voice.

On December 3rd, Michael Feinstein is set to perform alongside the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for a Frank Sinatra tribute. Tickets for these and many other great shows are on sale now at Ticketmaster. For more information and a listing of all ASO Presents events, please visit ASOPresents.org.

Alliance Theatre for the Very Young kicks off this fall with a world premiere – Play the Play with Cat the Cat Theatre for the Very Young is designed for audiences who are newborn through 5 years old.

Based on Mo Willems’s beloved CAT the CAT series, this theatrical experience invites our young audience to identify Cat the Cat’s animal friends, mimic their sounds, and learn a new language! When Cat the Cat meets a newcomer, the audience shares in the nerves and joy of the experience, and ultimately makes a room full of new friends.

For information, visit www.alliancetheatre. org/tvy or call the box office at 404.733.5000.

Callanwolde Celebrates Classic Rock This all-star celebrity Concert, taking place at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, features the best Georgia has to offer in classic rock celebrities! Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship, Starship, Elvin Bishop), Jeff Carlisi (38 Special), Jeff Adams (Survivor), Peter Stroud (Sheryl Crow and Don Henley), and Richard Smith (Earth, Wind and Fire, Kenny Loggins). For the VIP After Party in the Callanwolde Mansion, drinks and Sweets catered by Sean O’Keefe Events and Sawicki’s Meat, Seafood and More

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Tribute to Legendary Music Director Robert Shaw Don’t miss the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 71st season, featuring the worldclass Atlanta Symphony Orchestra chorus in a season-long tribute to legendary Music

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Arts@Tech: A New Name and New Season The Office of the Arts at Georgia Tech announces the 2015-16 Arts@Tech season, the first under the leadership of Madison Cario. The theme of the season is “Get Your Game On!” and reflects a new excitement and expanded mission for the arts at Georgia Tech.

The season includes 25 music, dance, theater, and spoken word performances ­­— many featuring engagement experiences and school-day matinees in addition to evening performances.

This season marks the 24th performing arts season at Georgia Tech. Previously titled Ferst Center Presents, shows are held at the Ferst Center for the Arts and in other locations on the midtown Atlanta campus.

Tickets are now on sale for several artists performing for the first time in Atlanta, including Huang Yi and KUKA, Streb, The Soul Rebels, Blaze, and Cyrille Aimee. See details at www.arts.gatech.edu.

(with an open wine and beer bar). Performing is Atlanta’s Michelle Malone (singer-songwriter who has appeared on Conan and has collaborated in the studio and on stage with such artists as Gregg Allman John Mayer, Sugarland members Jennifer Nettles, Kristen Hall, and Kristian Bush, Indigo Girls, Shawn Mullins, Kevn Kinney, Drivin’ N Cryin’, Little Feat, Ellen DeGeneres and more).

Hosted by Rick Baker and Presented by CO-OPPORTUNITIES, Inc., Reece Tent Rental and WABE 90.1 FM, will bring an all-star lineup of musicians to the beautiful and intimate 600 seat outdoor amphitheater on Friday, September 11th, 2015 at 6:00 PM. 25 % of proceeds will be allocated to Callanwolde programs and scholarships developed specifically for the U.S. Military Veterans (from the community, military bases and VA Hospitals.) Remaining funds will benefit Callanwolde’s art education program facilities such as the Rick Baker School of Music and Music Recording (3 time Grammy Winning mixing engineer Phil Tan is Callanwolde’s Director of Music Recording) and the School of Horticulture and Culinary Arts.

Some women will do anything for a great cause!

ALREADY EXTENDED! Grab your best friend, and experience what’s sure to be the talk of the theatre season. The fastest selling play in British history now comes to the Georgia Ensemble Theatre stage! Nine friends from a local women’s club find their bonds put to the test when their altruistic efforts for a local hospital are thrust into the international spotlight. After the death of the beloved husband of one of the friends, the ladies rally to create an “alternative” (but artistic and tasteful) calendar to raise money for the cancer wing.

This heartfelt comedy is perfect for the Steel Magnolias fan who feels that “laughter

Come to Decatur When the Curtain Falls After-party, anyone? Enjoy a cozy table for two at No. 246, a round of darts at Twain’s Brewpub and Billiards, or live music at the legendary Eddie’s Attic. Sip couture cocktails at The Pinewood. Make the scene at Kimball House. Find adventurous small plates at The Iberian Pig. With 80+ restaurants, pubs, and cafés within its city limits, Decatur has a well-earned reputation as a dining destination.

Check out mobile-friendly decaturrestauranttour.com for a series of tasty video tours of local restaurants favored by critics as well as Decatur residents. See a complete listing of Decatur’s eateries at visitdecaturga.com.

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE SPOTLIGHTS through tears is my favorite emotion!”

Some adult content and language. For more information visit us at www.get.org

to enhance your family’s visit. For more details, hours, and ticket information visit www.civilandhumanrights.org. Get social on Facebook and Twitter (@Ctr4CHR).

Georgia State University School of Music They enroll 450 students representing 6 countries and 21 states. Approximately 360 of the students are in bachelor’s degree programs, 70 in master’s degrees, and the remainder in other programs, including a Ph.D. program in music education. Forty full-time and 30 part-time faculty serve students in concentrations including performance, music education, music management, music recording and technology, composition and jazz studies.

Studying music in Atlanta gives you opportunities you can’t get anywhere else. You’ll learn from faculty who are members of the Atlanta Symphony, Opera and Ballet orchestras as well as Grammy award winners. You’ll have the chance to take master classes and learn from guest conductors, guest soloists and composers in residence. You will receive world-class musical training unparalleled in the Southeastern United States.

Have a Therapeutic Time at The Strand The international hit comedy My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy!

Starring Steve Solomon will be at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta, GA for a three week engagement starting September 30th! The hilarious one-man comedy is based on the author’s life growing up in a wacky family noted for its bi-ethnic diversity and aptitude for dysfunctional behavior. “Hysterically funny! Non-stop laughs all the way! I can’t recommend this show enough, it’s just great!”

– Regis Philbin Tickets start at $35 and are available online at www.earlsmithstrand.org or by calling (770) 293-0080.

Country and Mo-town Team Up At Roswell Cultural Arts Center Growing up in South Carolina, Nikki Lane loved her mom’s Motown records and her dad’s country cassettes, but she’d also sneak to see alt-rock and punk shows. All of those influences come through on her new album, All or Nothin’, which was produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. Paste Magazine reviews this album saying “Lane defies convention with a record that evokes Dusty Springfield, Loretta Lynn and Jackie DeShannon.” This October, Nikki Lane will bring her rambunctious and fun performance to the Roswell Cultural Arts Center.

Join us early for food and drinks sponsored by one of Roswell’s famed local restaurants.

For tickets and more information visit www. roswellcac.com or call 770-594-6232.

History Comes Alive The Center for Civil and Human Rights is an engaging cultural attraction in downtown Atlanta (adjacent to the World of Coca-Cola and Georgia Aquarium) that connects the American Civil Rights Movement to modern Global Human Rights Movements. The Center’s inclusive, immersive and interactive experiences allow visitors of all ages to engage with dynamic stories. Sit-in at the lunch counter and experience what heroic protestors braved or stand face-to-face with Human Rights champions. Our family guide includes information, puzzles and other activities

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE FALL KIDS SHOWS

THEATRE SHOWS

BIG TOP OUT THE BOX CIRCUS 9/3/15 – 9/6/15 Price: $21 to $32.50 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852 cobbenergycentre.com

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST 9/2/15 – 9/20/15 Price: $20 to $68 Alliance Theatre, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-4650 alliancetheatre.org

PETER PAN 9/22/15 – 10/25/15 Price: $20.50 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-3391 puppet.org CINDERELLA 10/3 – 4/15 Prices (range): $12-$20 Sensory Friendly performance 10/2 at 7:30 pm Gwinnett Performing Arts Center, Gwinnett Ballet Theatre, Gwinnett Performing Arts Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth Tickets: $8 and $6 for groups of 10+ TIX: 770-813-7600 www.gwinnettcenter.com

CALENDAR GIRLS 9/10/15 – 10/4/15 Price: $24 to $35 Georgia Ensemble Theatre, 950 Forrest St., Roswell TIX: 770-641-1260 get.org A+ 9/17/15 – 10/18/15 Price: $20 to $30 Horizon Theatre, 1083 Austin Ave. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-584-7450 horizontheatre.com A STEADY RAIN 9/18/15 – 10/11/15 Price: $20 to $39 Alliance Theatre, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-4650 alliancetheatre.org

HANSEL & GRETEL 10/17 – 18/15 Prices (range): $15.00-$22.00 Sugarloaf Ballet, Gwinnett Performing Arts Center 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth TIX: 770-813-7600 www.gwinnettcenter.com

JEANNE ROBERTSON 9/19/15 Price: $32 to $52 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com

PLAY THE PLAY WITH CAT THE CAT 10/21/15 – 11/15/15 Price: $5 to $10 Alliance Theatre, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-4650 alliancetheatre.org

MY MOTHER’S ITALIAN, MY FATHER’S JEWISH, AND I’M IN THERAPY 9/30/15 – 10/18/15 Price: $30 to $45 The Strand Theatre, 117 North Park Square, Marietta TIX: 770-293-0080 earlsmithstrand.org

HALLOWEEN HIJINKS! 10/31/15 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Woodruff Arts Center, Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-4900 atlantasymphonyorchestra.org STRANDEMONIUM JR. 10/31/15 Price: $10 The Strand Theatre, 117 North Park Square, Marietta TIX: 770-293-0080 earlsmithstrand.org

TIGER STYLE! 9/30/15 – 10/18/15 Price: $20 to $55 Alliance Theatre, 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-4650 alliancetheatre.org R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER: THE HISTORY (AND MYSTERY) OF THE UNIVERSE 10/1/15 – 10/25/15 Price: $20 to $50 Theatrical Outfit 84 Luckie St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 678-528-1500 theatricaloutfit.org

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE FALL DRIVING MISS DAISY 10/8/15 – 11/1/15 Prices (range): $30-60 Alabama Shakespeare Festival One Festival Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117 TIX: 334.271.5353 / 800.841.4273 www.asf.net

JERSEY BOYS 10/6/15 – 10/11/15 Broadway in Atlanta, The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 1-855-285-8499 foxtheatre.org

ARTHUR MILLER’S THE CRUCIBLE 10/10/15 – 11/1/15 Price: $15 to $39 Atlanta Shakespeare Company 499 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-874-5299 shakespearetavern.com

CONCERTS SALUTE TO AMERICA AND THE ARTS 9/11/15 Price: $25 to $100 Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Rd. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-872-5338 callanwolde.org

THE GHASTLY DREADFULS: RAISING SPIRITS 10/14/15 – 10/31/15 Price: $25 Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-873-3391 puppet.org

JOSH GROBAN 9/12/15 Price: $76.50 to $146.50 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852 cobbenergycentre.com

FETCH CLAY, MAKE MAN 10/27/15 – 11/22/15 Price: $20 to $50 True Colors Theatre Company, Southwest Arts Center 915 New Hope Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-532-1901 truecolorstheatre.org

KRISTIN CHENOWETH 9/18/15 Price: $45 to $125 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852 cobbenergycentre.com

MUSICAL THEATRE MEMPHIS 9/10/15 – 9/20/15 Price: $20 to $50 Theatrical Outfit at Rialto Center for the Arts 80 Forsyth St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-413-9849 rialto.gsu.edu

SETH MACFARLANE WITH THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 9/18/15 Price: $29.50 to $99.50 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org

HOME BY DARK SONGWRITER’S SHOWCASE 9/12/15 Prices (range): $20.00-$50.00 Home By Dark, Gwinnett Performing Arts Center 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth TIX: 770-813-7600 www.gwinnettcenter.com

CHARLIE WILSON 9/19/15 Price: $39.50 to $75.50 Chastain Park Amphitheater, 4469 Stella Dr., Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5012 classicchastain.com

LA BOHEME 10/3/15 – 10/11/15 Price: $34 to $141 The Atlanta Opera at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 404-881-8885 atlantaopera.org

A SALUTE TO AMERICAN CLASSICS 9/27/15 Price: $39 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org

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TITO PUENTE JR. ORCHESTRA 9/25/15 Price: $26 to $51 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr., Atlanta TIX: 404-894-2787 ferstcenter.gatech.edu CHICK COREA & BÉLA FLECK 10/3/15 Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 N Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-727-5050 arts.emory.edu PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR DONALD RUNNICLES LEADS BEETHOVEN 8; ASO’S OWN PLAY MOZART 10/8/15 – 10/11/15 Price: $20 to $79 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org

AMAZING GRACE 10/18/15 Price: $12 to $22 The Michael O’Neal Singers at Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Blvd., Roswell TIX: 770-594-7974 mosingers.com VICTOR MANUELLE 10/18/15 Price: $58 to $128 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852 cobbenergycentre.com BOZ SCAGGS 10/21/15 Price: $39.50 to $75.750 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org

COME, STAY, GO! 10/10/15 Atlanta Master Chorale, Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-727-5050 atlantamasterchorale.org AARON NEVILLE 10/15/15 Price: $26 to $76 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy., Atlanta TIX: 770-916-2852 cobbenergycentre.com CONRAD TAO 10/16/15 Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 N Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-727-5050 arts.emory.edu

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FESTIVAL OF PRAISE TOUR WITH FRED HAMMOND & DONNIE MCCLURKIN 10/17/15 Price: $35 to $80 The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 1-855-285-8499 foxtheatre.org

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SOUNDS OF DESTINY 10/17/15 8pm Prices (range): Adults $20-$30, Students $10 Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Marietta Performing Arts Center, 1171 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta 30064 TIX: 770-429-2390 GeorgiaSymphony.org

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ATLANTA PERFORMANCE GUIDE FALL OLLI MUSTONEN CONDUCTS PROKOFIEV, PLAYS BEETHOVEN 10/22/15 – 10/24/15 Price: $20 to $79 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org LIVE IN ROSWELL: NIKKI LANE 10/23/15 Price: $30 to $35 Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forest St., Roswell TIX: 770-594-6232 roswellgov.com DANNY ELFMAN’S MUSIC FROM THE FILMS OF TIM BURTON 10/30/15 – 10/31/15 Price: $20 to $79 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta TIX: 404-733-5000 atlantasymphony.org CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE & EDGAR MEYER 10/30/15 Emory’s Schwartz Center for Performing Arts 1700 N Decatur Rd., Atlanta TIX: 404-727-5050 arts.emory.edu

DANCE LUNCHTIME IN THE STUDIO, MEET CORE PERFORMANCE 9/10/15 Free, and the first 40 attendees also receive a free lunch CORE Performance Company, CORE Dance Studio, 139 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA (On the Square) TIX: (404) 373-4154 www.coredance.org MALPASO DANCE COMPANY 9/19/15 Price: $22.50 to $47.50 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr., Atlanta TIX: 404-894-2787 ferstcenter.gatech.edu HUANG YI & KUKA 10/1/15 – 10/2/15 Price: $22 to $36 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr., Atlanta TIX: 404-894-2787 ferstcenter.gatech.edu

STREB: FORCES 10/8/15 Price: $22 to $46 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr., Atlanta TIX: 404-894-2787 ferstcenter.gatech.edu MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP & MUSIC ENSEMBLE 10/17/15 Rialto Center for the Arts, 80 Forsyth St. NW, Atlanta TIX: 404-413-9849 rialto.gsu.edu RONALD K. BROWN/EVIDENCE 11/13/15 Price: $22.50 to $47.50 Ferst Center for the Arts, 349 Ferst Dr., Atlanta TIX: 404-894-2787 ferstcenter.gatech.edu

MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, ART CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS Prices (range): $15 The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Inc., Center for Civil and Human Rights, 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. Atlanta TIX: 678-999-8990 www.civilandhumanrights.org NBAF PRESENTS GALLERY HOP II: “INTERSECTING DISCIPLINES: VISUAL/ART/DANCE” 9/18/15 Prices (range): $30 National Black Arts Festival multiple (tour) TIX: 404-730-7315 www.nbaf.org NBAF FILM SCREENING & CONVERSATION: REPRESENTING US: BLACK DANCE IN FILM, SCREENING OF DAVID LACHAPELLE’S “RIZE” (2005) 9/10 Prices (range): free, RSVP required National Black Arts Festival, Bank of America Auditorium, Shirley Massey Leadership Building, Morehouse College, 830 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta TIX: 404-730-7315 www.nbaf.org ARTS ABOUND IN DECATUR Look for Sidewalk Saturdays, Blue Sky Concerts, Concerts on the Square, The Book as Art, YEA!, The Decatur Artway, Secret Doors, and More!

For more information: City of Decatur Visitors Center, 113 Clairemont Ave., Decatur, Ga 678-615-0915 VisitDecaturGeorgia.com

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ATLANTA SHOWGUIDE VENUES & MORE The Fox Theatre Cobb Energy Centre Actor’s Express 7Stages Woodruff Arts Center Symphony Hall Robert Ferst Center Rialto Theater Theatrical Outfit Alliance Theater Center for Puppetry Arts

Horizon Theatre Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern Roswell Cultural Arts Center Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Emory University Serenbe Playhouse Decatur Visitors Center Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau

Tula Gallery Whole World Theater High Museum of Art Judy Jacobs Gallery Gwinnett Performing Arts Center Porter Sanford Performing Arts Center Southwest Arts Center Explore Gwinnett/ GCVB Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

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