Renita James News

Handpicked from an impressive group of candidates, Ms. King will oversee all aspects of Aurora Theatre’s robust education program including curriculum development, production talkback coordination, supervising and teaching the Apprentice Company.

The Weird Sisters Theatre Project has selected a brand-new team of female artists to continue producing theatre in Atlanta by women, for everyone. In the vein of the company's mission to foster and cultivate opportunities for women in the arts with a commitment to producing works by women for everyone, they are excited to bequeath their power and responsibilities to the next outstanding producing team. Applications were shared in late summer 2019 with the Atlanta arts community and two rounds of interviews were conducted this fall by a conglomerate of founding members and producers from the outgoing team.

Theatergoers are invited to kick off the holiday season with festive cheer during Aurora Theatre's annual comedy hit The 12 Dates of Christmas, November 25-December 23!

Synchronicity Theatre and Gateway Performance Productions bring a local legend to life with The One and Only Ivan, an adaptation with movement and puppetry of Katherine Applegate's Newbery Award-winning novel based on the true story of Ivan the Gorilla, who found a home at Zoo Atlanta from 1994 to 2012.

Synchronicity Theatre and Gateway Performance Productions bring a local legend to life with The One and Only Ivan, an adaptation with movement and puppetry of Katherine Applegate's Newbery Award-winning novel based on the true story of Ivan the Gorilla, who found a home at Zoo Atlanta from 1994 to 2012.

While watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Mary sees her fiance kiss another woman on national TV! Over the next year, Mary is set up, hooked up, strung up, and fed up as she stumbles back into the dating scene. Renita James stars in this delicious one-woman show - get a first look at her onstage below!

Fun fall programming heads to the Aurora Theatre stage this September, with concerts, comedies and classes in store for metro-Atlanta audiences.

Fun fall programming heads to the Aurora Theatre stage this September, with concerts, comedies and classes in store for metro-Atlanta audiences.

In preparation for an ambitious 2016-17 Season, Aurora Theatre proudly announces the addition of two new members, Renita James and Lauren Robinson, to its full-time staff. With this addition, Aurora Theatre now boasts a staff of 16 employees and more than 300 part-time and contract workers.

Anyone familiar with the Atlanta theatre scene knows that there is as much talent here as in nearly anywhere else in the country, and this summer, Atlanta's 30+ professional theatre companies are putting that talent to use. While there are countless other great productions going on around the city this summer, BWW Atlanta has narrowed it down to six that will surely leave Hotlanta talking well into the winter months.

With an exceptionally talented cast and sharp direction and choreography by Justin Anderson and Lori Werner respectively, 'Petite Rouge' is an appealing way for a family with young children to spend an afternoon or evening (To read the Broadway World Atlanta feature with the 'Petite Rouge' director and members of the cast discussing the show, click here).

Synchronicity Theatre rounds out their 15th Anniversary Season with a revival of last year's critically-acclaimed, 'Petite Rouge'. Featuring members of the original cast and directed by Justin Anderson, 'Petite Rouge' is part fairy tale, part adventure and all fun for all audiences. Based on the book of the same name written by Mike Artell and illustrated by Jim Harris, this musical adaptation is brought to life by playwright and composer Joan Cushing. Synchronicity's co-production with Aurora Theatre, where the show performed for school audiences earlier this spring, opens March 29th and performs through April 21st. For this run, the show moves to a new venue, this time playing the Horizon Theatre.

Alexander Sage Oyen is a new musical theatre composer/lyricist and performer. After selling out the Duplex in New York City, he's bringing his songs to Atlanta in a free concert at the Serenbe Playhouse on Friday July 8 at 8:30pm. You're invited to stop by to hear performances by Patrick Donohue, Laura Lee Gill, Renita James, Michael Kutner, Kyle Lacy and Christen Orr.