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The Hobbit (by Greg Banks)
The Hobbit (by Greg Banks)
Jun 6 – Jun 28, 2026

Our unlikely hero, Bilbo Baggins, would much rather be sitting in his cozy Hobbit Hole with a cup of tea and a plate of bacon...


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REVIEW: Aurora Theatre’s IN THE HEIGHTS Soars


by Amanda Theriot-Greenwell - June 12, 2026

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical In the Heights takes standard Broadway fare and moves it slightly more uptown - to 183rd Street, to be specific.  Lawrenceville's Aurora Theatre has its patrons do the same, moving a little further north outside the Perimeter to see their own new production of t...

REVIEW: Radical Royals Dazzle in SIX at the Fabulous Fox Theatre


by Amanda Theriot-Greenwell - May 03, 2026

Take six insanely talented songstresses, a four-piece all-female band, an intricate LED-based set piece, some glow-in-the-dark glasses and studded platform boots, and what have you got? Surely not a historical recreation of the tale of Henry VIII and his six infamous wives. Yet that is exactly what ...

Review: MEAN GIRLS is “Blowing Up” at City Springs Theatre Company


by Caroline Powell - May 03, 2026

What did our critic think of MEAN GIRLS at City Springs Theatre Company?...

Review: CHICKEN AND BISCUITS at Springer Opera House


by Russell Warne - April 23, 2026

'Family is a loaded word.' This line from Douglas Lyons's script for Chicken & Biscuits epitomizes the play. At the funeral for the patriarch of the Jenkins clan, the question of 'family' loads every scene with meaning and humor. At the Springer Opera House, Chicken & Biscuits is a comedy about fa...

Review: VENUS at Actor's Express


by Joseph Harrison - April 21, 2026

There is something truly special about a play’s world premiere. Being some of the first audiences to experience a story brings with it a sense of excitement and uncertainty and is a real thrill. That is especially true when a play finds ways to surprise you the way Steve Yockey’s VENUS does. Thi...

Review: THE PRICE at Theatrical Outfit


by Jennifer Skura Boutell - April 20, 2026

On stage at Theatrical Outfit until May 3rd, Arthur Miller's THE PRICE showcases the same team who made a previous Atlanta favorite, THE LEHMAN TRILOGY with director Matt Torney. This late-career Miller treasure takes place in a New York brownstone attic where two estranged brothers reunite after th...

REVIEW: Laughing Through Tears At Stage Door Theatre’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS


by Amanda Theriot-Greenwell - April 13, 2026

Any Southern woman worth her salt can drop at least one quote from the classic play-cum-film Steel Magnolias, and now Atlantans of any gender have the chance to catch an excellent production of Robert Harling’s award-winning play right here at Stage Door Theatre in Dunwoody, now through April 19....

Review: HAIRSPRAY at Springer Opera House


by Russell Warne - March 21, 2026

Everyone's favorite plus-sized civil rights crusader is on stage again in Columbus....

Review: COME FROM AWAY Lands Perfectly at City Springs Theatre Company


by Caroline Powell - March 15, 2026

City Springs Theatre Company continues its 8th season with a regional premiere of COME FROM AWAY. This is a must-see/don't-miss production....

Review: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: GREATEST HITS at Georgia Ensemble Theatre


by Joseph Harrison - March 15, 2026

For more than forty years, Gerard Alessandrini’s FORBIDDEN BROADWAY has gleefully taken the Great White Way to task, lovingly skewering its biggest hits, brightest stars, and most self-serious habits through razor-sharp lyrical parodies and a cabaret-style format built for quick-change virtuosity....

Past Shows

Emma
Emma
May 2 – May 31, 2026

Join us for a unique reimagining of Jane Austen's beloved novel, produced by the ASC in collaboration with Belle Esprit.Emma Woodhouse has it all: beauty,...

The Woman You Want To Be
The Woman You Want To Be
May 10 – May 11, 2026

A 1938 book promised women the perfect life if they followed its rules. A writer read it and laughed so hard she almost fell out...

Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens
Apr 9 – Apr 26, 2026

Timon, a wealthy Athenian noble, responds to flattery by hosting banquets, giving gifts and bailing out his suitors. When his fortune runs out and his...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Mar 5 – Apr 5, 2026

The OG Rom-Com!Will Benedick, the ever-confirmed bachelor, admit his love for the equally witty and equally independent Beatrice? Will the young lovers Claudio and Hero...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Feb 6 – Mar 1, 2026

In a violent and broken community, can love still exist, thrive and survive? We invite you to join us for our 23rd anniversary production of...

The African Company Presents Richard III
The African Company Presents Richard III
Jan 29 – Feb 1, 2026

One week only return engagement.Based on a true story.Forty years before the abolition of slavery, William Henry Brown, a free Black American, organizes a production...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
Jan 8 – Jan 25, 2026

A shipwreck, separated identical twins, mistaken identities, romance, revenge and one pair of yellow stockings…welcome to Orsino’s court and the zany world of Illyria.Food and...

Shakespeare Out of a Hat Weekend
Shakespeare Out of a Hat Weekend
Jan 2 – Jan 4, 2026

We are shaking things up in the new year!We're pulling the play AND the partsout of a hat just before we start!Roles pulled two minutes...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Dec 6 – Dec 23, 2025

A Holiday Tradition at The Shakespeare Tavern for over 20 years, ASC is proud to continue with J. Tony Brown’s original adaptation of a timeless...

Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Nov 8 – Nov 30, 2025

The secret midnight utterings of a Kingly ghost set events in motion that seal the tragic fate of Denmark’s royal family. In the midst of...

Macbeth
Macbeth
Oct 4 – Nov 2, 2025

One fateful evening, three weird sisters greet Macbeth and Banquo with visions of what could be. Is it the witches and their magical prophecies or...

The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
Sep 11 – Sep 28, 2025

The wild and unwed Katherine is thrown together with the boisterous and charismatic bachelor Petruchio and thus begins Shakespeare’s fiercest and most controversial battle of...

The Venetians by Matt Barbot
The Venetians by Matt Barbot
Aug 21 – Sep 7, 2025

Othello, the Moorish general, wants to give his beloved Desdemona the beautiful secret wedding she deserves... but that means borrowing ducats. Unfortunately for him, the...

Muse of Fire Playwriting Contest
Muse of Fire Playwriting Contest
Aug 29 – Aug 30, 2025

Join us for  a two-day festival celebrating the winners of our second Muse of Fire Playwriting contest!Playwrights of the global majority from all around the...

William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)
William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)
Aug 2 – Aug 17, 2025

From (some of) the people who brought you the The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)…William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (abridged)By Reed Martin and Austin...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jul 5 – Jul 27, 2025

A fairy King and Queen come across four runaway lovers and a gaggle of amateur actors trying to rehearse a play in the forest. The...

The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors
Jun 7 – Jun 29, 2025

Two sets of twins, one case of mistaken identity, and a nun walk onto the stage. No, it’s not the start of a joke, but...

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
May 3 – Jun 1, 2025

Join us for a unique reimagining of Jane Austen's beloved novel, produced by the ASC in collaboration with Belle Esprit.21-year-old Elizabeth Bennet enjoys being the...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
Apr 5 – Apr 27, 2025

A shipwreck, separated identical twins, mistaken identities, romance, revenge and one pair of yellow stockings…welcome to Orsino’s court and the zany world of Illyria. Food...

The African Company Presents Richard III
The African Company Presents Richard III
Mar 8 – Mar 30, 2025

Forty years before the abolition of slavery, William Henry Brown, a free Black American, organized a production of Shakespeare’s Richard III under his company, African...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Feb 1 – Mar 2, 2025

In a violent and broken community, can love still exist, thrive and survive? We invite you to join us for our 22nd anniversary production of...

Love's Labour's Lost (A Shakespeare Comedy)
Love's Labour's Lost (A Shakespeare Comedy)
Jan 9 – Jan 26, 2025

Can four young men attempt to honor their pledge to avoid love, food, drink and sleep, for the sake of becoming more intellectual and contemplative?...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Dec 5 – Dec 23, 2024

A Holiday Tradition at The Shakespeare Tavern for over 20 years, ASC is proud to continue with J. Tony Brown’s original adaptation of a timeless...

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Nov 7 – Dec 1, 2024

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company presents Hamlet, Prince of Denmark at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, directed by Andrew Houchins. This classic tragedy unfolds as Hamlet confronts...

Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Nov 9 – Dec 1, 2024

The secret midnight utterings of a Kingly ghost  set events in motion that seal the tragic fate of Denmark’s royal family. In the midst of...

Dracula: The Failings of Men
Dracula: The Failings of Men
Oct 3 – Nov 3, 2024

Prepare yourselves for this incredibly unique action-horror reimagining of Bram Stoker’s work produced by ASC in collaboration with Havoc Movement. Dracula: The Failings of Men will...

Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Sep 5 – Sep 29, 2024

Join us for a medieval romp through boisterous and bawdy olde England. Drawing on the Celtic British influences of Geoffrey Chaucer's writing, this hilarious adaptation...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Aug 15 – Aug 31, 2024

A fairy King and Queen come across four runaway lovers and a gaggle of amateur actors trying to rehearse a play in the forest. The...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Aug 1 – Aug 11, 2024

An irreverent, hilarious, high-speed romp through all 37 of the Bard's plays (and 154 sonnets) in two hours! Titus Andronicus becomes a cooking show, all...

As You Like It
As You Like It
Jul 6 – Jul 27, 2024

“All the world’s a stage . . .”  We invite you to join us on a trip into Shakespeare's enchanted woods. . . where Rosalind...

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
Jun 1 – Jun 30, 2024

Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' witty and action packed swashbuckling  novel tells the story of a brother and sister, d’Artagnan and Sabine, who set...

Love's Labour's Lost (A Shakespeare Comedy)
Love's Labour's Lost (A Shakespeare Comedy)
May 2 – May 26, 2024

Can four young men attempt to honor their pledge to avoid love, food, drink and sleep, for the sake of becoming more intellectual and contemplative? ...

Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
Apr 4 – Apr 28, 2024

Join us for a unique reimagining of Jane Austen's beloved novel, produced by the ASC in collaboration with Belle Esprit.When the wealthy Mr. Dashwood dies,...

The Merchant of Venice (A LadyShakes Production)
The Merchant of Venice (A LadyShakes Production)
Mar 7 – Mar 30, 2024

Hatred, vengeance and fear of the unknown "other."Shylock, the Jewish moneylender and one of Shakespeare’s most controversial characters of all time, Antonio and Portia face...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Feb 1 – Mar 3, 2024

In a violent and broken community, can love still exist, thrive and survive? We invite you to join us for our 21st anniversary production of...

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Jan 4 – Jan 27, 2024

A Shakespearean Soap Opera! 70 Characters Played by 12 Actors!A dark and troubling riddle starts the heroic adventure of one man’s lifetime, a story of...

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Nov 30 – Dec 23, 2023

A Holiday Tradition at The Shakespeare Tavern for over 20 years, ASC is proud to continue with J. Tony Brown’s original adaptation of a timeless...

The Tempest
The Tempest
Nov 4 – Nov 26, 2023

Shipwrecked after a violent storm, little do the survivors know that they have landed on an enchanted isle controlled by Prospero the magician, and is...

Dracula: The Failings of Men
Dracula: The Failings of Men
Oct 7 – Oct 31, 2023

Atlanta Shakespeare Company PresentsHavoc Movement’s Dracula the Failings of Men Adapted by Benedetto Robinson Directed by Jake Guinn Prepare yourselves for this incredibly unique action-horror reimagining of Bram Stoker’s...

Douglas Post's By My Will
Douglas Post's By My Will
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2023

For hundreds of years, literary scholars and historians have debated the true authorship of Shakespeare’s plays.  In this new Comedy, commissioned by ASC’s Artistic Director...

Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida
Sep 7 – Sep 24, 2023

In Troilus and Cressida  Shakespeare puts his own wickedly ironic spin on the classic tale of Helen of Troy and the "epic" battles fought over...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Aug 3 – Sep 3, 2023

An irreverent, hilarious, high-speed romp through all 37 of the Bard's plays (and 154 sonnets) in two hours! Titus Andronicus becomes a cooking show, all the Histories...

Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Jun 1 – Jul 2, 2023

Come along for a rip-roaring romp through Sherwood Forest with all the thrills, laughter and romance you could ever ask for! Sherwood: The Adventures of...

As You Like It
As You Like It
May 4 – May 28, 2023

“All the world’s a stage . . .”  We invite you to join us on a trip into Shakespeare's enchanted woods. . . where Rosalind...

Douglas Post's By My Will
Douglas Post's By My Will
Apr 8 – Apr 30, 2023

For hundreds of years, literary scholars and historians have debated the true authorship of Shakspere's plays. In this new Comedy, commissioned by ASC’s Artistic Director...

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Mar 9 – Apr 1, 2023

A Shakespearean Soap Opera! 70 Characters Played by 12 Actors!A dark and troubling riddle starts the heroic adventure of one man’s lifetime, a story of...

The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Jan 5 – Jan 29, 2023

The lecherous Sir John Falstaff sets his sights on the wives of Windsor, leading to a side splitting evening filled with mischief, schemes, a buck...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Sep 8 – Oct 2, 2022

Will Benedick, the ever-confirmed bachelor, admit his love for the equally witty and equally independent Beatrice? Will the young lovers Claudio and Hero survive the...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
Aug 18 – Sep 4, 2022

An irreverent, hilarious, high-speed romp through all 37 of the Bard's plays (and 154 sonnets) in two hours! Titus Andronicus becomes a cooking show, all...

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
Jul 28 – Aug 14, 2022

An all-female cast! Hatred, vengeance and fear of the unknown "other."Shylock, the Jewish moneylender and one of Shakespeares most controversial characters of all time, Antonio...

The Country Wife
The Country Wife
Apr 14 – May 1, 2022

A satirical and bawdy comedy focused on the vices and hypocrisies of Restoration London, The Country Wife has been admired as a farce, condemned as...

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Mar 10 – Apr 3, 2022

Shakespeares second-famous battle of the sexes play. Will Benedick, the ever-confirmed bachelor, admit his love for the equally witty and equally independent Beatrice? Will the...

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Feb 10 – Mar 6, 2022

In a violent and broken community, can love still exist, thrive and survive? We invite you to join us for our 20th anniversary production of...

Othello
Othello
Feb 4 – Feb 28, 2021

A general, his wife, and his ensign walk into a room...only one survives! Find out who in Shakespeares tale of race, romance, reputation, and revenge....

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