For FY 2019, the U.S. Defense Department requested $9.39 billion to fund more than 3,400 new drones. George Brant’s Grounded, staged by Atlanta Theatre Club (at 7 Stages through August 17), addresses the psychological impact that drone warfare can have on its pilots. The drama’s sole character is The Pilot (Courtney Moors), a strong woman…
History repeats itself in Emily McClain’s Slaying Holofernes when two heroines, despite living 400 years apart, experience the same misogyny from male colleagues. The world premiere drama (through August 24) opens Essential Theatre’s 21st annual summer festival. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656), a real-life Italian baroque painter, received unprecedented recognition for her work and became the first woman accepted…
In the drama Blackbird, the character Una confronts her former lover 15 years after the end of their relationship. She was 12 when she became involved with Ray, who was 40. David Harrower’s 2005 script, staged earlier this month by the new production company Leading Ladies, includes sexual abuse and moments of intimacy. How does…
Horizon Theatre’s Sweet Water Taste begins in rural North Carolina during Obama’s presidency. Elijah Beckford (LaParee Young), a black Southern funeral director, is having a heart attack. After paramedics return him from the light, Elijah becomes obsessed with his final burial in the Beckford family cemetery. Only problem: The cemetery has been whites-only for generations,…
Children of Eden, a lesser-known musical by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) and John Caird, revisits the Book of Genesis from the fall of Adam and Eve to the Great Flood and Noah’s Ark. It looks at family and love and the relationship between parents and children. Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville opens its 2019–20 season with the…
Head Over Heels, opening July 17 at Actor’s Express, continues an occasional ARTS ATL series that looks at technical aspects of notable upcoming openings. Today we meet costume designer April Andrew. The musical comedy tells the story of the kingdom of Arcadia through the songs of the all-female 1980s band The Go-Go’s. The celebration of love follows…
East Texas Hot Links, opening July 16 at Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company, begins the first in an occasional ARTS ATL series that looks at technical aspects of notable upcoming openings. East Texas takes place in and around Charlessetta’s Top O’ the Hill Cafe in 1955, one of the only places black locals can…
Arís Theatre’s The Friel Deal describes two vastly different romances in the late 1800s. The plays, written by Irish playwright Brian Friel in the early 2000s, are adapted from short stories by master dramatist Anton Chekhov (1860–1904). These Russian tales are performed with Irish accents in two one-act plays at 7 Stages’ BackStage space through…
Inspired by Studs Terkel’s 1974 book of interviews with American laborers, the musical Working alternates between monologues and songs to create a picture of the working class. The Out of Box production, which runs until June 22, showcases the lives and hardships of 26 different people as they work to make a living. Despite its…
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