Out of Hand Theater
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Federal cuts force Out of Hand Theater to halt vaccine outreach, affecting overall operations
On April 3, Atlanta’s Out of Hand Theater announced the immediate suspension of its innovative Equitable Vaccines (EqVax) program following a decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to rescind previously allocated public health funding. The sudden funding cut is a major blow to the theater company, which says the grant was…
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What to see, do and hear: “Shirley Chisholm,” “Lear,” “Das Rheingold” and more
MUSIC The Atlanta Opera takes on perhaps the most ambitious production in its history with the first part of Wagner’s masterwork “Ring” cycle, Das Rheingold. The show opens Saturday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, and there are four performances through May 7. The May 5 show will be live-streamed free. ArtsATL writer Mark…
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Writer-performer Ingrid Griffith brings political legend Shirley Chisholm home
With its latest Shows in Homes production of Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed and Unbowed, Out of Hand Theater lets writer-performer Ingrid Griffith bring the story of the American political legend into Atlanta area living rooms. Portraying about 15 different characters, Griffith’s one-woman, hour-long show — performed through April 30 at local homes and churches with a…
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Everyday Heroes: Out of Hand’s Ariel Fristoe uses theater for social change
(Editor’s Note: The “Everyday Heroes” series is a collaboration between The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and its journalistic partners, including ArtsATL.) When Ariel Fristoe and her family moved into the King Historic District in downtown Atlanta, she had no idea how segregated her world was. The agnostic child of theater parents, she grew up around people from different…
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Out of Hand’s Equitable Dinners are back to start the conversation about race
Out of Hand Theater and its community partners will relaunch in-person Equitable Dinners on September 18, hoping to engage 5,000 people at 500 tables across Atlanta in moderated, mind-changing conversations about racism by beginning the meal with a short play. Dinners and performances will continue to be held throughout October, organizers said. On September 18,…
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Theater Notes: Out of Hand’s film; free Alliance shows; Stuart Culpepper tributes
Members of the Comfort family in a new narrative film created by Atlanta’s Out of Hand Theater are on edge as surviving relatives gather for a reunion that also serves as a memorial to loved ones lost to the early part of the Covid-19 pandemic. In Comfort, a half-hour film now available for free viewing…
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Review: Staged in homes, Out of Hand’s “CALF” doesn’t fully hit home
When we first meet Eli “The Bull” Willis, the central figure in Out of Hand Theater’s world premiere production of CALF, one of the most startling images is the chains around the young man’s hands. Those chains eventually come off — at least physically — but tight restraints seem destined to forever restrict him from moving forward. Part…
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Did you hear the one about Dad’s Garage winning a Governor’s Award for the Arts?
Atlanta’s class clowns just became valedictorians. Dad’s Garage has received a prestigious Georgia Governor’s Award for Arts and Humanities, a sure sign of maturity for the irreverent troupe, but do not expect the mischief to stop. “I think it recognizes something very vital to the arts community that we’ve dedicated ourselves to since our founding,”…
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Seven Atlanta arts groups awarded American Rescue Plan grants by NEA
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded American Rescue Plan grants to nine Georgia arts organizations, including seven in metro Atlanta, to aid with their Covid-related recovery and reopening. Full Radius Dance, which brings together disabled and nondisabled dancers through performance, education and advocacy, is receiving $50,000 to support a new part-time Community Engagement…
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