Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies many of the emotionally charged questions and answers that advice columnist “Dear Sugar” published online from 2010 through 2012. When the struggling writer was asked to take over the unpaid, anonymous columnist position, Strayed used empathy and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for obstacles both large and small.

Tiny Beautiful Things is a play about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions that have no answers. 

Tiny Beautiful Things at Authenticity Theater is directed by Kelley Jordan. The cast features Catherine Erhardt as Sugar, the author whose life is changed by her interactions with so many strangers. The assortment of letter writers is portrayed by Maurice Winsell, Sasha Keefer, Elizabeth Coats, Lamont Roux, Neuma Joy, and John Buisman. who weave in and out of the story and Sugar's home as they share their stories.  Running time appx. 1 hour, 20 minutes.  Seating is modified "in the round" for an immersive experience with the characters and story.

Content Warning: This play contains adult language and subject matter intended for mature audiences, including discussions of sexual assault, child abuse, and death/suicide. Viewer discretion is advised.

“Catharsis, that ancient communal ritual of purging and healing…a show that aims to open our eyes to the tiny moments when the world surprises us with care.” – New York Magazine

Artemisia Gentileschi was the most celebrated female painter of the 17th century, yet her name was all but lost for centuries. Attacked at just seventeen, publicly shamed and tortured to prove her truth, Gentileschi nevertheless fought for her art and the freedom to make it on her own terms. Always contending with her father, consumed with passion for her lover, and ferociously devoted to her children, Artemisia is a modern woman before her time. Artemisia is a work of humor and warmth that celebrates the courage, artistry, and humanity of a woman who attacked the glass ceiling with every brush stroke. (www.laurengunderson.com)

In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35mm film projectors in the state. A hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world. Don’t miss this popular, meaningful, and very honest production at 7 Stages Backstage Theatre in Atlanta’s Little 5 Points.

The objective of this course is to acquaint the student(s) with the art and practice of public speaking and presenting.  This is accomplished through an in-depth analysis of the planning, research, outlining, communication skills, rehearsal, improv, and presentation processes.  The student(s) will apply knowledge from readings, lectures, discussions, and exercises to hypothetical, “real-world” examples of public speaking challenges in a controlled classroom environment.

The objective of this course is to acquaint the student(s) with the performative art and practice of acting for the stage.  This is accomplished through an in-depth study of exercises and activities that prepare you to read scripts as an actor, audition for plays, and develop a character when you are cast in a production of a play. The course is active, experiential, and physical. It is designed challenge students intellectually and physically, since the “tools” we work with as actors are our bodies, our voices, our imaginations, and our emotions. The student(s) will apply knowledge from readings, lectures, discussions, and exercises to hypothetical, “real-world” examples of acting in a controlled classroom environment.

Authenticity Theater presents the Tennessee Williams classic THE GLASS MENAGERIE

June 13th – 22nd at 7 Stages Backstage Theatre in Atlanta’s Little 5 Points.

Set in St Louis during the depression era of the 1930s, THE GLASS MENAGERIE s the poignant drama of a family’s gradual disintegration, under pressure both from outside and within. A frustrated mother persuades her rebellious son to provide a ‘gentleman caller’ for her shy, crippled daughter, but her romantic dreams are shattered by the intervention of harsh reality.

Authenticity Theater presents our annual AUTHENTIC 10 SHOWCASE

May 16th-18th at The Warehouse (Frat Pack Productions) in Scottdale, GA

From a nationwide search, we’ve selected ten new original 10-minute plays for our showcase. These moving stories are brough to life by a talented troupe of actors and directors in an intimate black-box setting. This year’s lineup of shows includes:

CAN I GO NOW by Louise Schwartz

CHRISTMAS TODAY by Rhea MacCallum

DETAIL ORIENTED by Erin Osgood

DIVORCE DURING PANDEMIC by James Carey

INTRODUCING IAN by James C. Ferguson

MOLTING by Michael Towers

OUT AND ABOUT by Ed Friedman

OUT FROM UNDER WITH MARY by Chris Shaw Swanson

SOMETHING IN COMMON by Robin Pond

SUGAR by Jennifer O’Grady

“Million Bazillion: the Musical” is a one-hour show for young audiences that teaches kids about money and the economy. It's adapted from the podcast “Million Bazillion,” hosted by Minnesota Public Radio.

Free for ASC students, faculty, staff & kids 12 and under! $8 for 13 and up

Winter Theatre, Dana Fine Arts Building, Agnes Scott College

Thursday, 2/22 @ 11AM

Friday, 2/23 @7PM

Saturday, 2/24 @ 10AM & 1PM

Sunday, 2/25 @ 2PM

Funny, touching, and written with rare grace and sensitivity, this play is a moving examination of the progress of a generation, from the socially and politically activist sixties to the success-oriented eighties—a time during which the status of American women underwent profound, and sometimes unsettling, change. The play follows Heidi Holland from the ages of 16 to 40 as she explores her desires for her own life, inspired by the liberation of feminism, but tempered by gendered expectations in a patriarchal society.

*The opening on Friday night will include a brief discussion with women's studies scholars after the show.

This event is free to ASC Campus Community members. Other guests are encouraged to purchase tickets online here: https://tinyurl.com/5n92w7c5

This course’s objective is to acquaint the student with the art and practice of public speaking and presenting.  This is accomplished through an in-depth analysis of the planning, research, outlining, communication skills, rehearsal, improv, and performance processes.  Students will apply knowledge from readings, lectures, discussions, and exercises to hypothetical “real-world” examples of public speaking challenges in a controlled classroom environment.

Presented by Pinch ‘N’ Ouch Theatre

Brimming with intrigue, sophisticated humor and surprising twists, Agatha Christie's iconic murder mystery is the world's longest-running play. After a woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate. This murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from Dame Agatha Christie.

Sumter Theatre Workshop proudly presents "Always... Patsy Cine".

Hailed as a “song-filled valentine,” this show is more than just a tribute to a beloved country/pop superstar. It also tells the true story of Patsy Cline’s friendship with a fan from Houston named Louis Seger, who befriended Patsy at a honky-tonk in 1961and became her pen pal until a tragic plane crash took her life at age 30. The show’s title was inspired by Cline’s letters to Seger, which were consistently signed “Love ALWAYS…Patsy Cline.”

Curtain Time will be 7:00 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Monday, June 3rd, 4th and 6th. There will also be a Sunday matinee at 2:00 pm on June 5th.

Tickets will be available at the UWA Theatre Box Office (Livingston, AL) prior to each performance and the “house” will open a half hour before curtain time. Seats are not reserved for this show, so patrons will select their own seats on a first-come-first-served basis.

Sumter Theatre Workshop, in collaboration with UWA Theater, present an Intro to Stage Management workshop, presented by professional director and stage manager Kelley Jordan. Monday through Friday at UWA Theater (formerly Bibb Graves Auditorium) from 10:30am - 1:30pm.

Friday, December 4, 1926, famous crime novelist Agatha Christie goes missing. Avid mystery novel fan, and aspiring journalist at lady’s magazine Gentlewomen’s Gazette, Helen Casewell, feels pigeonholed, carrying cups of tea and writing housekeeping articles. Helen dreams of covering criminal investigations and other grittier topics.  She sets out to uncover the truth behind Agatha Christie’s disappearance, in the hopes of forging a career as a reporter. 

The Arsonists is a lyrical Southern Gothic tale inspired by Electra about a father-daughter arson team who escapes to the Florida Everglades. It’s a provocative journey from grief to redemption that delves into the primal bond between parent and child, and explores if that bond can ever be truly broken.

December, 1802. Aspiring novelist, Jane Austen, is no longer of marriageable age, at the ripe old age of twenty-six. Yet, she still dreams of romance, as she edits her parody of Gothic Romance novels, Northanger Abbey . Her and her beloved older sister Cassandra, also in her late twenties, arrive at Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, to spend Christmas with her brother James and his family. While there, the sisters’ accept an invitation to visit Manydown Park, the wealthy estate of their longtime family friends, Alethea and Catherine Biggs. During their visit, Jane is thrown together with the acerbic and dry Harris Biggs-Withers, recently graduated from Worcester College, Oxford. Despite their vast differences, Harris and Jane are drawn together. Jane then finds herself presented with a choice, a singular opportunity, one that could change the course of her and her family's life.

One of the great successes of this distinguished writer. A serious and adult play about two women who run a school for girls. After a malicious youngster starts a rumor about the two women, the rumor soon turns to scandal. As the young girls comes to understand the power she wields, she sticks by her story, which precipitates tragedy for the women. It is later discovered that the gossip was pure invention, but it is too late. Irreparable damage has been done.            

The objective of this course is to acquaint the student with the art and practice of stage management.  This is accomplished through an in-depth analysis of the planning, scheduling, communication, rehearsal, and production processes.  Students will apply knowledge from class lectures, discussions, and exercises to hypothetical “real-world” examples of stage management challenges in a controlled classroom environment.

Set in 1904, August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean” takes place in the home of Aunt Ester, who is a 285-year-old spiritual healer. When Citizen Barlow comes to her Pittsburgh’s Hill District home seeking asylum, she sends him a spiritual journey to find a city in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. “Gem of the Ocean” is the ninth work in Wilson’s ten-play cycle that has recorded the American Black experience and helped to define generations. It carries the audience through the continuing story and struggle through the abolition, civil rights and now the Black Lives Matter movements.