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In April 2006, with deep regret and infinite gratitude for the many people who helped us over our five-year history, Theatre OUTlanta made the difficult decision to disband. |
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join theatreLGBTQatlanta and find out about upcoming lgbtq arts events Although Theatre OUTlanta has closed, our email address is still active and we still work to keep these links up-to-date. If any links are "broken," please let us know! Theatre OUTlanta created theatre from the perspectives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer people, theatre that worked to reflect the many different experiences of lgbtq people and to buld bridges within both the lgbtq community and the wider community. ©2006 by Theatre OUTlanta
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About
Theatre OUTlanta Theatre OUTlanta began as a group of theatre people who wanted to see our lives on stage and wanted to make it possible for everyone in the lgbt community(ies) to be able to see their lives on stage. We realized no one else was going to do that for us, so we decided to do it ourselves. In 2001, we formed the LGBT Theatre Project and produced Diverse Lives, readings of four short plays, at Atlanta Pride. That fall, we became Theatre OUTlanta. Our goal was to create theatre from the perspectives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer people and to build bridges within both the lgbtq community and the wider community. We wanted more lgbtq theatre in Atlanta and lgbtq theatre that was more diverse. We wanted everyone in the lgbtq community to be able to see their lives reflected on stage, and so we looked for and produced about gay men and lesbians, about transgendered men and women, about older lesbians and gay men, about lesbians and gay men of color. In 2004, we were proud to be able to present three evenings of play readings celebrating lgbtq marriage and family, as a reminder of why we in the lgbtq community were fighting to prevent the passage of a amendment to the Georgia constitution defining marriage as only between one man and one woman. Act OUT, our fundraiser in 2004 and 2005, gave us a chance to highlight queer performers of all kinds--musicians, spoken word artists, performance poets, drag kings, drag queens, burlesque artists, other theatre companies presenting lgbtq plays. Productions and projects in our five-year history include:
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