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U.S. KOLTES PROJECT
09/05/2006 - 12/05/2010:
Bernard-Marie Koltes
Director: Various Artists
THE U.S. KOLTES PROJECT is a ten-year project established in order to translate and produce six of Koltès’ plays: In the Solitude of Cottonfields (Dans la Solitude des Champs de Coton), The Day of Murders in the History of Hamlet (Le Jour des Meurtres dans l’histoire d’Hamlet), Sallinger, The Night Just Before the Forests (La Nuit juste avant les Forêts), Tabataba and Quay West (Quai Ouest). These plays were chosen for their ability to address the human condition as well as the predicament we face as citizens of the United States and the world. Each play involves themes such as intense isolation, deal-making, senseless war, and misplaced national loyalty. Born in 1948 to a middle-class family, Bernard-Marie Koltès emerged as one of the most distinctive and important dramatic voices of the 1980s. His work, based in real-life problems, expresses the tragedy of being alone and of death. His writing style accents the dramatic tension and the lyricism of his plays. Beginning with the recent 2008 production of In the Solitude of Cottonfields, 7 Stages will present a world premier translation of each work every other year through 2016 filling each off year with residencies at national and international universities.
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7 Stages Theatre presents:
Youth Creates Benefit Concert 2009
06/11/2009:
Director: Heidi Howard
An Evening of Local Talent
FEATURING:
* band and cast from HAIR
* Talent from former YC members & artists
* Spoken Word, Scenes and Songs
We need your support!
Youth Creates is a 5 week intensive theater training program for young adults. Your tax deductible
donation provides students with an opportunity to learn and grow through the atlanta art community
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Full Radius Dance presents:
The Full Radius Dance Holiday Spectacular
12/04/2009 - 12/05/2009:
You’ve never seen dance like this! Full Radius Dance returns to 7 Stages for The Holiday Spectacular. Included on the program will be new work by Full Radius Dance Company members Jojo Butler, Sarah Kelly Kerr and Onur Topal-Sümer as well as the premiere of artistic director Douglas Scott’s “Blue Christmas”. And The Von Krapp Family Singers are back, and are Krappier than ever!
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7 Stages presents:
Conversations with ICE
01/07/2010 - 01/10/2010:
Sahr Ngaujah
This under ground hip hop dance party turned play is cutting edge and stands in the shadow of tragedies surrounding the diamond trade in Sierra Leone. It challenges directly, through its multimedia performance, our culture’s obsession with “bling”, extortion, and economic battles. Sahr Ngaujah, a successful Youth Ensemble of Atlanta alumni recently featured in the New York Times and currently acting on Broadway, brings his hit show to 7 Stages and features DJs from Amsterdam performing in the show as well as at post-show "Afterparties".
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7 Stages presents:
Mr. Universe POSTPONED!
06/05/2010 - 06/27/2010:
Jim Grimsley
Director: Del Hamilton
WATCH FOR MR. UNIVERSE IN OUR 2010/2011 SEASON.
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Imagine finding the most beautiful man in the world…
7 Stages’ revival of Jim Grimsley’s Mr. Universe tells the story of a hooker and two drag queens that find the perfect man (muscular, boyish, innocent and unable to speak) bleeding on a street corner in the French Quarter of New Orleans and decide to take him home. A dark comedy with sharp dialogue, Mr. Universe is a haunting, laugh riot with violent twists that will never disappoint.
First done at 7 Stages in 1987, Mr. Universe drew significant critical acclaim with Southline Theatre Magazine sighting it as “a unique fusion of the realistic and the symbolic”, Guide Magazine stating “No stage in Atlanta has guts like that!” and Creative Loafing touting it as “ a powerful evening of theater”.
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Wish You Were Here
06/25/2010 - 06/26/2010:
Theresa Davis and Jon Goode
Wish You Were Here, the spoken word performance show featuring Theresa Davis and Jon Goode returns to 7 Stages June 25th and 26th! The 25th will be an encore performance of the original show and the 26th will be the staging of a new performance. Special guests include Slam Poet April AP Smith, Slam Poet Gus Wood, Slam Poet Darnell Fine, BET Lyric Cafe's Cola Rum, BET Lyric Cafe's Spinnxx and HBO Def Poetry/BET Lyric Cafe's Malik Salaam to name a few. It promises to be two incredible nights of art and artistry. Come see what the fuss is all about.
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7 Stages Calendar
07/01/2010 - 12/31/2010:
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Moving in the Spirit and The Youth Creates Tech Ensemble presents:
Tour EXPLOSION
07/01/2010:
Moving in the Spirit, a nationally acclaimed youth arts organization, uses the art of dance to transform the lives of Atlanta’s youth and create compassionate leaders. This summer, 7 Stages’ Youth Creates program is partnering with Moving in the Spirit to provide a series of youth-driven performances. The collaboration kicks-off with Tour EXPLOSION! from Moving in the Spirit’s teen touring company, The Apprentice Corporation. Marking the beginning of their summer tour, this inspired performance celebrates diversity and inspires audiences to make a difference in the world. Tour EXPLOSION! features exciting, innovative modern dance , as well as lighting and production designed by the 7 Stages Youth Creates team.
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Youth Creates is 7 Stages' training program for teenagers that focuses on experiential learning and the arts. Through playwriting, design, and performance, students collaborate to create an original work of theatre.
Youth Creates participants will present their collaboration to audiences on July 30th and 31st @ 8pm. Please check back for more info.
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7 Stages presents:
A Piece of Ground
(currently playing)
07/30/2010 - 07/31/2010:
Youth Creates Players
Director: Heidi Howard
CLICK HERE FOR 2010 YOUTH CREATES INFORMATION AND TICKETS!
Over the course of five weeks, over twenty students from all walks of life come together to try to answer these ponderous questions as well as learn the art of making theatre, from playwrighting to stage design to performance. At the end of the five weeks, collectively our youth create an evening of theatre that is the fruit of that journey. Join us for a celebration of the talent of the next generation of Atlanta theatre makers in a new play created by the ensemble including original music, compelling movement, African dance, and more!
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Art Spot presents:
Go Ye Therefore… A Theatrical Baptism
10/14/2010 - 10/17/2010:
Lisa Shattuck (script architct)
Director: Ashley Sparks
Art Spot (New Orleans) in residence, presents “Go Ye Therefore… A Theatrical Baptism,” part theatre, part revival, part pilgrimage, is a story about two first-generation women, one white American, one black African, both daughters of preachers. Takes place away from 7 Stages, reservations required.
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Dah Teatar presents:
"The Story of Tea" and "Crossing the Line"
11/04/2010 - 11/08/2010:
Director: Dijana Milosevic
Dah Teatar, (Belgrade) 7 Stages’ Serbian partner presents two performances, “The Story of Tea” (based on Chekhov’s Three Sisters) and “Crossing the Line,” created from interviews with women who have survived war. Limited number of performances.
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7 Stages presents:
A Krampus Christmas
12/14/2010 - 12/24/2010:
A Krampus Christmas,” (Bavaria) loosely derived from the infamous German character, this holiday extravaganza features wild new stories, jokes and music. A delightful alternative to shopping. Premiere.
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Haverty Marionettes presents:
The Colour of Her Dreams
04/21/2011 - 05/08/2011:
Michael Haverty
Director: Michael Haverty
Haverty Marionettes, in a co-production with 7 Stages, presents The Colour of Her Dreams, a new puppet play for grown-ups, based on original paintings of local outsider of Ketura Curbow and her obsessive illustration of Alice in Wonderland.
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7 Stages presents:
Mr. Universe
05/19/2011 - 06/12/2011:
Jim Grimsley
Director: Del Hamilton
Mr. Universe by Jim Grimsley, (On the Bayou) by 7 Stages’ long-time playwright in residence, is an award-winning play about drag queens and underworld types in New Orleans, who discover a near-naked man on the street and take him home to help him re-cover himself. Del Hamilton, director. Faye Allen, set design. Jessica Coale, lighting design.
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