Celebrate Season 33 at Actor's Express!

Proclaimed one of Atlanta’s gutsiest theatre, Actor’s Express has recently announced its 33rd Season of gripping, entertaining work. Six productions that challenge and reflects the contemporary human experience. The upcoming lineup includes two Atlanta Premieres and one World Premiere. According to Artistic Director Freddie Ashley, “At a time in which we need shared catharsis more than ever, Season 33 offers a panoply of experiences that engage the imagination and stir the heart. We can’t wait to offer audiences the opportunity to laugh, cry, jump in their seats and lean into the experience of being alive in the world today – and to be able to do that together.”

Libby Whittemore

Photo BreeAnne Clowdus

The season opens Summer 2020 with the rock musical Lizzie, which explores the murderous legend of Lizzie Borden. In the Fall, Actor’s Express will present The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath (The Christians and A Doll’s House, Part 2), a haunting drama about the desire to connect with those who have passed on. Next, in time for the holidays, Hedwig and the Angry Inch triumphantly returns to the Actor’s Express stage in an all-new production. In January 2021, Freddie Ashley kicks off the new year by directing a full production of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, building on the success of AE’s sold-out concert presentation from 2018. With spring comes the outrageous comedy Bootycandy by Robert O’Hara, directed by Martin Damien Wilkins. And finally, the season closes in late spring 2021 with the World Premiere of Oh, to Be Pure Again by Kira Rockwell, a moving coming-of-age drama set in a Texas fundamentalist church camp.

The Crucible

Photo by Casey Gardner Photography

Due to ongoing scenario planning during our temporary suspension of operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the exact dates for each production are pending. These dates will be finalized when we have a clearer sense of when we can reactivate and return to our full production calendar.

More show information is available at actors-express.com. Season subscription packages are now on sale online and Single tickets will go on sale at a later date.