Theatrical Outfit is a professional theater at 84 Luckie St NW in downtown Atlanta. It puts on five plays and a new work festival each season, with a focus on Atlanta artists. It also hosts guest events, runs an apprentice program for recent college graduates, and offers a youth spoken-word and playwriting bootcamp.
Atlanta Ballet is a professional ballet company and the official State Ballet of Georgia. Its Centre for Dance Education teaches dance to children and adults. You can also buy tickets to its shows, rent its studios, or join its supporter groups.
The Alliance Theatre is a professional theater at the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown Atlanta. It puts on plays and musicals, including shows for families and for babies and toddlers. It also runs classes, teen programs, and programs for schools and teachers.
The Fox Theatre is a historic theatre in Midtown Atlanta. It hosts Broadway shows, concerts, comedy, dance, film nights and guided tours. Through Fox Gives it also runs free school programs, a high school arts careers program, scholarships and grants for historic theatres.
The Woodruff Arts Center is a campus in Midtown Atlanta that is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the High Museum of Art. It offers plays, concerts, and art exhibits. It also runs arts classes, camps, school programs, and a free play space for children from birth to age five.
Moving in the Spirit is a youth arts group in Atlanta that uses dance to help kids and teens grow. It has dance classes for ages 3 to 18, from beginners to advanced dancers, plus a teen theater tech program. Families who need help with cost can ask for sliding-scale tuition.
Ballethnic is a dance company in East Point. It mixes ballet with African dance ideas. It runs the Ballethnic Academy of Dance for students and puts on shows like Urban Nutcracker.
Giwayen Mata is an all-women dance, drum, and singing group in Atlanta. It honors the music and dance of the African Diaspora. It teaches a West African dance class every other Sunday and can be booked for school visits, kids' classes, and performances.
Out of Hand Theater is an Atlanta nonprofit that uses short plays, information and group talk to work on social issues. It brings plays to homes and community spaces, runs free dinners with a play and a guided talk, and gives free theater classes in Atlanta-area schools.
KidKong Association is a nonprofit that runs after-school programs for kids and teens.D. Sims Recreation Center in the Old Fourth Ward. Students can get homework help, play sports, make art, try science and video projects, and eat a snack and dinner.
Academy Theatre in Hapeville is the longest running professional theatre in Georgia. It puts on plays, a Sunday variety series, film events and special events. It also runs workshops where groups such as seniors and people without homes make their own plays, and it offers programs for teachers and schools.
Providence Missionary Baptist Church is a church in southwest Atlanta. It holds Sunday worship and Sunday school, Bible study on Wednesdays, and ministries for children and youth. Visitors are welcome, and the church office can answer questions.
True Colors is an Atlanta theatre company that celebrates Black storytelling and supports Black artists. It puts on plays, helps new plays get written, and runs a monologue contest that gives high school students training and mentoring. You can call the box office by phone on weekday afternoons.
Evolution Arts Inc is an Atlanta-area group that teaches technology, money skills and the arts to underserved communities. It runs coding, dance and fitness, and career programs, plus a paid summer tech apprenticeship for Fulton County youth ages 16 to 24. It also holds community events such as dance nights, wellness sessions and a roller skating night.
Equitable Dinners, also called Out of Hand Dinners, brings neighbors and strangers together for a meal and a short play. After the play, small groups talk about community issues with a trained facilitator. The series is free.
Callanwolde is a nonprofit arts center on a historic 12-acre estate in Atlanta. It offers art, dance, writing, pottery and wellness classes, summer camps, concerts and shows. It also runs free arts programs for Title I and Title III students, veterans and people with disabilities, and has financial aid for classes.
The Clarkston Community Center is a nonprofit gathering place that opened in 1994. It offers free English classes, computer classes, youth after-school and summer programs, a morning program for older refugees, and arts and wellness classes. It also gives out emergency food and rents event space.
The Salvation Army Kroc Center is a big community center in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta. It has after-school programs, sports, arts, a fitness center with a walking track, classes, and Sunday worship. People can join as members, take classes open to everyone, rent rooms, or volunteer.
Root Local is an Atlanta group that helps people take part in caring for the environment. It runs EMMA, a free online map of businesses and groups that have been reviewed for green practices. It also holds community events and brings neighbors and partner groups together for volunteer work.
The Center for Ethics is part of Emory University in Atlanta. It holds talks, film nights, exhibits, workshops and research seminars about right and wrong in health, the arts, character and leadership. It also teaches Emory students and advises other organizations on ethics.
