Programs

  • The Actor's Express Productions

    The Actor's Express produces a season of theatrical productions, most of which are world and/or regional premieres. These productions run on the Actor's Express mainstage for five to ten weeks each. The performances are often accompanied by corollary programming which provides a forum for dialogue about issues raised in the productions. Over the past several seasons, this programming has included film screenings, talk-back sessions, readings and panel discussions. In addition to our mainstage theatrical productions, we further promote the art of theater by holding classes taught by local theatre artists. The classes include topics such as voice technique, physical comedy and dramaturgy. Classes are open to the public. The Actor's Express operates a professional development program to train professional actors. Each year, six to ten professional interns receive on stage performance opportunities and training in all aspects of theatre production through one on one assignments with staff members. Interns serve as the understudy company for each mainstage show and are guaranteed at least one public performance in each production. At the end of the season, the interns perform in a showcase for the theatre community. The showcase script is commissioned from a playwright and each role is specifically crafted for each intern. Given that only one graduate program in theatre exists within a 150-mile radius of Atlanta, this program offers some of the most rigorous post-undergraduate training in the state. The program also offers professional opportunities to graduate theatrical design students, giving them valuable work experience and bringing new theatre talent to Atlanta. The students serve as fully functioning members of The Actor's Express creative team. Actor's Express also has a new play development program. This workshop and reading series offers developmental opportunities to emerging playwrights. In addition, The Actor's Express offers the use of its theatre space to small nonprofit organizations and emerging artists during times when it is not in use by The Actor's Express. In appropriate circumstances, we will make our space available for little or no charge.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
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    $424.6K

  • Program 1 [2024]

    Actors Express produced 5 mainstage productions centering on modern american playwrights and employing and contracting local artistic talent for each production. AE productions were seen by more than 13,000 audinces members.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024
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    $974K

  • Program 2 [2024]

    AE apprentice company serves as a job training program for emerging arts and entertainment professionals preparing young artists to tranistion from school to professional arts practice. Each year the theatre trains approximatly 20 emering artits.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024
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    990
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    $45K