"Above the
Fold" and "Don't Look at the Fat
Lady."
8 p.m. May 10. Two comic
plays by Topher Payne: people on the edges
of news events that once captured the
nation's attention; and a woman whose weight
balloons to 600 pounds after a freak
accident confines her to a couch explains
her life. Directed by DeWayne Morgan for
Process Theatre Company. Tickets $15-$20;
$12-$17 for ages 60 and older and students.
While World Theatre, 1216 Spring Street,
N.W., Atlanta. For more information, please
call 404-245-4205 or visit
www.theprocesstheatre.org
.
"Art." Through
May 10. 8 p.m. Thursdays - Saturday; 3
p.m. Sunday. Comedy raises questions about
art and friendship. When somebody pays a
fortune for a plain white canvas, is it
because they understand the intrinsic value
of art...or are they just plain gullible?
Written by Yasmina Reza, directed by David
Klein. Adult language and may not be
appropriate for ages 16 and younger. Tickets
$20; $17 students and senior citizens.
OnStage Atlanta, 2597 N. Decatur Road,
Decatur. For more information, please call
404-897-1802 or visit
www.onstageatlanta.com
"Blood Type:
Ragu." Through May 11. 9 p.m. Fridays -
Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. In his one-man
show fresh from a New York run,
actor-playwright Frank Ingrasciotta brings
more than 20 characters to life to recount
his experiences growing up as the son of
Sicilian immigrants. Appropriate for
preteens and older. Presented by Metropolis
Port theater Company. Tickets $22.50; $15
senior citizens, students and military. 14th
Street Playhouse, 173 14th Street, N.E.,
Atlanta. For more information, please call
404-733-4750 or visit
www.14thstplayhouse.org.
"Cinderella Della
Circus."
10 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays - Fridays; 11
a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturdays; 1 and 3 p.m.
Sundays. Through May 25. 10 a.m. and noon
Tuesdays - Fridays; 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.
Saturdays; 1 and 3 p.m. Sundays, May 27
through June 22. In a big-top version of the
fairy tale, Cinderella is an aerialist
denied the chance to display her talents.
Tickets $16, includes museum admission and
workshop. Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404
Spring Street, N.W., Atlanta. For more
information, please call 404-873-3089 or
visit
www.puppet.org
.
"Dearly
Departed."
Through May 24. 8 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Presented by
Rosewater Theatre Company. Tickets $16-$18.
Cumming Playhouse, 101 School Street,
Cumming. For more information, please call
770-781-9178 or visit
www.playhousecumming.com
"The Denied
Mother."
7 p.m. May 9; 2:30 and 7 p.m. May 10; and 4
p.m. May 11. A satirical look at what
transpires when a woman from storm damaged
New Orleans is forced to stay with her
wealthy son and his ill-tempered wife.
Written, directed and produced by Barry Hand
of Kingdom Works Production. Tickets $25. In
the Alliance Theatre, Woodruff Arts Center,
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta. For
more information, please call 404-733-5000.
"Expecting
Isabel."
Through May 18. 8 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays; 7 p.m. Sundays. A couple wants a
baby, but are they ready for the hormones,
headstands and other hassles involved in
getting one? Playwright Lisa Loomer gives
fertility in the 21st century a look that is
both comedic and tender. Presented by
Synchronicity Performance Group. Tickets
$15-$20. 7 Stages, 1105 Euclid Avenue, N.E.,
Atlanta. For more information, please call
404-484-8636 or visit
www.synchro.newtechwebservices.com
"Five Course
Love."
Through May 10. 8 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Three actors
handle five dates and 15 characters in Gregg
Coffin's musical comedy. Tickets $26; $20
senior citizens and students. ART Station,
5384 Manor Drive, Stone Mountain. For more
information, please call 770-469-1105 or
visit
www.artstation.org
.
"Godspell."
Through May 11. 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays -
Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Also, 2:30
p.m. April 26 and May 10. The rock musical
based on the Gospel according to Mathew is
presented by Theatrical Outfit. Directed by
Tom key. Tickets $30. $10 senior citizens
matinee, 2:30 p.m. May 7. Balzer Theater at
Herren's, 84 Luckie Street, Atlanta. For
more information, please call 678-528-1500
or visit
www.theatricaloutfit.org/season.html
.
"Harry Plotter and
the Half Wit Princess." Through July 20. 7:30 p.m. Mondays
- Thursdays and Saturdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 6
p.m. Sundays. Having defeated Moldywart, the
boy wizard goes to Borelando for the opening
of a magical theme park for wizards. But a
killer is on the loose in the nearby Magic
Blingdom, and Harry is called to help
Princess Sleeping Booty, Off White, Peter
Panic, Stinkerbelle and other Dizzy World
characters. Comedy mystery dinner theater
with five-course meal. Tickets
$57.50-$62.50. Agatha's, A Taste of Mystery,
161 Peachtree Center Avenue, N.E., Atlanta.
For more information, please call
404-584-2255 or visit
www.agathas.com
"In Darfur."
Through May 11. 8 p.m. Wednesdays - Fridays;
8:30 p.m. Saturdays; 5 p.m. Sundays. Plus 3
p.m. May 2. A reporter's life becomes
intertwined with an aid worker's mission to
save lives and a Darfuri women's quest for
safety at a refugee camp. Tickets $20-$25.
Horizon Theatre, 1083 Austin Avenue, N.E.,
Atlanta. For more information, please call
404-584-7450 or visit
www.horizontheatre.com
"In the Solitude of
Cotton Fields."
Through May 18. 8 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays; 5 p.m. Sundays. Also, 8 p.m.
April 28; 10 a.m. May 1; 2 p.m. May 3; 6
p.m. May 7 and 14. Something illicit is on
the brink of happening in a brief encounter
between two men, but who is selling what,
and at what price? Directed by Eric Vinger.
Tickets $25; $20 senior citizens and
students. 7 Stages, 1105 Euclid Avenue,
N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please
call 404-523-7647 or visit
www.7stages.org
.
"The Last
Schwartz." Through May 25. 8 p.m. Wednesdays -
Thursdays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays.
Family secrets are revealed and traditions
are scrutinized when the adult Schwartz
children meet on the first anniversary of
their father's death. Tickets $22-$30;
$20-$24 senior citizens; $16-$22 students.
Jewish Theatre of the South, 5342 Tilly Mill
Road, Dunwoody. For more information, please
call 770-395-2654 or visit
www.jplay.org
.
"Leading
Ladies."
Through May 18. 7:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Two luckless
English actors decide to masquerade as the
nephews of a rich old lady who thinks she's
dying. When the discover the nephews are
really nieces, the lads don dresses, and
mayhem ensues. A production of Lionheart
Theatre Company. Tickets $15; $12 senior
citizens and students. Norcross Community
and Cultural Arts Center, 10 Britt Avenue,
Norcross. For more information, please call
770-885-0425 or visit
www.lionhearttheatre.org
.
"The Little Dog
Laughed."
Through May 11. 8 p.m. Wednesdays -
Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. An agent, a
movie star, a hustler and his girl friend
will do anything to get what they want.
contains strong language and nudity. The
of-Broadway comedy by Douglas Carter Beane,
directed by Alan Kilpatrick. Tickets $15 and
$20. On the Alley Stage, Theatre in the
Square, 11 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta. For
more information, please call 770-422-8369
or visit
www.theatreinthesquare.com
"Menopause the
Musical."
Through May 11. 2 p.m. Wednesdays 8 p.m.
Thursdays - Fridays; 2 and 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays - Sundays. A celebration of women
who are on the brink of, in the middle of,
or have survived The Change. By Jeanie
Linders. Tickets $42.50. 14th Street
Playhouse, 173 14th Street, N.E., Atlanta.
For more information, please call
404-733-4754 or visit
www.woodruffcenter.org/14stplayhouse
.
"A Midsummer Night's
Dream."
Through May 10. 8 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays. Tickets $15; $12 children. All
Thursday shows $12. Southside Theatre Guild,
20 W. Campbellton Street, Fairburn. For more
information, please call 770-969-0956 or
visit
www.stgplays.com
"Mountain Music and
Medicine Show."
8 p.m. June 7, August 2 and October
4. Live "radio showcase" of
Georgia mountain music. Tickets $15 Holly
theatre, 69 W. Main Street, Dahlonega. For
more information, please call 706-864-3759
or visit
www.hollytheater.com
"Narnia, the
Musical."
Through May 10. 8 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m.
Saturdays. C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the
Witch and theWardrobe" tale of good and
evil is told with music. Tickets $16; $14
senior citizens and students. Blackwell
Playhouse, 3380 Canton Road, Marietta. For
more information, please call 678-213-3311
or visit
www.blackwellplayhouse.com
"Noises Off." Through May 25. 8 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Saturdays - Sundays.
Backstage comedy about a disaster-plagued
troupe. Tickets $18-$25. Aurora Theatre, 128
Pike Street, Lawrenceville. For more
information, please call 678-226-6222 or
visit
www.auroratheatre.com
"Nunsense: The
Musical."
Through May 24. 8 p.m. Fridays -
Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. A cabaret by five
survivors at the Little Sisters of Hoboken
nunnery, the rest of the sisters having died
from eating vichyssoise soup prepared by
their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God. The
remaining nuns parade their talents to raise
funds so the last four of the dearly
departed can be buried. Tickets $15 May 3
performance, proceeds benefit North Fulton
community charities. After May 3 tickets $16
and $18. Rosewater Theatre, 633 Holcomb
Bridge Road, Roswell. For more information,
please call 770-640-5500 or visit
www.rosewatertheatre.com
"Over the River and
Through the Woods."
May 9-17. 8 p.m. Thursdays - Saturdays; 2
p.m. Sundays. Plus, 2 p.m. May 17. Nick sees
both sets of grandparents for dinner every
Sunday. But when he has to tell them he's
been offered his dream job and must move to
Seattle, the news doesn't set well. Tickets
$10. The Art Place, Mountain View, 3330
Sandy Plains Road, Marietta. For more
information, please call 770-509-2700
or visit
www.centerstagenorth.org.
"Peachtree Battle."
Through May 18. 8 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays.
A broad farce about a Buckhead matriarch
scandalized by her son's plan to marry a
Hooters waitress. Tickets $26. Ansley Park
Playhouse, 1545 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Atlanta. For more information, please call
404-875-1193 or visit
www.ansleyparkplayhouse.com
Perfect
Arrangement."
8 p.m. May 8-9. In the
1950's hundreds of Americans lost their jobs
on suspicion of homosexuality. Meet Bob and
Norma, an official and his secretary who are
responsible for removing these
"security risks" from the U.S.
State Department. No one knows they are
themselves closeted gays, married to each
other's partners, until an employee
threatens their secret. Written by Topher
Payne, directed by Barbara Cole Uterhardt
for the Process Theater Company. Tickets
$15-$20; $12=$17 for ages 60 and older and
students. Whole World Theatre, 1216 Spring
Street, N.W., Atlanta. For more information,
please call 404-245-4205 or visit
www.theprocesstheatre.org
.
"The Poetry of
Pizza." Through June 7. 8 p.m. Tuesdays -
Saturdays; 2:30 and 7 p.m. Sundays. Plus
2:30 p.m. June 4 and June 8. A college
instructor finds herself under the spell of
a creative, if a little nutty, immigrant
Kurdish pizza maker in this comedy by
Deborah Brevoort. Directed by Jessica Phelps
West. Tickets $18-$33. Theatre in the
Square, 11 Whitlock Avenue, Marietta. For
more information, please call 770-422-8369
or visit
www.theatreinthesquare.com
The Reduced Shakespeare
Company's The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged).
Through May 17. 8 p.m. Fridays -
Saturdays. Plus, 3 p.m. May 11. An
irreverent, fast-paced romp through the
Bard's plays; All 37 plays in 97 minutes.
Tickets $10-$15. Theatre on Main, 4857 N.
Main Street, Acworth. For more information,
please call 770-565-3995 or visit
www.theatreonmain.net.
"Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern Are Dead."
May 9 through June 1. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays; 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Tom Stoppard's
inverted tale of Hamlet through the eyes of
two minor friends of the Dane. Directed by
Jeff McKerley. Tickets $12-$35. New American
Shakespeare Tavern, 499 Peachtree Street,
N.E., Atlanta. For more information, please
call 404-874-5299 or visit
www.shakespearaetavern.com
"Rumors."
8 p.m. May 8-10. Neil
Simon's comedy of errors and misinformation
takes place at the elegant home of Charley
and Myra, who have invited four couples to
dinner to celebrate their 10th wedding
anniversary. As each couple arrives they
find their hosts missing, the help absent,
dinner unprepared and no one able to give a
sensible explanation. Presented by Cherokee
Theatre Co. Tickets $15; $12 for students
and seniors. Cherokee County Arts Center, 94
North Street, Canton. For more information,
please call 770-704-6244 or visit
www.cherokeearts.org.
"Scandal! The
American Revolution."
Through May 16. 10:30 p.m. Fridays.
Atlanta's only improvised soap opera,
featuring Patriots vs. Loyalists. Tickets
$12; $10 advance. Dad's Garage Theatre, 280
Elizabeth Street, N.E., Atlanta. For more
information, please call 404-523-3141 or
visit
www.dadsgarage.com
Shake at the Lake:
"The Servant of Two Masters."
7:30 p.m. May 7-11. Carlo Goldoni's comedy
about Truffaldino, a servant who tries to
hide his moonlighting ways from his two
masters. At Lake Clara Meer. Free, but
tickets are required; available morning of
performance at Piedmont Park and Oglethorpe
University, Piedmont Park, 400 Park Drive,
Atlanta. For more information please call
404-264-0020 or visit
www.gashakespeare.org
.
"Smoke on the
Mountain." Through May 18. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. World War II is
over and the Rev. Mervin Oglethorpe has been
called to preach in Texas. Before he and his
wife leave Mount Pleasant and Dennis Sanders
takes over as the Baptist church's new
pastor, the Sanders Family bids them
farewell with bluegrass and gospel
favorites. Third in the Sander's
Family/Smoke on the Mountain series. Tickets
$20; $15 senior citizens; $10 students. Main
Street Players, 115 N. Hill Street, Griffin.
For more information, please call
770-229-9916 or visit
www.mainstreetplayers.org
.
"Some Men."
May 7 through May 31. 8 p.m. Wednesdays -
Saturdays. Opening night 5 p.m. May 4. Plus,
5 p.m. May 11 and 25; and 2 p.m. May 18.
Terrence McNally's sweeping comedy-drama
spans a century of gay life in America and
celebrates its complexities, struggles and
triumphs. Directed by Kent Gash. Tickets
$22-$27; senior citizens and students
$16-$22. $35 opening night, with reception.
Actor's Express, King Plow Arts Center, 887
W. Marietta Street, N.W., Suite J-107,
Atlanta. For more information, please call
404-875-1606 or visit
www.actors-express.com
"The Spitfire
Grill."
Through May 11. 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 3
p.m. Sundays. A feisty parolee finds a place
for herself working at the Spitfire Grill.
Mark Smith directs. Tickets $25; $22 senior
citizens 60 and older and students 13 and
older; $12 children 12 and younger. Legacy
Theatre, 1175 Senoria Road, Tyrone. For more
information, please call 404-895-1473 or
visit
www.thelegacytheatre.org.
Summer Training.
11 a.m. - 6 p.m. May 31 and June 1, 2008. A 2-day immersion in Out of Hand's unique style and working methods. Learn physical theater, ensemble training and the process of original creation. Price: $150.00. Out of Hand Theater, 508 Flat Shoals Avenue, Atlanta. For more information, please call 404-312-9871 or visit
info@outofhandtheater.com
"Taking a Chance on
Love."
Through June 1. 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Young Ned and
his older fiancée, his twice-divorced
father, the matriarchal grandmother, the
father's two ex-wives and a Frenchman create
an absurd tangle of May-December romances in
a comedy of love, family loyalty and new
beginnings. Tickets $14-$18; $12-$16 senior
citizens and students. Kudzu Playhouse,
10743 Alpharetta highway, Roswell. For more
information, please call 770-594-1020 or
visit
www.kudzuplayhouse.org
.
Theatre Sports.
10:30 p.m. Saturdays, year-round. Two teams
of improv comedians face of with a
host/referee and a panel of judges who boo
and hiss. Tickets $15; $13 advance. Dad's
Garage Theatre, 280 Elizabeth Street, N.E.,
Atlanta. For more information, please call
404-523-3141 or visit
www.dadsgarage.com
"The Van Gogh
Cafe."
Through May 18. 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays -
Thursdays; 1 and 3 p.m. Saturdays; 2 and 4
p.m. Sundays. After a possum comes to visit,
everyone stops arguing and starts to be
happy, and that's just the beginning of the
magic. Presented by Synchronicity
Performance Group. Tickets $12-$15. 7
Stages, 1105 Euclid Avenue, N.E., Atlanta.
for more information, please call
404-484-8636 or visit
www.synchrotheatre.com
"Waiting for My
Growth Spurt."
Through May 10. 7 p.m. Thursdays -
Saturdays. One-man show written and
performed by an Atlanta teen. Jason David
shares details of his correspondence with
Jessica Simpson, his obsessions with Jessica
Biel, Jessica Alba and other Jessica's of
Hollywood and comic observations on
religion, culture, dating, family, movie
ratings and other teenage concerns.
Presented by Metropolis Port theater
Company. Tickets $20.50; $15 senior
citizens, students and military. 14th Street
Playhouse, 173 14th Street, N.E., Atlanta.
For more information, please call
404-733-4754 or visit
www.14thstplayhouse.org.