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JOIN US FOR THE NEXT ABTF OCTOBER 3-4, 2025!
You don't want to miss the next EPIC Atlanta Black Theatre Festival. We'll be celebrating 14 years of telling our stories!
You don't want to miss the next EPIC Atlanta Black Theatre Festival. We'll be celebrating 14 years of telling our stories!
The Atlanta Black Theatre Festival, now in its 14th year, is vital for amplifying Black voices and showcasing both emerging and established artists. This year's theme, "Rooted in Resilience," highlights the importance of celebrating our ability to sustain cultural institutions despite challenges. We need organizations like the ABTF to foster community engagement and empower audiences to honor the strength of Black culture. Your contributions make a lasting impact, ensuring these essential narratives are heard.
It takes a village!
Three Ways You Can Support this Vital Work:
August Wilson
There are only seven brick and mortar black-owned and led theatre houses in the US. Atlanta, the Mecca of Black entertainment, has NONE! We, as artists, constantly scrap and beg for spaces to perform. Leading to a relentless struggle to survive as a theatre company. As a result, so many come and go and the quality of our work suffers.
Please contribute. We need a place to create, preserve and tell our stories. Every bit helps. Thank you!
Toni Simmons Henson, Co-founder of the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival shares about its social impact on the community.
The Atlanta Black Theatre Festival is for and about YOU.
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Experience the power of storytelling and live performances with a marathon of curated performances from around the corner and around the globe!
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The Atlanta Black Theatre Festival's prime aim is to:
"The Mecca" is a colloquial term that describes a place or institution highly regarded and respected within the Black community for its significance, influence, and impact on Black culture. For over a decade, the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival has served as a hub for Black playwrights, actors, directors, and other theatre professionals to showcase their work, collaborate, and advance the representation of Black stories on stage. The Mecca of Black theatre is a symbolic designation that recognizes the importance of the space or entity in nurturing Black talent, fostering creativity, and contributing to the richness and preservation of Black theatrical traditions.
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