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Dates Confirmed! Aug. 28-30, 2025

Dates Confirmed! Aug. 28-30, 2025Dates Confirmed! Aug. 28-30, 2025Dates Confirmed! Aug. 28-30, 2025

Don't miss the 14th annual Atlanta Black Theatre Festival. Festival Schedule, Tickets, and Passes available on May 15th!

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Rooted in Resilience

 The Atlanta Black Theatre Festival is a vibrant celebration of African American artistry and cultural expression. It brings together talented playwrights, actors, directors, and audiences to showcase original works that reflect the breadth and depth of Black life and experiences. This year's theme, Rooted in Resilience, highlights the importance of saluting our ability to sustain cultural institutions despite the challenges. 

What's happening at ABTF?

ABTF CREATIVE ARTS CONFERENCE & HOST HOTEL- BOOK NOW!Collegiate Internship ApplicationSign-up for Exclusive Offers by EmailSUBMISSION ARE OPEN FOR 2025Join ABTF Travels to Africa Questions? Contact Us

Call to Action

Your support will make a lasting impact, ensuring that our essential narratives have a platform to be heard. Thank you!

Three Ways to Join the Movement:

  1. Share: Spread the word about what we do.
  2. Save: Save the dates and join us at the next incredible event.
  3. Sow: Give to ensure this platform is here for the next generation. 

SOW SEEDS IN SUPPORT

Black theatre in America is alive; it is vibrant, it is vital… It just isn’t funded.

August Wilson

Announcing...

The Center for the Preservation of African- American Theatre (CPAAT))

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!  

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Why we need the black theatre?

A Message from Toni Simmons Henson, Co-founder of the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival. 


The Atlanta Black Theatre Festival is, for, and about ---YOU.  


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what is the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival?

Creative Arts Conference

Black Art & Business Expo (Free)

Creative Arts Conference

  • Staged Readings of New Works
  • Community Panels & Discussions
  • Film Screenings
  • Empowering Workshops
  • Power Networking

Black Theatre Festival

Black Art & Business Expo (Free)

Creative Arts Conference

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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Black Art & Business Expo (Free)

Black Art & Business Expo (Free)

Black Art & Business Expo (Free)

  • Fine, Visual and Wearable Art
  • Black-0wned Businesses
  • Gallery Exhibits
  • Food Vendors

THE MECCA OF BLACK THEATRE

"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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