Sunday Variety Series
Every Sunday evening from 6:30-8:30 PM on the Academy Theatre’s Diamond Stage
Upcoming Shows
TAPAS VIII – Short Play Festival – GREEN
May 10-26, 2024
Owners of short attention spans can rejoice with this smorgasbord of short plays. From comedy to horror to drama to farce, this is the 8th annual short play festival.
Eleven plays, twenty four actors, two hours, one amazing show! These short plays are a perfect spring treat that will leave you wanting more.
The Wash
July 10-28, 2024
Written by Kelundra Smith
Impact Theatre Atlanta in conjunction with the Academy Theatre and Synchronicity Theatre present Kelundra Smith’s world premiere play about the Atlanta Laundresses’ strike of 1881! This dramedy tells the story of how African American women began the strike and how it spread to garner the support of the whole community! Don’t miss this great show directed by Brenda Porter.
Improvibility Theory: April's Last Laugh!
Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Improvability Theory brings you our April showers of laughter featuring our mainstage cast! You bring the tasteful suggestions and we bring fruitfully funny results!
Tickets are $10
Tabitha King and Her Band
Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Tabitha King has performed with Frankie Beverly, The Three Degrees, and Gladys Knight! Widely known for her renditions from Whitney Houston, Adele, Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys and other famous singers. Come and celebrate Mother’s Day with her!
Tickets are $20
Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company brings you a live recording of radio dramas including sound effects made live on stage. Our show will include scripts about Sherlock Holmes, Space Marshals, and a complete fantasy drama written by East Point’s own Ellie Cook. We’ll be recording these shows and we’d love a full house! The shows are appropriate for all ages! Dramatists include Ron N. Butler, Ellie Cook, and Dave Schroeder.
Tickets are $12
Pictured L-R – Jimmy Royals, Jerry “Scout” Sorn, Kevin Thomas, Jerry Pece, Marty Kelly, Bill Bramlett, Jonny Hibbert, Chuck Webster, and Jim Spruell
my6pece
Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 6:30 PM
my6pece, featuring the music of Jim Spruell, performs live blues and rock.
Members of my6pece have performed live on stage with:
The Allman Brothers, The Shirrells, The Drifters, Sea Level, Michael Clark’s Byrds, Phil Lesh, Derek Trucks, The Wooten Brothers, William Bell, Dixie Dregs, Jimmy Herring, Tom Waits, Col. Bruce Hampton, Darryl Rhoades and the HaHaVishnu Orchestra, The Dynamic Atlanta Cruise-O-Matic, Tara, CJ Jones and the Spirit Bones, The Yuppie Scum Band, The Ice Breakers, The Jim Spruell Band, Butch’s Brew, Tall Dogs, Amber, Hollywood, The Peachtree Possee, Sons of the Beach Freestyle, The Lost Legends, Blue Plate Special, 10,000 Maniacs
Members of this band have Opened for: The Ramones, The Runaways, Randy California, Squeeze, The Sex Pistols, Sha Na Na, Stephenwolf, Steve Forbert,The Nighthawks, Martin Mull, Bob Segar System, The Association, The Neville Brothers, Percy Sledge, Gary Lewis, Davey Jones, Jerry Clower
Tickets are $20
The Crooner & The Conjurer: DuoShow - Eddie Gammill and Chris Moorman
Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 6:30 PM
DuoShow is the company formed by collaborating performers Eddie Gammill and Chris Moorman – one a classically trained opera singer and the other a magician. Their show, The Crooner & The Conjuror, is an intimate, immersive cabaret experience involving music and magic. A high degree of audience interaction and participation makes each show unique.
Tickets are $20
Tam Tunes In Concert
Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Tam Tunes is coming to bring some soul to your Sunday! From R&B to gospel inflected soul Tammy is a renown performer and improviser. Tamara “Tammy” Harper was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA and is proud to call Atlanta, GA her home. She is a graduate of Spelman College with a bachelor of arts degree in music (concentration – piano). Tammy is currently Executive Vice President, A&R Global and Director of Leadership Development with Wealth Nation/Sony and Empire/Universal, an artist development and brand development company and Vice President of Artist Relations with Rocstar World, an entertainment lifestyle brand and label, the pianist/choir director for two churches, teaches a music class to senior citizens and provides musical entertainment for seniors at an assisted living residence. In addition, she is the private piano and voice instructor to over twenty students and the leader of her band, Tam Tunes and The Gents!
Tickets are $20
Tickets on sale soon!
Finesse presents Motown Music For Your Soul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Finesse presents Music for the Soul: Songs from Motown & Atlantic Records, as a benefit for the Academy Theatre! Finesse will sing the great songs of the American soul, made famous by Motown. Singer Finesse infuses smooth R&B vocals and sweet Gospel harmonies into contemporary music that creates a unique blend of music that uplifts and inspires the soul. His previous experience includes: Opened for Aaron Neville, Shared the stage with Eddie Money, Shared stage with Julian Lennon, Rochester Fair Grounds (Four years), Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (Five years), Seaside Festival – Kittery Maine (Two years), Pro Portsmouth / First night Portsmouth / Market square day (Three years), WERZ Radio Station X mas party (Three years), Lead singer Show Band (Ten Piece Band) for (Ten years), Lilburn Daze Fair -Lilburn, GA. 2022/2023, Duluth Fair – 2023, Swawnee Fair – 2023, Motown on Main St – McDonough, GA. 2023/2024
Tickets are $20
Academy Theatre patrons are entitled to received a discount on ATL SYMPHONY tickets with this partnership. Call the Academy Theatre for details (404) 474-8332.
FROM I-85
Take exit 75 to Sylvan Rd/Central Ave. Turn east onto N. Central Ave. Academy Theatre will be on your left, just past Volare Bistro and across from the pedestrian bridge that crosses the railroad tracks on your right.
FROM I-75
Take exit 239 Central Ave. Go west on Central Ave. and the theatre will be on your right just across from the pedestrian bridge.
FREE PARKING OPTIONS
Limited on-street parking is available on N. Central Ave. Public parking lots are available at Sam Hape Plaza (next to Hapeville Corner Tavern) and on North Fulton Avenue (across the street from the Hapeville Fire Department).
Box Office
(404) 474-8332
academytheatre@mindspring.com
Directions
599 N. Central Ave.,
Hapeville, GA 30354
(404) 474-8332