The sweet, bittersweet and funny of aging parents pours through in ‘Two Drink Minimum
The intimate new play “Two Drink Minimum” tackles “the sweet, the bittersweet and the funny of aging parents,” opening at the Academy Theatre in Hapeville from Sept. 6 to 22. Listen on WABE.org »
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Hapeville celebrates Black History Month with art and music
Hapeville will host a Black History Month celebration Feb. 4 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Academy Theatre. This year’s annual Hapeville Celebrates Black History event will showcase artwork and talent by local artists and performers, as well as a small Black business market. Read more »
Happenings: Latin X International Film Festival & Dia De Muertos Celebration
The City of Hapeville presents the third installment of its Latinx International Film Festival at the Historic Academy Theater on October 29 and 30, 2022. This year’s films will be curated by Mexican-born, Atlanta-based, and Daytime Emmy award-winning filmmaker Jesús Andrés Lugo Gómez. Read more »
Hapeville happenings: Eat, drink and explore
At just 2.5 square miles wide, Hapeville is a tiny town located ITP (inside the Perimeter) and named after one of its original landowners and its first mayor, Dr. Samuel Hape. While just under 7,000 residents live in Hapeville, the city has been growing into a burgeoning arts community and is home to many iconic […]
The Academy Theatre presents production of dark comedy ‘Seminar’ in Hapeville
In the play “Seminar,” a group of aspiring writers has their work and lives ripped apart during a 10-week writing course. Tony Award-nominated actor Alan Rickman returned to Broadway to perform in the world premiere in 2011. Now, Atlanta’s longest-running professional theater, the Academy Theatre in Hapeville, is presenting a production of “Seminar.” The show […]
Academy Theatre, Resurgence Productions Explore A Family Dealing With Alzheimer’s
The struggles that affect people at the end of life is universal even for the people you look up to. That’s explored in the Academy Theatre and Resurgence Productions’ co-presentation of the play “Things That Hurt.” The lead character Edward Lewis is something of a Civil Rights icon as both a physician and as an […]
