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Southern Fried Q***r Pride 2026 Fest is coming to Little 5 Points June 22-28, 2926. Check out the events at 7 Stages and learn more at SoutherFriedQ***rPride.com Southern Fried Q***r Pride

Seeds of Resistance: An Opening Gallery Show – The roots of liberation all start somewhere! You’re invited to Seeds of Resistance, the opening gallery show, happening Monday, June 22nd

TRANSISTANCE Cabaret and Open Mic – Resistance & performance go hand in hand! Make your way out to TRANSISTANCE! A Trans Cabaret & Open Mic happening Tuesday, June 23rd

Peach Pit Pageant – We’ve got a pageant on our hands – let the fight for the title begin! The 2026 Peach Pit Pageant is back, happening Thursday, June 25th

Q***R THREADS: Pop Up Thrift Shop – It’s back! Q***R THREADS, Southern Fried Q***r Pride’s pop-up thrift shop, is popping up on Saturday, June 27th & Sunday, June 28th

DIRTY WORK: Workshops and Skillshares – Ever wanted to discuss and learn everything from organizing to q***r faith or kink and more? Look no further! Save the date for Dirty Work – Workshops & Skillshares, happening on Saturday, June 27th & Sunday, June 28th

Atlanta Fringe is coming to 7 Stages! Check out the events at our Backstage theatre May 27-June 7, 2026 and learn more at AtlantaFringe.org Atlanta Fringe Festival

Sir Thomas Madden Jr. – May 28-June 6

St. Elmo’s Fire – 1 Play, 3 Ways – May 28-June 6

BARK! – May 28-June 6

CHRONIC PAin au chocolat – May 29-June 7

The Trampoline – May 29-June 6

69–Emil Amok: Anchorman! The News Made Me Do It – May 29-June 7

Lt. Love Dr's Boot Camp for Lonely People Like You

Atlanta Fringe is coming to 7 Stages! Here are the events coming to our Mainstage May 27-June 7, 2026. Get tickets and learn more at AtlantaFringe.org Atlanta Fringe Festival

2026 Preview Party – May 27

I hope we never land – May 28-June 6

Ryn: Robin of the Sun – May 28-June 6

Rogues and Rhinestones: DnD Improv Burlesque – May 27

Potential Spam Comedy – May 29-June 7

Don Toberman: Ping-Pong Champ – May 29-June 6

Phantasmagoria’s Poe, Through the Tales Darkly – May 29-June 6

Augustus Graves: DEATHCLOCK – May 30-June 6

Five/5ths of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – June 1

Join us for Service Saturday on May 2, 2026 from 1-5PM at 7 Stages! We will feature performances from artists in "Testify: Freedom In...", an open mic (open to everyone!!), complimentary health resources, a blood drive from the wonderful folks at Lifesouth Community Blood Centers, free food and clothing, and goodies from small businesses (like some delicious gourmet cookies).

Thank you Inman Park Theatre Night! 7 Stages presented segments from Dorothy Victoria Bell's "Incarceration Plantation: The Musical", which was part of our Home Brew Series last year, and will be featured in the upcoming "Testify: Freedom In..." at 7 Stages on May 4, 2026.

"Incarceration Plantation: The Musical" is a sister and brother’s creative journey, despite the walls that keep them apart. They reflect on more than 30 years of dealing with America’s prison system, its impact, and how systemic racism and the disproportionate sentencing of Black people perpetuates a form of modern slavery.

When Dorothy Victoria Bell was 14, her brother Roger Bell II committed a burglary, but was convicted for a murder that occurred after he left the scene. He was sentenced to three life terms after being convinced to take a plea deal. In 2020, he began sharing his poetry with Dorothy, and she helped him through the process of writing a book. Their continued communication and collaboration helped them get through some dark and terrifying times.

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May 4, 2026 (7 PM) at 7 Stages, check out "Testify: Freedom In…" Presented by A Soul Sanctuary. Head to our site or search evenbrite to get tix and learn more!

Are you looking for a safe and inclusive space where you can experience great art in the form of storytelling, dance, song and more? What if that space also gave you an opportunity to participate in the fun? (Only to your comfort level from your seat. We promise we won’t drag you on stage!) What if the experience also left you feeling encouraged, hopeful and inspired? Well, look no further! A Soul Sanctuary’s "Testify: Freedom In…" is for YOU!

Head to 7Stages.org or search Evenbrite to get tix and learn more!

Featuring: Julie Dexter, Markell Williams, YaNi Davis, Melvin Bray, Jai Rozell, Eugene H. Russell IV, Dorothy Victoria Bell, Jelani Jones, Kai Anwuzia, Medicine Woman Kat, Stephanie S. Scott, Abundance, and CC Sunchild.

Apply to Youth Creates by May 1 for $200 off!
Are we looking for you? Teens excited to grow in their knowledge and experience of theatre. Individuals of all backgrounds, willing to challenge each other to explore new ideas. Collaborators eager to work together to write, design, and perform.Emerging artists ready to connect everyday living with artistic processes. Check out Youth Creates and apply for Summer 2026!

7stages.org/ourprograms/youth-creates/

What luck! Our dear friend and collaborator Scott Turner Schofield showed up just in time to welcome playwright Frank Siera and his partner Shane Urton, who is choreographing a piece for Terminus Ballet company. They had just arrived at the theatre for an official welcome. Immediately we all had some many stories of shared connections across time and seas. Welcome back, friends! Scott Turner Schofield Frank Siera

Behind the scenes of Poetic Licence, Destiny Thompson, Geoffrey Solomon, Markell Williams and Deisha Oliver are hard at work on this new translation of Frank Siera's play. Come check out the staged reading tonight at 7 Stages. Free event at 7:30pm!

Frank has arrived safe and stateside! We are elated to have just spent time dreaming together in Holland and have waited YEARS for that needed hug and collaboration. We are eager to get in the rehearsal room with our excellent local team! - Heidi S Howard

Rehearsals for Poetic Licence begin tomorrow, and we will welcome Geoffrey Solomon (as Joe Orton), Markell Williams (as Ken Halliwell), Destiny Renee (as Edna Welthorpe) and Deisha Oliver (Musician). Playwright Frank Siera will be joining us from Holland for an introduction to the reading on April 13 (7:30 PM) as well as a post-show Art of Activivism dialogue. Also, director Heidi S Howard, of course!

Dutch playwright Frank Siera is bringing "Poetic Licence" to the US... specifically, the 7 Stages Mainstage! This English translation will be performed as a staged reading on April 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM, followed by a roundtable discussion with the author and cast. FREE EVENT! Learn more and RSVP at 7Stages.org

Below is a trailer from the original Dutch production!
https://youtu.be/U8NaXdbfVL4

POETIC LICENCE - Trailer In POETIC LICENCE laten artistiek leider en regisseur Michaël Bloos en toneelschrijver Frank Siera zich inspireren door het werk en leven van Orton en verken...

Meet Frank Siera, our friend from Holland who is bringing a staged reading of his play "Poetic Licence" to 7 Stages on April 13!

Frank Siera (1989) is a Dutch playwright and stage director. He runs his own music theatre collective KASSETT, where he writes, directs and organises. Siera’s texts are typically inspired by a true story or legendary myth, philosophical in nature and written in a poetic and rhythmic style. Ever since he started writing, music has been an important influence, both in style and theme. In 2012, Siera graduated from the Dutch theatre academy in Maastricht with his own play SPRAAKWATER about the silent piano man who washed ashore in a British coastal town. SPRAAKWATER has since been translated and performed at the prestigious Festival D’Avignon in 2021, two different festivals in Brazil in 2022 and 2023 and tours throughout France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg. He wrote his first opera libretto RITRATTO for the renowned Dutch National Opera in 2020. RITRATTO was well-received with 5 stars by the BBC and nominated for an Edison, the Dutch equivalent of a Grammy award. His play SÂLT was performed in front of the Dutch King and Queen in 2023, at the well-known site specific theatre festival Oerol on the island of Terschelling. POETIC LICENCE, a play about British playwright Joe Orton and his partner Kenneth Halliwell, received rave reviews: “Frank Siera’s text plays a dark game with fiction and reality.” For 10 years, following his graduation in 2012, Siera collaborated with 7 Stages as a director and writing coach, in their yearly Dutch-American exchange and training program (Youth Creates and Bootcamp).

Coming soon: Poetic Licence – A Staged Reading. Free event! April 13, 2026 at 7:30 PM, Dutch playwright Frank Siera is bringing a staged reading of Poetic Licence to 7 Stages’ Mainstage.

This (probably) true story of British playwright Joe Orton and his partner Ken, who–in what might have been a psychotic episode–killed both Joe and himself; a play about playwrights and actors, about the difference between theatre and reality, about the difference between normalcy and dangerous absurdity, about homosexuality when it was considered both a crime and a mental illness, about what should or should not be normal, and the thin line between fiction and reality.

This staged reading includes a preshow introduction by playwright Frank Siera and 7 Stages Artistic Director Heidi S Howard, as well as a post-show Art of Activism dialogue centered on the boundaries of normalcy, questions of sanity and what is actually criminal behavior.

Learn more on our site!

Thank you for joining us last weekend for Tim Miller's A Body in the O and Scott Turner Schofield's film Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps!

We go way back with Scott Turner Schofield, and can't wait to screen his film Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps on March 15! We dug up some our history with Scott in anticipation of this weekend:

Scott Turner Schofield at 7 Stages

- 2004-PRESENT Teaching Artist with Youth Creates and Arts Fusion
- 2005 Wizzer Pizzer by Amy Wheeler (Played Jack / Kandi)
- 2005 WORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE: A double feature with S. Bear Bergman ft. Schofield’s original performance Debutante Balls.
- 2007 Received Princess Grace Foundation Acting Award , supporting a residency where Scott worked with Eric Vigner, Pearl Cleage and the Guttes Tun folks with Anne Tismer.
- 2008 Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps January 31-February 3 & August 14-24
- 2009 Interim Audience Development Director for 7 Stages
- 2010 Becoming A man in 127 Easy Steps: New Stories and Faded Glories
- 2020 True North by Lee Nowell as part of Homebrew at Home film. Played the role of Magnetic North
- 2021 Into the Light with Big Read - Keynote Speaker
- 2021 Dysphoria, or, Hormones Don’t Harm Trans People, People Do
- 2024 True North by Lee Nowell (Played Magnetic North)
- 2026 Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps - Film released January,
screening at 7 Stages March 15

Thanks ARTSATL.org!

Hop in the way-back-machine and check out some of Tim Miller's history with 7 Stages! We are really excited for Tim's return to Atlanta to perform A BODY IN THE O on March 14 & 15.

Tim Miller's performances at 7 Stages over the years:

1988 Some Golden States
1990 Sex/Love/Stories
1998 Shirts and Skin
1992 My Q***r Body
2000 GLORY BOX
2003 US
2011 Lay of the Lands
2026 A Body in the O

Thank you Rough Draft Atlanta!

https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2026/03/10/tim-miller-body-in-o/

Tim Miller

Performance artist Tim Miller brings 'A Body in the O' to 7 Stages Discover the fearless and groundbreaking work of LGBTQ+ performance artist Tim Miller in his new book and performance, 'A Body in the O.'

Trans actor Scott Turner Schofield discusses new film, visibility Trans actor Scott Turner Schofield's film 'Becoming a Man in 127 Easy Steps' is a powerful act of resistance and a candid exploration of his transition.

🌍🎤 The line up is set! Get ready to laugh for a cause. 🌍🎤

Presented by Brighter Investing & , the 2nd Annual Comedy to Save the Planet™ Earth Day celebration is like no other. Join us for an evening of community, connection, and contagious laughter with a nationally recognized lineup featuring:

Ian Aber ()
Holly Ballantine ()
Katie Hughes ()
David Perdue ()
Brian Tucker ()
Zain Sharif ()

Each will bring high-energy and hilarious sets that remind us why joy and optimism are essential to caring for our planet. Because while conservation is serious work, building community can be hilariously fun!

A huge thanks to and these incredible comedians for their time to make this event possible. Get to know them by following their work on social media before the show. Then plan to see them in person:

Thursday, April 23
7 Stages Theater Mainstage
1105 Euclid Ave, NE
Atlanta

Doors: 6:00p
Show: 7:00p

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now for $35! 🎟️
All proceeds support Root Local's mission to fuel local environmental action and create real impact across Metro Atlanta.

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Find out more on our website (link in the Linktree in the bio) and join us in making a difference with laughter.