Founder Carolyn Cook passes the torch to incoming AD Anna Richardson After a year-long national search, the board of Théâtre du Rêve, Atlanta’s French-language theater company, has named Anna Richardson as its next artistic director. Founder Carolyn Cook is retiring this summer from a leadership role with the company and says she’s looking forward to
C’est incroyable! Check out our upcoming events: “Island Voices” — readings of plays by Caribbean writers, May 1 and 2 at 7 Stages. Free! Full info and link to RSVP here.“Pinot and Augustine”– Vintage Clown performance by Happenstance Theater, May 3-5 at 7 Stages. Full info and tickets here. Physical Comedy Workshop — Three-hour workshop for
Two nights only, May 1 and 2, experience the Caribbean through the words of its playwrights. Award-winning Atlanta actors Cynthia D. Barker, Enoch King, and Karine Dieuvil will perform readings of “Adoration” by Jean-Rene Lemoine and “Island Memories” by Ina Cesaire, diving deep into the passion, trauma, and beauty of life in the islands. Performed
Taught by Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell, this workshop explores physical techniques that support comic performance, with exercises in stillness, reaction, focus, clarity of mimetic gesture, illusion, physical characterization, the divided self, status in the duo and trio, the inclusion of the audience, and clown. Mark draws on his training with Étienne Decroux and Marcel
