What if Atlanta’s theater crisis is also an opportunity?
Atlanta's nonprofit theater scene is facing a crisis marked by reduced programming, layoffs, and closures, including the Atlanta Lyric Theatre. The industry is struggling with rising costs and lower post-pandemic attendance.
American nonprofit theater is in crisis. Audiences have not fully returned from the pandemic, costs have risen, philanthropy is stretched, and theaters around the country have cut programming, laid off staff, reduced seasons or closed altogether. Atlanta has not been immune. Atlanta Lyric Theatre closed in 2023 after more than four decades, and Georgia Ensemble […]
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