7 Stages‘ 33rd season features two world premieres, one U.S. premiere, one Atlanta premiere and the development of a new play about the number seven.
The season, which opened in late July with the theater’s annual Youth Creates show by student collaborators, continues in September with the world premiere of Dracula: The Rock Opera. It ends in April and May with the American premiere of Lady Lay by Lydia Stryk.
Single tickets ($25) are on sale HERE or at 404.523.7647 during normal business hours. 7 Stages is again offering its Passport to Entertainment ($111), good for a single ticket to any show for a year from the date of purchase. The passport includes $5 off single tickets to Horizon Theatre and 20 percent off single tickets to Synchronicity Theatre. You can add an annual parking pass for $20. The pass excludes opening night events; tickets are subject to availability.
A closer look at the lineup:
Dracula: The Rock Opera. Sept. 13-Oct. 14. World premiere. Several of 7 Stages’ favorite rock ‘n’ roll collaborators have come up with 40 new songs that tell the story of Count Dracula, his vampire ladies, unlucky Jonathan Harker and the beloved Lucy. A theater-concert with video featuring the Little Five Points Rockstar Orchestra with Thompson, Naomi Lavender, Chris Love and Sam McPhearson. 7 Stages Artistic Director Del Hamilton directs.
Fat Boy. Nov. 8-18. An Atlanta premiere by Teo Castellanos’ D-Projects. Actor-writer-director Castellanos (right) returns to 7 Stages with his social commentary on poverty, hunger and American consumerism. Fat Boy uses B-boy-style movement (also called breaking or breakdancing), music and spoken word to shine a light on the “me” era.
7 Trumpets. Jan. 10-12, 2013. A new play development project with Turner World Around Productions of Utica, Miss., that looks at the natural, mystical and man-made occurrences of the number seven — the seven days of Creation, seven as a lucky number, the seven deadly sins, etc. 7 Trumpets will try to explore the faith, fear, hope and mystery surrounding the number, and turn these ideas on their head.
Angry Fags. Feb. 21-March 17. A world premiere by prolific Atlanta playwright Topher Payne, described as “a comedy with a body count.” The story: Cooper and Bennett are just a couple of gays, not a gay couple. When a friend is assaulted outside a bar, they feel helpless and frightened, then something new: pure, unfiltered rage. This dark comedy explores the ideas of gay terrorism and the hypocrisy of American politics. The equally prolific Justin Anderson directs.
Lady Lay. April 25-May 19. A world premiere by American playwright Lydia Stryk. Lady Lay takes a joyride through life’s rules and regulations with Marianne, who has worked at the Berliner Employment office all her life. When she hears Bob Dylan on the radio, her world is forever changed. Although she can hardly understand the words of this inspirational new music, she knows she must begin a personal revolution, one that puts her existence in jeopardy. 7 Stages’ Heidi S. Howard directs.
7 Stages is at 1105 Euclid Ave. N.E., in Atlanta’s Little Five Points neighborhood.
