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Pipeline at Horizon Theatre starting March 22nd
Pipeline at Horizon Theatre starting March 22nd Horizon Theatre Company is continuing its 35th Anniversary Season with production from the recipient of the MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” for 2018 – Dominique Morisseau! PIPELINE, a groundbreaking new play, will hit the Little Five Points stage from March 22 – April 21, 2019. PIPELINE is hailed by Village Voice as “A POWERFUL, PASSIONATE, AND INTELLIGENT NEW PLAY.†“Pipeline feels ripped from the headlines,†say Marguerite Hannah, Associate Producer at Horizon, “but, this time we are allowed to witness the human backstory of a mother’s fight for her teenage son and her high school students. It is an American story of a family…
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Waffle Palace Christmas – Horizon Theatre
The holiday spirit is alive and well within the Waffle Palace for customers and staff alike. Long-time, African-American waitress Connie has invested her own savings to keep the Waffle Palace open and is now in partnership with her former boss, John Picket. Connie hires a likeable young cook with no grill experience but artistic talents galore, and a young web developer with some secrets, Alex, begins hanging out at the Waffle Palace daily. Former waitress Esperanza and customer Hugo have returned from a long honeymoon (funded by the lottery she won) and are pregnant, with the baby due on Christmas Day. To top it off, Dave, a young vet…
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“Citizens Market” shows how compassion wins
Hurry get your tickets now. This is the last week for “Citizens Market” at the Horizon Theatre in Atlanta. In my previous post about this outstanding performance, I shared that it is a play about some hopeful group of immigrants as they form an unlikely family, working to master the ups and downs of language, love, and staying afloat in their world. We all can use some of what they shared throughout this play and that was compassion. “Citizens Market” shows how compassion wins and how everyone no matter their backstory matter. Everyone has some type of dream whether they are born here or immigrated here, we all have a dream. Sit…
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Citizens Market now showing at Horizon Theatre Company
Kicking off Horizon’s New American Dreams Series is a powerful comedy-drama following a hopeful group of immigrants as they form an unlikely family, working to master the ups and downs of language, love, and staying afloat in their city. Citizens Market makes its Southeastern premiere at Horizon Theatre Company with an all-star cast and creative team, with performances beginning May 18. A good small supermarket has everything its neighborhood needs, including a charming cast of characters behind the counter. Citizens Market follows a hopeful group of immigrants as they form an unlikely family, working to master the ups and downs of language, love, and staying afloat in their new world. The Pittsburgh…
