Atlanta's Performing Arts Primary Sources
Atlanta’s performance landscape is wide-ranging and ever-changing—from theatre, dance, and music to film, media, festivals, and experimental forms that blur traditional categories. Scholars such as Nicholas Bazemore, Nedda Ahmed, and Dr. Ethan Tussey have mapped key aspects of Atlanta’s cultural industries, documenting the histories of Georgia filmmaking, regional media production, and the infrastructures that shape the city’s creative economy. Yet the ecosystem of live performance—its stages, artists, and archival footprints—remains dispersed and often under-documented.
The Radical Archive Project works to bridge that gap. We treat performance as a living archive: something preserved not only through programs and recordings, but also through bodies in motion, shared spaces, collaborative processes, and the communities that nurture them. Our aim is to make Atlanta’s performance cultures more visible, more connected, and more accessible for artists, researchers, students, and the public.
This landing page brings together three essential elements of Atlanta’s performance ecosystem: the venues where work is staged, the companies who create it, and the repositories that preserve its histories. Together, they offer a starting point for understanding, supporting, and engaging with the full spectrum of Atlanta’s vibrant performance culture.
🌆 ATL’s Performance Venues
A guide to the stages, studios, and community spaces where Atlanta’s artists create, perform, and gather. These venues hold the city’s creative energy and support the work that shapes Atlanta’s cultural landscape.
A directory of the dance, theatre, and multidisciplinary companies that define Atlanta’s performance scene. These groups drive the city’s artistic vision and keep its traditions and innovations alive.
A list of archives, libraries, community collections, and digital platforms that preserve Atlanta’s performance history. These repositories protect the stories, materials, and memories that document the city’s artistic life.