Upcoming Events

Kelundra Smith's The Vote
Jun
17

Kelundra Smith's The Vote

On a plain black background, a dark grayed hand casts a white ballot that says “The Vote” by Kelundra Smith into a light grey voter’s box. Blue and white writing announces the play reading series. Papers include logos of a bottle tree with blue bottles and black script detailing other sponsors.

 Join Hush Harbor Lab, Atlanta's premier new play incubator, on Tuesday, June 17 at 7 p.m. for a reading of a new play called "The Vote" by Kelundra Smith. With the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and Juneteenth just around the corner, this timely work is inspired by the true story of the "Original 33" African American men elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1868.

In the play, Reverend Campbell McNeal is in the fight of his life-- both with his son, Charles over the family church and for a seat in Georgia's new state senate. With his son not speaking to him at home, and democrats and conservative republicans conspiring against him in the streets, will he be able to bring home a victory for the sharecroppers who are depending on him? Or, will the New South succumb to its old ways? "The Vote" is a new play about the two things we hold dear: family and democracy.


"The Vote" is a part of the Reconstruction Trilogy of plays that Smith is penning about post Civil War Georgia. Her play "The Wash," which is inspired by the Atlanta Washerwomen's Strike of 1881, premiered in Atlanta last year and has since been produced in St. Louis and is currently onstage in New York City. Productions in Chicago, Boston, and Houston are forthcoming.
Tickets are free; donations encouraged. Tickets can be reserved at this link: www.thevote.brownpapertickets.com.

Tickets are also available at the door the day of the reading. 

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In the Brush
Jun
29

In the Brush

Hush Harbor Lab presents In the Brush: Works in Progress, the first act of two new full lengths. This evening features Cypress Awakens by LaDonna Williams and Chyle Boo by Thandiwe Thomas DeShazor.

Special Thanks to Actor's Express, Puffin Foundation and the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.

Hush Harbor Lab is a brave space for the development and production of new and innovative digital, live and multi-media performance work by Black Atlanta-based artists. Hush Harbor strives to be a space that promotes wellness, self-care and the sacred within the Black arts community with the recognition that caring for the full person (body, mind, spirit) encourages better art.

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Addae Moon's Cassie's Ballad in partnership with Found Stages
May
7
to May 22

Addae Moon's Cassie's Ballad in partnership with Found Stages


Cassie's Ballad is an immersive ritual and historical fable set amid the Atlanta Child Murders and offered as a healing theatrical hike.

Cassie’s Ballad follows the story of Brandon, a young Black teen living in Atlanta during the early 1980s. His friend Cassie has lost her voice after a child they know has gone missing. With the guidance of an Ancestor, Brandon guides attendees on a literal search for the missing child and a figurative search for Cassie’s voice. From the “Graveyard of Innocence” to Cassie’s Bottle Tree, the journey leads to a sad but healing discovery.

Cassie's Ballad is a restorative communal ritual and theatrical hike. Set entirely outdoors within the urban forest of the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance, you will travel with the characters and a small group of fellow attendees to multiple locations along a wooded path. Hiking shoes or closed-toe walking shoes are highly recommended.

Please note that the 7:00 PM hike follows a shorter, flatter route and is recommended for attendees with mobility issues or who prefer an easier trail. The 8:30 PM hike runs approx. 1.5 miles round trip with parts that follow steep, single-file trails.

Attendees requiring accommodations for mobility issues should contact the box office ahead of attending Cassie's Ballad.

***On May 8th, both hikes will be photographed and filmed. Attendees may be captured on film and/or video. By attending the event, you agree to your likeness being used for marketing and archival purposes.***

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Oct
10

Code Noir: A Workshop Reading

Theatre du Reve, Atlanta’s French Theatre, in consultation with Hush Harbor Lab, present a workshop reading of Code Noir. Alexandre Dumas is in a jail caught up by the rules of the Code Noir, when Sandrine Boudreau, a lawyer, works to prove his innocence. The play runs one hours and is in French and English. Reserve tickets at tinyurl.com/fnz2f993.

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