A SPECIAL EVENT – Part of our AUTHENTIC ATL SERIES featuring local playwrights.

Authenticity Theater is proud to be a co-presenter of the original play INDEPENDENT – JOHN CASSAVETES AND THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING.  This inspiring play is about actor/filmmaker John Cassavetes and his lasting influence on the film world. Using Cassavetes’ own words, the audience takes a journey from the tough streets of New York City to the conformity of Hollywood to the realization that freedom lies in carving one’s own path.

Featuring Taurean Cavins-Flores as John Cassavetes and Madeline Brashier as Gena Rowlands.

6 performances – April 25, 26 and May 2, 3/7:30pm,  plus April 27 and May 4/4:00pm. at Limelight Theater, 349 Decatur St SE in Atlanta.

Written and Directed by John D. Babcock, III

This intimate, immersive new adaptation of Chekhov’s classic from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker – author of Body Awareness, Circle Mirror Transformation, and The Flick – brings colloquial language to this internationally beloved story of human relationships and yearning. Written with the “goal of creating a version that sounds to our contemporary American ears the way the play sounded to Russian ears during the play’s first productions in the provinces in 1898,” Annie Baker’s Uncle Vanya introduces twenty-first century audiences to Chekhov’s enduring wit, insight, and emotional depth.

8 performances – June 12, 13 and 14/8:00pm, June 15/2:00pm, June 18, 19, 20, and 21/8:00pm at 7 Stages Backstage Theatre in Atlanta’s Little 5 Points.

Directed by Jeremy Lee Cudd.  Auditions are now open for all roles.