Playing for Keeps
Feminist Theater in Atlanta

Theater Spaces

Our collections exhibit themes of community building within the feminist theater space in Atlanta. Theater groups often performed plays and comedic skits to raise funds for community organizations that focused on social justice and equality. Community organizations and business owners would also collaborate with feminist theater groups to ensure they had the funds to continue performing. 

  • 7 Stages, an Atlanta-based non-profit theater company, produced their own feminist plays and provided space for other companies to perform.  
  • ALFA House and Metropolitan Community Church 
  • The communal house of the Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance served as a rehearsal venue for Red Dyke Theater, and Atlanta’s Metropolitan Community Church was one of its regular performance venues. 
Front doors of 7 Stages Theatre, "Final Week, The Miser, September 4-6, Opening September 26, Peep."
7 Stages Theatre entrance, Little 5 Points, Atlanta, Georgia, September 11, 1980,AJCNS1980-09-11-01c
Front doors of 7 Stages Theatre on a sunny sidewalk, marquee with a cactus.
7 Stages Theatre, on Euclid Avenue, in Little Five Points, Atlanta, Georgia, July 8, 1992, AJCNS1992-07-08-03b
Theater marquee reads, "MCC Worship with Us 2 & 6."
Converted theater on North Highland Ave. is MCC (Metropolitan Community Church), Atlanta, Georgia, May 7, 1978, AJCP338-059e
The empty house of seats inside a theater.
Metropolitan Community Church, Atlanta, Georgia, November 16, 1982, AJCN107-113e

Relationships among people were formed, especially women of different sexualities. Through fundraising efforts for theater and social causes, feminist theater communities in Atlanta provided a safe space for women of different backgrounds to gather and support creative endeavors.