The Atlanta Community Theater Association came about because in a post-COVID world in which consumers have instant access to online and streaming entertainment, the community theaters in the Metro Atlanta came together to work cooperatively with each other.

In coming together, we have three primary goals:

  1. Sharing Ideas

  2. Sharing Resources

  3. Cross-Promotion

Who We Are

Why We Do It

We all recognize the value of professional, educational, and children/youth theater. Community theater differs in many respects, however, because it runs purely on the passion of the volunteers who bring every single one of our shows up on its feet. No one in community theater participates for the money.

We recognize the importance of the time given by all volunteers, including the teams that lead, plan and produce the shows; the actors; the stage crews and production teams; the board members.

And yes, most community theaters today offer modest stipends to the people who work with them; these stipends, however, are generally tokens of the theater’s appreciation rather than compensation for the volunteer’s time.

Seeing passionate people work together as a team to make a vision realized is truly a marvelous thing to see.

  • Primarily community theaters, which we define as a nonprofit organization that produces live theater performed for the public on a predominantly volunteer basis, that is open to all age groups, and no one is required to pay to participate.

  • Absolutely! We welcome any organization that has something of value to offer. That being said, we exist as a coalition of community theaters and that is our area of focus. Additionally, other kinds of theaters may not have the same access to the sharing of resources or cross-promotion as community theater members.