Upcoming Show
The Wash
Black laundresses in Atlanta led a strike weeks before the International Cotton Exposition came to town. Demanding $1/week, the Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike of 1881 was the first successful interracial, organized labor strike of the post-Civil War era. The Wash offers an intimate and often funny look at ordinary women who went from workers to fighters– and won.
OUR STORY
HOW WE GOT HERE
In 2012, we produced Shirlene Holmes' A LADY AND A WOMAN at the Southwest Arts Center. At that time, we were not a company but a group of artists wanting to tell stories that were not being told. That play had such a powerful effect on audience members and artists alike that we knew we had to do more, so in the fall of 2013, Impact Theatre Atlanta was born! Since that time, we have had the opportunity to share stories that have continued to impact lives.