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Origins of A MEAL at 7 Stages

Introducing Poetic Licence – Frank Siera

In Conversation with Tim Miller and Scott Turner Schofield

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Powwow Etiquette at First Voices Festival

Heidi S. Howard

Mack Headrick

Kai Anwuzia

George Kotler-Wallace

Devi Wells

Dorothy Victoria Bell

Theresa Davis

Destiny Renee

Ari Shah Conkright

Nicolette Emanuelle

Frank Siera

The fifth annual First Voices Festival is right around the corner! This multifaceted celebration of Indigenous cultures will take place November 20-27, 2026 at three Atlanta venues: 7 Stages, the Little 5 Points Athletic Field, and Plaza Theatre. Mark your calendars, and learn more about these events at 7Stages.org

Happy 47th birthday to ... 7 Stages! Since 1979, 7 Stages Theatre has brought local, national, and international emerging artwork of social, political, and spiritual importance to Atlanta audiences. For over 40 years, artists of all kinds have found 7 Stages to be a haven in the support and development of new works and methods of collaboration. We’re also a rental house, meaning lots of theatre companies around Atlanta and beyond can rent our space for their productions! Help us continue in our mission by donating at 7stages.org/donate

Thanks to everyone who came out for A Meal! Every performance needs an audience, but A Meal depends on audience participation on a whole other level, so we want to thank everyone who came to these performances and gave life to the art! We also want to thank LEIMAY, the ensemble, guest performers, and the amazing production team who made this happen. This group of artists completely transformed our theater and changed our idea of what performance art can be. @leimayfoundation

Behind the scenes of A Meal - from the perspective of 7 Stages Artistic Director Heidi S Howard, who has been moving nonstop for the last 2 weeks! @leimayfoundation @heidisho

Meet the team bringing A MEAL to 7 Stages on September 17-19, 2026. NYC's LEIMAY Ensemble and guests are gearing up for performances for this week only! Learn more and get tickets at 7Stages.org

Opening night of "A Meal" at 7 Stages is SOLD OUT! Only two days available with VERY limited tickets: Friday, September 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM and Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM. This immersive experience takes you through a series of vignettes where you’ll partake in the act of cooking and eating together, witness performances by mythological creatures, and encounter offering songs and evocative sound/video movement installations. The layered work features evocative images and dances, resonating with our post-industrial relationship with food and the Japanese and Colombian roots of the co-creators. Learn more and get tix at 7Stages.org

Save the dates for the fifth annual First Voices Festival, a multifaceted celebration of Indigenous cultures based in Atlanta, Georgia. November 20, 2026 - Art of Activism November 21 & 22, 2026 - Powwow November 27, 2026 - The Doctrine Film Screening at Plaza Theatre More info coming soon, including locations, times, and ticket links. @7stagesatl @turtleislandtradingatl @zintkalazidreamcatchers @plazaatlanta @little5pointsofficial @firstvoicesfestival_atl #firstvoicesfestival #firstvoicesfestivalatl

Origins of A MEAL at 7 Stages - Check out the new blog post from Artistic Director Heidi S Howard about how our upcoming presentation of A MEAL with @leimayfoundation made its way from @herearts in NYC to 7 Stages. Read the full article at 7Stages.org/news ... "In New York, at the premiere of A MEAL at HERE Arts Center, after an insanely beautiful journey through the space that I fondly remembered from my days at the Director’s Lab and with the legendary James Scruggs, I sat with a group of strangers sharing my first memories of food while we ate together. My story included helping my father process the deer he had hunted and smoking deer jerky on our homestead in the mountains of Colorado. Just a few years prior, HERE Arts Center Artistic Director and founder Kristin Marting called me to introduce me to some fierce artists she was working with who were creating Encounters on food justice. We dove in with trust and co-commissioned the project, understanding that vital conversations asking if we know where our food comes from, and who we eat with and why are essential. Food justice is racial and cultural justice. The simple act of a shared meal becomes a radical act of resistance toward the global food system that oppresses many communities of color today. This journey of shared stories, lessons in sustainability, and high production values is coming to Atlanta, and I am beyond thrilled for our community! A MEAL was first commissioned by HERE Arts Center in 2018, while the lead artists were supported during a multiyear Artist Residency led by then-Artistic Director Kristen Marting. It premiered at HERE in 2024."............

September 17-19, During the run of A MEAL at 7 Stages, our partners @freshharvest , a local CSA that works with local, organic farmers to deliver fresh produce, meat, dairy, and more throughout Greater Atlanta, will host an after-hours market spotlighting local farmers and seasonal samples and offering discounts on grocery delivery! As part of a community fundraising program, 7 Stages and Fresh Harvest are excited to announce that any new or existing Fresh Harvest customer who applies the promo code 7STAGES will get $15 off their next/first order, along with free delivery! By applying this code, sales will be tracked, and 10% of the total spent over a 6-month period will go directly back to the theater! You only need to apply the code once. From that point forward, your Fresh Harvest spending will be tracked; the time frame is unique to each customer based on when the code is first used. Visit Freshharvest.com/t/7stages to get started!

A MEAL - coming to 7 Stages September 17-19, 2026. Learn more at 7Stages.org! This immersive experience from @leimayfoundation takes you through a series of vignettes where you’ll partake in the act of cooking and eating together, witness performances by mythological creatures, and encounter offering songs and evocative sound/video movement installations. The layered work features evocative images and dances, resonating with our post-industrial relationship with food and the Japanese and Colombian roots of the co-creators.

Our friends at Atlanta Black Theatre Festival have a deal for you this weekend! Use code 7STAGES for 15% off eligible tickets at abtf.ludus.com.

September 17-19 at 7 Stages, Join us for a unique work that transcends the boundaries of traditional performance art. A Meal is a live experience that is part ritual, part celebration, part installation, and part shared cooking experience, brought to life by the critically acclaimed multidisciplinary artist duo Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya.

September 17-19, 2026 at 7 Stages, join us for a unique work that transcends the boundaries of traditional performance art. 'A Meal' is a live experience that is part ritual, part celebration, part installation, and part shared cooking experience, brought to life by the critically acclaimed multidisciplinary artist duo Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya. This immersive experience takes you through a series of vignettes where you'll partake in the act of cooking and eating together, witness performances by mythological creatures, and encounter offering songs and evocative sound/video movement installations. The layered work features evocative images and dances, resonating with our post-industrial relationship with food and the Japanese and Colombian roots of the co-creators. For A Meal, Ximena and Shige bring together new and long-time collaborators to their LEIMAY Ensemble, alongside guest performers, composers, and vocalists. These include Masanori Asahara, Krystel Mazzeo, Akane Little, Synead Cidney Nichols and Drew Sensue-Weinstein. Join us for a memorable journey that celebrates food, culture, and community. Learn more & get tickets at 7Stages.org

July 24 & 25, Youth Creates presents their original play HUMAN MIND! Each summer the Youth Creates ensemble work together to create an original stage production from scratch. This year, the ensemble has devised "Human Mind", a play dealing with artificial intelligence and its impact. Join us July 24 & 25 at 7 Stages to see what the teen ensemble has to say about this powerful new technology and to support their work!

Youth Creates 2026 is on! Photo 1 - Youth Creates alum and Chromatic Stagecraft owner Mars visited 7 Stages with a Three-day lighting design intensive built for Youth Creates. The whole program is hands-on by design — students handle the gear, run the board, and finish by creating a live light show to music. Photo 2 - Nicolette Emanuelle taught a workshop centered on aerial silks and movement. Photo 3 - Exploring characters with costumes! Phot 4 - Scavenger Hunt shenanigans! The ensemble became familiar with the theatre’s layout while checking off their finds. What a great way to learn all the nooks of a theatre!

Join us this weekend for Service Saturday on July 18 from 1-5 PM at 7 Stages! The Youth Creates ensemble will be raising funds and drumming up excitement for their new play, HUMAN MIND. We will also have an open mic, health resources, am opportuinity to donate blood with Lifesouth Community Blood Centers, and more! Sign up for a timeslot to donate blood at donors.lifesouth.org (search July 18 and find 7 Stages!)

Southern Fried Queer Pride 2026 Fest is coming to Little 5 Points June 22-28, 2926. Check out the events at 7 Stages and learn more at SoutherFriedQueerPride.com @sfqp Seeds of Resistance: An Opening Gallery Show – The roots of liberation all start somewhere! You’re invited to Seeds of Resistance, the opening gallery show, happening Monday, June 22nd TRANSISTANCE Cabaret and Open Mic – Resistance & performance go hand in hand! Make your way out to TRANSISTANCE! A Trans Cabaret & Open Mic happening Tuesday, June 23rd Peach Pit Pageant – We’ve got a pageant on our hands – let the fight for the title begin! The 2026 Peach Pit Pageant is back, happening Thursday, June 25th QUEER THREADS: Pop Up Thrift Shop – It’s back! QUEER THREADS, Southern Fried Queer Pride’s pop-up thrift shop, is popping up on Saturday, June 27th & Sunday, June 28th DIRTY WORK: Workshops and Skillshares – Ever wanted to discuss and learn everything from organizing to queer faith or kink and more? Look no further! Save the date for Dirty Work – Workshops & Skillshares, happening on Saturday, June 27th & Sunday, June 28th

Atlanta Fringe is coming to 7 Stages! Check out the events at our Backstage theatre May 27-June 7, 2026 and learn more at AtlantaFring.org @atlfringefest Sir Thomas Madden Jr. – May 28-June 6 St. Elmo’s Fire – 1 Play, 3 Ways – May 28-June 6 BARK! – May 28-June 6 CHRONIC PAin au chocolat – May 29-June 7 The Trampoline – May 29-June 6 69–Emil Amok: Anchorman! The News Made Me Do It – May 29-June 7 Lt. Love Dr's Boot Camp for Lonely People Like You

Atlanta Fringe is coming to 7 Stages! Here are the events coming to our Mainstage May 27-June 7, 2026. Get tickets and learn more at AtlantaFringe.org @atlfringefest 2026 Preview Party – May 27 I hope we never land – May 28-June 6 Ryn: Robin of the Sun – May 28-June 6 Rogues and Rhinestones: DnD Improv Burlesque – May 27 Potential Spam Comedy – May 29-June 7 Don Toberman: Ping-Pong Champ – May 29-June 6 Phantasmagoria’s Poe, Through the Tales Darkly – May 29-June 6 Augustus Graves: DEATHCLOCK – May 30-June 6 Five/5ths of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – June 1

Join us for Service Saturday on May 2, 2026 from 1-5PM at 7 Stages! We will feature performances from artists in "Testify: Freedom In...", an open mic (open to everyone!!), complimentary health resources, a blood drive from the wonderful folks at Lifesouth Community Blood Centers, free food and clothing, and goodies from small businesses (like some delicious gourmet cookies).

Thank you Inman Park Theatre Night! 7 Stages presented segments from Dorothy Victoria Bell's "Incarceration Plantation: The Musical", which was part of our Home Brew Series last year, and will be featured in the upcoming "Testify: Freedom In..." at 7 Stages on May 4, 2026. "Incarceration Plantation: The Musical" is a sister and brother’s creative journey, despite the walls that keep them apart. They reflect on more than 30 years of dealing with America’s prison system, its impact, and how systemic racism and the disproportionate sentencing of Black people perpetuates a form of modern slavery. When Dorothy Victoria Bell was 14, her brother Roger Bell II committed a burglary, but was convicted for a murder that occurred after he left the scene. He was sentenced to three life terms after being convinced to take a plea deal. In 2020, he began sharing his poetry with Dorothy, and she helped him through the process of writing a book. Their continued communication and collaboration helped them get through some dark and terrifying times. Phot by @gabicollard123

May 4, 2026 (7 PM) at 7 Stages, check out "Testify: Freedom In…" Presented by A Soul Sanctuary. Head to our site or search evenbrite to get tix and learn more! Are you looking for a safe and inclusive space where you can experience great art in the form of storytelling, dance, song and more? What if that space also gave you an opportunity to participate in the fun? (Only to your comfort level from your seat. We promise we won’t drag you on stage!) What if the experience also left you feeling encouraged, hopeful and inspired? Well, look no further! A Soul Sanctuary’s "Testify: Freedom In…" is for YOU! Head to 7Stages.org or search Evenbrite to get tix and learn more! Featuring: Julie Dexter, Markell Williams, YaNi Davis, Melvin Bray, Jai Rozell, Eugene H. Russell IV, Dorothy Victoria Bell, Jelani Jones, Kai Anwuzia, Medicine Woman Kat, Stephanie S. Scott, Abundance, and CC Sunchild.

Apply to Youth Creates by May 1 for $200 off! Are we looking for you? Teens excited to grow in their knowledge and experience of theatre. Individuals of all backgrounds, willing to challenge each other to explore new ideas. Collaborators eager to work together to write, design, and perform.Emerging artists ready to connect everyday living with artistic processes. Check out Youth Creates and apply for Summer 2026!

What luck! Our dear friend and collaborator Scott Turner Schofield showed up just in time to welcome playwright Frank Siera and his partner Shane Urton, who is choreographing a piece for Terminus Ballet company. They had just arrived at the theatre for an official welcome. Immediately we all had some many stories of shared connections across time and seas. Welcome back, friends! @turnerschofield @franksiera

Behind the scenes of Poetic Licence, Destiny Thompson, Geoffrey Solomon, Markell Williams and Deisha Oliver are hard at work on this new translation of Frank Siera's play. Come check out the staged reading tonight at 7 Stages. Free event at 7:30pm!

Frank has arrived safe and stateside! We are elated to have just spent time dreaming together in Holland and have waited YEARS for that needed hug and collaboration. We are eager to get in the rehearsal room with our excellent local team! - @heidisho

Rehearsals for Poetic Licence begin tomorrow, and we will welcome Geoffrey Solomon (as Joe Orton), Markell Williams (as Ken Halliwell), Destiny Renee (as Edna Welthorpe) and Deisha Oliver (Musician). Playwright Frank Siera will be joining us from Holland for an introduction to the reading on April 13 (7:30 PM) as well as a post-show Art of Activivism dialogue. Also, director Heidi S Howard, of course! @smilin_death @markell.williams @just.destinyrenee @deisha_o @franksiera @heidisho

Meet Frank Siera, our friend from Holland who is bringing a staged reading of his play "Poetic Licence" to 7 Stages on April 13! Frank Siera (1989) is a Dutch playwright and stage director. He runs his own music theatre collective KASSETT, where he writes, directs and organises. Siera’s texts are typically inspired by a true story or legendary myth, philosophical in nature and written in a poetic and rhythmic style. Ever since he started writing, music has been an important influence, both in style and theme. In 2012, Siera graduated from the Dutch theatre academy in Maastricht with his own play SPRAAKWATER about the silent piano man who washed ashore in a British coastal town. SPRAAKWATER has since been translated and performed at the prestigious Festival D’Avignon in 2021, two different festivals in Brazil in 2022 and 2023 and tours throughout France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg. He wrote his first opera libretto RITRATTO for the renowned Dutch National Opera in 2020. RITRATTO was well-received with 5 stars by the BBC and nominated for an Edison, the Dutch equivalent of a Grammy award. His play SÂLT was performed in front of the Dutch King and Queen in 2023, at the well-known site specific theatre festival Oerol on the island of Terschelling. POETIC LICENCE, a play about British playwright Joe Orton and his partner Kenneth Halliwell, received rave reviews: “Frank Siera’s text plays a dark game with fiction and reality.” For 10 years, following his graduation in 2012, Siera collaborated with 7 Stages as a director and writing coach, in their yearly Dutch-American exchange and training program (Youth Creates and Bootcamp).

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