October 14, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Crossroads & Cyphers is an immersive theatrical and live music experience developed by Atlanta-based artists Alex Acosta and ANON The Griot. The production explores the evolution of Black musical expression, tracing the lineage of rap music from enslaved African work songs and Southern blues traditions to contemporary hip-hop freestyle culture.
Through live performance, storytelling, historical reflection, and audience engagement, the show examines how music has long served as a tool for survival, resistance, healing, and community building.
Led by artists from Soul Food Cypher, the production blends spoken word, live instrumentation, freestyle performance, and theatrical narrative to create an engaging and educational audience experience. Crossroads & Cyphers seeks to preserve cultural memory while introducing audiences to the historical roots and social significance of hip-hop through an innovative live performance format.
October 21, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
This loose adaptation of the Hansel and Gretel story follows two recent college grads and wannabe internet-famous friends who fall into the temptations of a job that promises them everything: a decent paycheck, health insurance, and a chance to actually use their degree.
But they will soon have to ask how much of themselves they are willing to give up to live their dreams.
April 14, 2027 at 7:30 p.m.
In My Daughter, My Karma, choreographer Hiroko Kelly explores intergenerational relationships and cross-cultural identity by combining contemporary dance and spoken word with original dialogue.
Rooted in the second-generation immigrant experience, the work examines how cultural memory, care, and inherited values move through the body across generations. The piece questions how our ancestors' choices can influence present-day karma.
By examining these relationships, My Daughter, My Karma highlights the humanity and resilience of the immigrant experience and considers how cultural practices serve as a tether to identity across time and place.
April 21, 2027 at 7:30 p.m.
What happens when the woman asking for help and the woman deciding whether she deserves it have more in common than either is willing to admit?
The Welfare Queen is a two-person play set inside a worn Department of Family and Children Services office in the contemporary South. Through humor, confrontation, and spoken word, the play follows Idea Jasmine, a whimsical young woman applying for food stamps while pursuing her dream of opening a hair studio, and Masque Hollow, a blunt, rule-hugging caseworker nearing retirement. As their meetings unfold, both women are forced to the stories they've been told about poverty, motherhood, and success. When Idea publicly exposes Ms. Hollow's remarks, the backlash threatens to close the very office serving families like her own, forcing both women to reckon with the consequences of their choices.