Celebrating its 24th season, Aurora Theatre is a dynamic professional theatre company located in the suburbs of Atlanta GA. We produce the widest variety of plays and musicals in the region. An SPT8, Aurora Theatre produces both musicals and plays on 2 stages, for 80,000+ annual visitors.
We are committed to radical inclusion, both on and off stage, with a particular fondness for Latinx artists, and Theatre for Young Audiences.
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS: Under the artistic leadership of Co...
Celebrating its 24th season, Aurora Theatre is a dynamic professional theatre company located in the suburbs of Atlanta GA. We produce the widest variety of plays and musicals in the region. An SPT8, Aurora Theatre produces both musicals and plays on 2 stages, for 80,000+ annual visitors.
We are committed to radical inclusion, both on and off stage, with a particular fondness for Latinx artists, and Theatre for Young Audiences.
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS: Under the artistic leadership of Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Anthony Rodriguez and Ann-Carol Pence, Aurora Theatre has garnered numerous accolades highlighted by recent achievements that include winner of The Governor's 2016 Award for the Arts & Humanities, Gwinnett Chamber’s 2015 IMPACT Regional Business Award for Hospitality, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 President and CEO Award for Excellence in Arts, Atlanta Magazine’s Best of Atlanta 2013, Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2012 Best Places to Work, Georgia Trend Magazine’s 2011 Best Places to Work in Georgia and Creative Loafing’s 2010 Best Theatre Company. Most recently, Aurora Theatre received the first Moxie award for women led organizations in the region.
OUR JOURNEY: In 1996, Aurora Theatre was established in a converted hardware store in the suburbs of Atlanta. The City of Lawrenceville, GA recognized the positive economic impact the arts have on its community and invited Aurora Theatre to serve as the cornerstone for their revitalization plans. In a unique partnership between city government, private development and a non-profit charity, the city purchased a 100-year-old church and together with Aurora Theatre transformed the space into a $7.5 million theatre complex, which opened in May of 2007. Aurora Theatre currently houses 2 performance spaces, boasts 5100 season ticket holders, produces over 800 ticketed events annually and entertains 80,000+ visitors.
CAMPUS EXPANSION:
Currently, we are in the midst of a $32 million campus expansion set to open in 2021 that will add 2 theatres, a rehearsal room, classrooms, an art gallery and an outdoor gathering space that will be a cultural gathering place for our community. When completed, Aurora Theatre will boast a 500 theatre with fly loft and orchestra pit, a 250 thrust stage, a 200 seat flexible cabaret, and a 99 seat flexible studio lab.
All made possible through an innovative partnership between the city of Lawrenceville and Aurora Theatre.