Celebrating its 30th season, Aurora Theatre is a dynamic professional theatre company located in the suburbs of Atlanta GA. We produce a wide variety of plays, musicals and concerts in the region. An equity theatre, Aurora Theatre produces both musicals and plays on multiple stages, for 100,000+ annual visitors for the past two seasons.
We are committed to radical inclusion, both on and off stage, with a particular fondness for Latinx artists, and Theatre for Young Audiences.
AWARDS &...
Celebrating its 30th season, Aurora Theatre is a dynamic professional theatre company located in the suburbs of Atlanta GA. We produce a wide variety of plays, musicals and concerts in the region. An equity theatre, Aurora Theatre produces both musicals and plays on multiple stages, for 100,000+ annual visitors for the past two seasons.
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. Ann-Carol, now the Producing Artistic Director is honored to be on of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s top 500 Leaders, and Anthony Rodriguez, now the Executive Director of South Forsyth CID has the distinctions for his Leadership in Atlanta Business Chronical and Georgia Trend.
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 an award winning theatre, which opened in May of 2007. Aurora Theatre opened the Lawrenceville Arts Center in 2021, serving as the management agent for the entire complex which was an innovative partnership between Aurora Theatre and the City of Lawrenceville. This partnership has been currently interrupted by politics. YES! Our facility is a mini KENNEDY CENTER. While we continue to fight to tell stories that uplift all people, we rely on the amazing storytellers who thrive here at the New Play Exchange!