About Theatrical Outfit
Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta’s third oldest professional theater company, was established in 1976 by a company of actors in a converted laundromat in the Virginia Highland district. During the company’s history, other venues have included a former Kress Store at the site of the current Federal Reserve Bank on Peachtree, the 14th Street Playhouse and Georgia State University’s Rialto Center for the Performing Arts.
In December 2004, Theatrical Outfit moved into its own home at 84 Luckie Street, The Balzer Theater at Herren’s. Named for the lead donors, Bill and Peg Balzer and the historic building that it occupies, Theatrical Outfit’s new home is an intimate, state-of-the art 200 seat theater, designed for, owned and managed by the company.
Theatrical Outfit is a professional, not-for-profit organization, which operates as a SPT-8 (Small Professional Theater) under Actor’s Equity Association, the union of actors and stage managers in America.
Theatrical Outfit is a member of or participates in Theatre Communications Group, the Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts, The Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Arts Marketing Initiative, Central Atlanta Progress, and the Metro Atlanta Arts and Cultural Coalition.
Major funding is received from the Fulton County Commission through the Fulton County Arts Council, the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, the Georgia General Assembly through the Georgia Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special Program support is provided by the Metropolitan Atlanta arts Fund (MAAF).
