Any Greater Atlanta community theater can join as full members. We anticipate having other membership options available for individuals and organizations that are not Greater Atalanta community theaters soon.

Currently, there are no membership fees to join.

A community theater is an organization that produces theatrical shows with adult actors on a primarily volunteer basis. This definition excludes theater companies that pay actors professional rates, tuition-based youth educational theater, high school theater and college theater programs.

Not necessarily. First, many community theaters pay stipends to actors and members of the production teams, but these amounts are not fair compensation for their time. For example, a $100 stipend paid to a production’s actors for many dozens of hours of time given is not paying fair compensation. Second, some theaters may pay certain members of the production team fairly for their time, but still relies on actor’s volunteering their time. Finally, some community theaters are not nonprofits; so long as they aren’t paying actors professional rates, it could still be a community theater.

They are members because, in addition to their tuition-based youth theater programming, they produce shows using adult actors. They also generally do not charge fees for participation in their adult community theater productions.

Greater Atlanta is defined a location within 40 miles of the Five Point MARTA station in downtown Atanta.