Each Season, Out of Hand Theater produces Shows in Homes: one-act plays on community issues produced in living rooms and intimate spaces across Metro Atlanta, and paired with cocktail parties and conversations on the issue with our partners.
Anybody’s Game examines economic mobility in Atlanta through the stories of working families navigating the region’s affordability crisis. The production highlights barriers to economic opportunity while inviting audiences to imagine solutions for a more equitable future. Inspired in part by Brian Goldstone’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, There Is No Place for Us, the show shares the experiences of residents living in an Atlanta extended stay motel and explores how the game of life can deal anyone a setback and winning is often based on circumstances beyond our control.
Developed in partnership with Mayor Andre Dickens, United Way of Greater Atlanta, the Atlanta Regional Commission, and Atlanta Way 2.0.
Anybody’s Game is sponsored by Assurance America
Performances will take place February 5- April 25, 2027.
Host interests forms are open now — submit your interest below!
Status follows members of an HIV/AIDS support group who rally around a newly diagnosed man struggling to reconcile his diagnosis with the life he has built. The intimate production shines a light on HIV in Atlanta, where approximately one in 51 people is living with HIV, which is nearly twice the national average, and where Black, Hispanic, and LGBTQ+ communities are disproportionately affected.
Status is produced in partnership with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the Black Leadership AIDS Crisis Coalition (BLACC).
In Prisontown a writer goes home to Lumpkin, GA, home to one of the nation's largest immigration detention centers, and witnesses the barbarity of the nation's immigration crisis, and a small town torn by poverty and the prison industry. Written by and starring former Out of Hand Associate Artistic Director, Lee Osorio. 40 performances in living rooms across Metro Atlanta paired with cocktail parties and conversations with community partners, including El Refugio, ACLU of Georgia, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, Latin American Association, Latino Community Fund, and Tahirih Justice Center.
Prisontown is sponsored by Avenue Realty and Kathy Waller
In the Press
Past plays include
“How to Make a Home” by Amina McIntyre, 2025
“Class Dismissed” by Paris Crayton III, 2024
“Conceal and Carry” by Sean Christopher Lewis, 2019
Help us Bring The Power of Theater Home.
With your support, Shows in Homes turns living rooms into intimate spaces for powerful stories and real conversations that spark change. Your gift supports local actors, playwrights, directors, and sound engineers—making professional theater personal, up close, and unforgettable.
Every dollar counts.
Presenting Sponsor – $5,000
Commissioning Sponsor – $3,000
Give what you can – yes, even $1 helps. So does $1,000,000.