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Season 29
Aug 15, 2024-Jun 22, 2025
Season Ticket Holders get the best seats at the lowest prices and whole host of EXCLUSIVE perks. It’s not just 5 phenomenal shows, it’s also Guest Passes, Free Exchanges, Flexibility, and Personal Service.
Headliner: Dad’s Garage Comedy 2025
Feb 21, 2025-Feb 22, 2025
Atlanta’s best improv group returns to Aurora Comedy Night at LAC! Experience what Dad’s Garage does best—fast-paced scenes and games made up on the spot using your suggestions, resulting in a hilarious, off-the-cuff night of comedy. It’s like TV’s “Whose Line is it Anyway?” and stars the most talented improvisers in Atlanta. Every show is original and hilarious.
4th Annual Blackout Market & Open-Mic Night
Feb 22, 2025
Blackout: Open-Mic and Pop-up Market, is a FREE celebration of culture, creativity, and commerce. Featuring fantastic local performers/artists, Black-owned businesses, and free delicious food, this event is a fantastic way to celebrate Black History Month!
Phenomenon
Feb 28, 2025
Step into a world where the glitz of the casino meets the thrill of live performance, all in the heart of Lawrence Vegas! Each Phenomenon is not just an event; it’s a one-of-a-kind extravaganza. For one night only, the Lawrenceville Arts Center will be a playground of chance and spectacle, in support of your Aurora Theatre. Our lobby will be transformed into a bustling casino! Of course, there will be dynamic live performances, gourmet treats, and creative cocktails. This grand celebration of Aurora culminates in the reveal of our sensational Season 30. Don’t miss out on this night where every moment is a showstopper!
The Speakeasy Encounter
Mar 01, 2025-Mar 02, 2025
Step into the Roaring Twenties with The Speakeasy Encounter!
Immerse yourself in the glamour and intrigue of the Prohibition Era as the Aurora Cabaret is completely transformed into an elegant 1920s nightclub. The joint’s under surveillance, so keep it “hush-hush,” but trust us—the party is just getting started!
This unforgettable evening features live music, dancing, drinking, games, and even a touch of drama (leave the tussles to the actors!). Sip on cocktails while mingling with larger-than-life characters and soaking in the lavish atmosphere.
Guests are encouraged to arrive in their finest 1920s attire to truly step into the era of flappers, mobsters, and speakeasy glamour. Whether you’re looking for a night of intrigue, revelry, or a little trouble, The Speakeasy Encounter promises a roaring good time.
Blacktop Playground: Improv for Kids
Mar 08, 2025
This fan-favorite improv troupe is back! Join us for Blacktop Playground: Improv for Kids! Using quick wit and imagination, Blacktop instantly creates hilarious scenes using suggestions from the crowd, and when those suggestions come from kids, you get a hilariously creative comedy show with tons of audience interaction. Remember the first rule of improv– Never say no (to a great time)!
The BorderCollies
Mar 15, 2025
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Weekend with The BorderCollies, a contemporary Celtic band blending traditional Celtic sounds with folk influences for a truly unique performance. Joining them are the talented dancers from Atlanta Irish Dance by Burke Connolly, Georgia’s premier Irish dance academy and one of the top Irish dance companies in the nation. The Lawrenceville Arts Center will set the stage for an unforgettable evening filled with Irish culture, complete with a full bar serving drinks to keep you in the St. Patrick’s Day spirit!
Carlos Rodriguez
Mar 08, 2025-Mar 08, 2025
Carlos Rodriguez has performed many times on stage at Aurora and locals may have also caught him at Atlanta’s Punchline. Carlos is a Navy vet and spent 23 years as a dental hygienist. As a comedian he still loves making people smile, and has opened for luminary talents like Jon Reep, John Heffron, Josh Blue, and Pablo Francisco. He comes to the Lawrenceville Arts Center fresh off of recording a comedy special at the famous Dry Bar in Provo, Utah.
Ken Ludwigs The Gods of Comedy
Mar 20, 2025-Apr 13, 2025
Playwright Ken Ludwig has penned many of the biggest comedic hits in Aurora Theatre history: Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo and The Fox on the Fairway. In this latest farce, Ralph, a young classics professor at a prestigious university finds a long-lost manuscript by Euripides, only for Daphne, his protégé to accidentally misplace it. With fame, fortune, reputation and the
future of the University on the line Daphne calls out to the Greek Gods for help. To her surprise, the Gods actually appear and that’s when things get really crazy.
It’s Electric!
Mar 29, 2025
Get ready for this electrifying show! Audiences will be in shock and awe with It’s Electric. Experience experiments with a 50,000 volt Tesla coil & enjoy hands-on demonstrations with a hair-raising electrostatic generator. There’s even an indoor lightning strike! Full of audience participation, this action-packed show combines learning with fun to educate and entertain.
This World Is Not My Own: A Documentary
Mar 31, 2025
Chewing-gum sculptures, a wealthy gallerist, a firebrand wrestler, a notorious murder case and the segregated south – it’s all part of Nellie Mae Rowe’s boundless universe. This World is Not My Own reimagines this self-taught artist’s world and her life spanning the 20th century. With Uzo Aduba as the animated version of Nellie Mae Rowe.
Pow Wow: A Native American Celebration
Apr 05, 2025
Celebrate and experience the beauty of Native American culture with us! We will showcase culture through presentations of music, dance, local vendors, and more.
What to expect:
The event starts with a grand entry with flags, invocation, and veteran song. Followed by tribal and category dancing, drum & flute players, and more dancing.
There will also be a living encampment with historical artifacts and vendors from the Native American community all around.
Spring Break Magic Show
Apr 09, 2025
It’s Spring Break and Arthur Atsma is making school disappear! Spring Break Magic Show is guaranteed to captivate audiences of all ages with impossible tricks and audience interaction.
Lawrenceville Symphony Orchestra: Opera vs Musical!
Apr 12, 2025
Enjoy a delightful evening of music with the Lawrenceville Symphony Orchestra’s Opera vs. Musical concert! This unique program showcases highlights from the worlds of opera and musical theatre, blending the beauty of classical arias with the charm of Broadway favorites.
It’s a celebration of two beloved art forms, brought together in one unforgettable performance. Perfect for music lovers of all kinds!
North Putnam: A Documentary
Apr 14, 2025
North Putnam depicts a year in the life of a rural Indiana school district and the community it serves. Crafted with empathy, a hyper-real reporting lens and skillfully lush cinematography, the film aims to reach across divides and to spark action-oriented conversations about the interdependence between public schools and community development.
Dr. Dinosaur!
Apr 19, 2025
Get ready for a show of prehistoric proportions. Enjoy as Dr. Dinosaur leads you on an expedition back to the time of the dinosaurs. Watch what happens when T-Rexes & raptors collide in wrestling battle royale, and even find out how fossils are formed! This show is perfect for all ages & entertains just as much as it educates.
Día de Los Niños y Niñas!
Apr 28, 2024
Come and celebrate this beautiful tradition where we celebrate childhood. Bring your kids to enjoy workshops, entertainment, food, and surprises. This event, in collaboration with the Mexican Consulate, will be fun for all. You can’t miss it!
Fairy God Doctor
May 03, 2025
Disney meets Daleks… What could possibly go wrong? Watch what happens when The Doctor meets his most unlikely companion yet, a Disney Princess. Fairy God Doctor combines nerd culture and pop culture into one perfectly wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey show for all ages!
Waitress
May 22, 2025-Jun 22, 2025
Waitress is a homespun tale that features music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winner Sara Bareilles (Brave & Love Song). Jenna, a waitress and expert pie-maker, dreams of a way out of her small town and a rocky marriage when a pie-baking contest in a nearby county offers the winner a big cash prize. Entertainment Weekly calls Waitress “a little slice of heaven.” As a multi-platinum recording artist, Bareilles serves up a delicious score that brought a whole new audience to Broadway with her empowering story about the family we choose, told with extreme heart and irreverent humor.
We Are The Champions: A Celebration of Queen
Jul 26, 2025
Experience the electrifying energy of We Are The Champions, a spectacular Queen tribute band coming to the LAC! From soaring vocals to iconic guitar riffs, this powerhouse group delivers all the hits you know and love, including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Will Rock You,” and “Don’t Stop Me Now.” Relive the magic of Queen in a show-stopping evening filled with rock anthems and unforgettable performances. Don’t miss this must-see event that will have you singing along and stomping your feet!