Jerry’s Habima Theatre at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) has been inspiring audiences for 31 years with performances featuring actors with disabilities who defy stereotypes while creating memorable theater experiences for audiences. This year, Stephen Sondheim’s, “Into the Woods Jr.,” will be presented, with performances running from March 7-17.
The theatre group is Georgia’s only professional theater company featuring actors with special needs who perform alongside professional actors. Professional directors, choreographers, staging managers, lighting consultants, costumers, and sound engineers work with the company during each production to create immersive Broadway-style experiences.
“We’ve created a vibrant community where actors with special needs showcase their talents, build lifelong skills, and forge lasting friendships,” said Founding Artistic Producer Kim Goodfriend. “With about 90 percent of our actors returning each year and performances selling out, it’s clear that our program resonates deeply within the community. The MJCCA’s commitment to this program underlines the significance of what we offer — an inclusive space where actors and audiences alike can explore and celebrate the richness of human experience through theater.”
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(From left, back row) Luke Davis (Baker), Molly Drumm (Little Red Riding Hood); (from left, front row) Katie Rouille (Baker’s Wife), Cynthia Outman (Cinderella), Sean Wyatt (Jack)
The upcoming production of “Into the Woods Jr.” reimagines Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical, weaving an enchanting yarn where the realms of fairytales and reality merge. This youthful adaptation focuses on a baker and his wife, cursed to childlessness by a witch, whose destinies intertwine with those of iconic characters like Cinderella, yearning to attend the king’s festival, and Jack, hoping for his cow…
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