Every child deserves a stage.

Born from a belief that every neighbourhood deserves a theatre

In 2008, Dr. Priya Nair gathered twelve community volunteers in the basement of a church in East Atlanta. They had $800, a borrowed projector, and a conviction: children who are given a creative voice will use it. Fifteen years later, Futures Now operates across three Atlanta neighbourhoods, runs three dedicated programmes, and measures its success in graduation rates, not performances.

Our flagship programme, Stage Forward, has become a model studied by foundations in four states. Ninety-four percent of Stage Forward alumni graduate high school — 23 points above the city average.