Nomad Motel: Horizon Theatre

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Would you leave your teenage child alone to fin for themselves while you try to get your act together? Have you came the end of your robe and thought that they would be better off without you? These are just some of the few questions, some of the characters in Nomad Motel had to ask themselves.

As I have mentioned in my original Nomad Motel post, Nomad Motel is a funny and poignant tale of motel kids and parachute kids raising themselves and making something out of nothing in the land of plenty.   To be quite honest, I did not know what a parachute kid was until seeing this play and if you do not know, according to the Urban Dictionary, a parachute kid is children who are sent to a new country, to live alone or with a caregiver while their parents remain in their home country.

Horizon Theatre is great at set design and managed again to wow the audience. As you can see one side of the stage was the motel where a teenage girl, her two brothers and mother stay and the other side was a big house to which a teenage boy lives by himself.

Nomad Motel: Horizon Theatre

Key sign of a good play is when it is able to illicit emotion. This play pissed me off so bad that I wanted to beat some of the characters ashtrays. Ha ha. If you have ever seen one of the plays at Horizon Theatre, you know that they know how to get their audiences emotionally involved and question themselves and truly this play was no different.

Nomad Motel will run September 21 – October 21, 2018. Performances are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m. (no Saturday matinee on September 22 or October 20) at Horizon Theatre in Little Five Points/Inman Park (1083 Austin Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA. 30307).  Tickets are $25-$45 and prices increase as performances sell out, so get your tickets early.   Tickets for students under 25 are $15 for any show. Seating is general admission.  Tickets and information are available at horizontheatre.com or 404.584.7450.

ABOUT HORIZON THEATRE COMPANY

Horizon Theatre Company connects people, inspires hope and promotes positive change through the stories of our times.  We produce professional area and world premieres of smart, funny and provocative contemporary plays.  We also develop the next generation of diverse artists and audiences.  For more information about tickets, group sales, or to receive a season brochure, call 404.584.7450 or visit horizontheatre.com.

Major funding is provided by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, The Shubert Foundation, the Imlay Foundation, The Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta and Bloomberg Philanthropies.   Horizon is also supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly.   GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.  We are grateful for our play and program corporate sponsors:  the Turner Voices initiative of Turner Broadcasting, Macy’s, the National New Play Network, and Kilpatrick Townsend.

What are some of the greatest plays that you have seen in your home town?