Community Calendar

Seed Theatre returns to Barking Legs Theater with its annual production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, bringing a full scale, Broadway style theatrical shadowcast live alongside the cult classic film. Featuring elaborate costumes, choreography, staging, and included audience participation props, the immersive event combines movie screening, live theater, and audience ritual into a bold celebration of the beloved classic.

Step into the lives of those who rest beneath the stones of Pleasant Garden Cemetery, one of Tennessee’s oldest historically Black cemeteries located in Chattanooga. Through a series of first-person monologues, the voices of teachers, ministers, business owners, laborers, and community leaders return to the stage, sharing stories of love, struggle, faith, and resilience.

Based on oral histories, newspaper clippings, census records, family photographs, and other historical documents, Beneath These Stones brings the past into the present through the power of storytelling. These are not simply stories about the dead. They are stories about a community that lived, loved, worked, and helped shape Chattanooga.

Come listen. Their stories have been waiting.

"AMERICA THROUGH THE TEMPEST" pairs the wit and wisdom of Shakespeare's words with the trials and triumphs of American history, featuring the state of Tennessee and Hamilton County at the heart of the production. The cast of actors and creatives led by Director Emma Collins and Assistant Director Hunter Rodgers features Kyree Brown, Maria Chattin, Jonathan Harris, Jamie Mclntosh, and Sarah Roberts. Enhancing the spectacle will be fight choreography by Will Snyder, and choreography by Monica Ellison. This family-friendly, outdoor production is offered free of charge. Bring your picnics, lawn chairs and outdoor blankets, seating at the historic Sniteman cabin at Greenway Farm Park is not provided.

Scenic City Shakespeare is a recipient of a $10,000 grant for Tennessee America 250 initiatives from the Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial. The grant award will be used for the development and performance of "AMERICA THROUGH THE TEMPEST", a free afternoon production at Greenway Farm Park in Hixson, TN at 2:30pm on Sunday, October 25th, 2026.

Seed: Call Me Ursula brings performer Jason B. Schmidt (aka Beatrix Eglantine Aurthurson) to Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga for a musical deep dive into Disney's iconic Sea Witch. Combining live singing, stand-up comedy, and a musical history lesson, the show explores the origins, casting, and cut songs from the original animated film and Broadway musical, celebrating the legacy of Ursula and the iconic performers considered for the role.

Experience the holiday magic with NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet, coming to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga. Featuring world-class international artists, stunning handmade costumes, breathtaking acrobatics, and larger-than-life puppets, this cherished holiday tradition brings Tchaikovsky's timeless score to vibrant life on stage.