History

Windmill Arts Timeline

  • July 2016 – Building purchased

  • October 2016 – Renovations started

  • October 2017 – Windmill Arts Center opens. First production Weird Sisters Dangerous Women

  • January 2018 – First annual Rosetta Series (precursor to Excuse the Art)

  • April 2018 – First Resident Artist ImmerseATL 

  • August 2018 – Vanguard Repertory Company’s world premiere of On the Third Day

  • August 2018 – Second Resident Artist Fly on a Wall  

  • January 2019 – Second annual Rosetta Series

  • May 2019 – Resident Artist Vernal and Sere Theatre presents Spirits to Enforce

  • May 2019 – World premiere of Fly on a Wall’s Slightly Off Stage

  • August 2019 – Vanguard Repertory Company’s Southeastern premiere of Bre’r Cotton

  • March 2020 – Fly on a Wall presents first Excuse the Art

  • March 2020 – Vernal and Sere Theatre presents Ubu

  • April 2021 – Fly on a Wall presents second annual Excuse the Art

  • October 2021 – Vernal and Sere Theater presents world premiere Exterminating Angel

  • April 2022 – Fly on a Wall presents third annual Excuse the Art

  • June 2022 – Resident Artist Adinkra presents world premiere of Revolutionary Stories

  • September 2022 – Resident Artist FADlab founded

  • August 2022 – Fly on a Wall presents world premiere of This Room is a Body

  • October 2022 – Vernal and Sere Theater presents world premiere of Hurricane Season

  • November – Fly on a Wall presents world premiere of Tile

  • December 2022 – Resident Artist Act for a Change presents world premiere of Cheering in the Dark

  • January 2023 – Rebranding of Windmill Arts Center to Windmill Arts

  • March 2023 – Fly on a Wall presents fourth annual Excuse the Art

  • April 2023 – Vernal and Sere Theater presents Lear

  • June 2023 – Resident Artist Burning Bones presents world premiere of Malicious Compliance

  • July 2023 – Resident Artist Havoc presents Just Another Play about Rainbows

  • August 2023 – Resident Artist Excavate Body presents world premiere of Avalanche

  • October 2023 – Resident Artist Crux Collective presents world premiere of Catalyst

  • December 2023 – Resident Artist Adinkra presents Artistic Excellence

  • January 2024 – Windmill Arts Productions presents world premiere of Butterfly

  • March 2024 – Vernal and Sere Theater presents world premiere of Glass Essay

  • June 2024 - EXCAVATE BODY world premiere, CRASH TEST

  • July 2024 - Act For A Change world premiere of Bridges Over Barriers

  • August 2024 - Resident Artist, Vernal & Sere Theatre, opens Hurricane Season in NYC Off Broadway