Atlanta's Ovations Theater debuts, spotlights the truth and humor surrounding middle-age

Ovations Theatre premieres on Thursday, Aug. 15 with the comedy stage play "Luv." (Kenny Murry/WABE)

Updated on 8/16/24 at 4:16 p.m.

When actress and director Kelly Balzli returned to the Atlanta theater scene after over 20 years, she realized that barely anything had changed — with the exception of technology.

“Obviously the socials is a big component of it now,” she noted when discussing the importance of building a digital audience. “I ain’t no young chicken, so I haven’t really done a lot with the TikTok and all of that.”