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Academy Theatre — Cold Outreach

Target: Academy Theatre — nonprofit professional theatre — 599 N Central Ave, Hapeville GA 30354

Tier: C — community / long-game

Channel: Email info@academytheatre.org (primary). Instagram DM @academytheatrega (alternate).

Contact: No published named human — address the theatre/team. Do not invent a name or title.

Ref: I7 in targets.md (Web-sourced candidates 2026-09-20 batch)

Built: 2026-09-20

Context

Academy Theatre is a nonprofit professional theatre, not a commercial venue. The I7 row says it is Georgia's longest-running professional theatre (founded 1956; the first integrated professional theatre in the South), running in public/private partnership with the City of Hapeville and hosting resident companies out of 599 N Central Ave.

A website can state that history. It can't show the people who keep it going: the resident companies on the stage, the partnership with the City, the building itself. That gap is one honest short piece.

The offer: One free short piece, they pick the story. No strings on the first one, they own the footage.

What I have: A verified org and its public channels — info@academytheatre.org, IG @academytheatrega, X @academytheatre, YT @AcademyTheatre, phone (404) 474-8332. The row names no human and leaves the FB field blank, so the email addresses the theatre/team rather than a fabricated person, and FB is not referenced.

Email (primary — info@academytheatre.org)

Subject: A free short piece on Academy Theatre

Hi Academy Theatre team —

Georgia's longest-running professional theatre, founded 1956, and the first integrated professional theatre in the South. A website can state that history. It can't show the people in the building: the resident companies on your stage, the partnership with the City of Hapeville, the room itself on N Central Ave.

I'm Brandyn, Ghost Coast Video out of Atlanta. I make short documentary pieces for the arts stories that don't fit on a page. I'd like to make one for Academy Theatre, free. You pick the story — the history, a resident company, the Hapeville partnership, whatever's real and worth showing. You own the footage, no strings on the first one.

Worth a reply?

— Brandyn

ghostcoast.video

Word count: ~135 words.

Instagram DM (alternate — @academytheatrega)

Hey — Brandyn, Ghost Coast Video. I shoot short documentary pieces for Atlanta's arts scene.

Georgia's longest-running professional theatre, founded 1956, first integrated professional theatre in the South. That history won't fit on a page. I'd like to make one short piece for Academy Theatre, free. You pick the story, you own the footage.

Worth a reply?

— Brandyn / ghostcoast.video

Word count: ~60 words.

Before sending

1. No named contact in the I7 row. The message addresses "Academy Theatre team" and does not invent a person's name or title. If Brandyn finds a real staff or board contact (artistic director, general manager, company lead) before sending, swap the greeting to that name.

2. Facts confined to the I7 row. Nonprofit professional theatre, longest-running in Georgia, founded 1956, first integrated professional theatre in the South, public/private partnership with the City of Hapeville, resident companies, Hapeville / 599 N Central Ave — all from the row. Nothing else is invented. No new emails, handles, names, productions, seasons, events, dates, metrics, clients, or testimonials.

3. Channels confirmed in the row. WEB academytheatre.org, EM info@academytheatre.org, IG @academytheatrega, X @academytheatre, YT @AcademyTheatre, phone (404) 474-8332. The FB field is blank in the row, so it is not referenced. Email is primary; the IG DM is a labeled alternate — do not triple-send.

4. Tier C register. Friendly/community, no hard sell. The wedge is the free piece, not a pitch.

5. Word counts under cap. Email ~135 words, DM ~60 words.

6. No AI attribution, no AI tells. Reads as one person writing to a theatre; no corporate scaffolding, no em-dash stacking, no "not just X, it's Y" scaffold.

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