Alliance Theatre

Founded in 1968, Alliance Theatre remains firmly tied to the cultural identity of Atlanta. The theatre has gained national recognition and prominence as Atlanta has become a leading international city.

In 1977, the Alliance merged with the Atlanta Children’s Theatre (founded in 1929) to include Atlanta’s youngest audiences in fully produced theatrical experiences. In 1979, The Alliance created the Theatre School (now the Acting Program and Education Department) to strengthen the relationship with the community. In 2007, under the leadership of Susan Booth, Artistic Director, the Alliance received the Regional Theatre Tony Award, in recognition for sustained excellence in programming, education and community engagement.

Realising that the audience supports plays developed in Atlanta, the Alliance has created a large body of new work, and produces world premiere American musicals with a strong track record of Broadway, touring and subsequent regional productions.

The theatre creates and nurtures the plays and careers of early career playwrights through the National Graduate Playwright Competition, providing a premiere for the winner as part of our regular season and national networking opportunities for four finalists. Locally based artists create work on a nationally watched stage, launching and sustaining Atlanta’s artistic community.

The Alliance created The Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists. A collaborative partnership between the Alliance and partner schools, institute programs equip teachers with theatrical techniques that link directly to school curriculum, align with the Georgia Performance Standards, and increase student learning. These innovative programs include GA Wolf Trap, a nationally recognised professional education program that focuses on literacy skills for children in pre-K – 2nd grade, Dramaturgy K-12, a unique program that empowers student scholars to create research material that both informs Alliance productions and prepares their peer audiences; and Collision Plus, which takes the creativity and collaboration of the Collision Project into our high school classrooms.

THE TEAM

Susan V. Booth –Jennings Hertz, Artistic Director

Rosemary Newcott, Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth

Jody Feldman, Associate Producer

Celise Kalke, Director of New Projects

DayRon J. Miles, Community Engagement and Casting Associate

Margo Moskowitz, Artistic Assistant

Kathryn David, Artistic Intern

Malcolm Tariq, Literary Intern

Margot Manburg, Literary Intern

Jiréh Holder, Kenny Leon Fellow

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