Alliance Theatre
www.alliancetheatre.org
What I Learned in Paris
September 5-30
Apples & Oranges
October 5 - 28
Next to Normal
October 17 – November 11
Real Tweenagers
October 27 – November 3
A Christmas Carol
November 23 – December 23
Holidays with Chalk
November 30 – December 23
Good People
January 16- February 10
Bike America
February 1-24
Charlotte’s Web
February 23 – March 10
The Whipping Man
March 8 – April 7
Zorro
April 3 - May 5
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Founded in 1968, The Alliance Theatre remains closely tied to the cultural identity of Atlanta, growing as the city has grown. The theatre has gained national recognition and prominence as we have become a leading international city. In 1977, the Alliance merged with the Atlanta Children’s Theatre (founded in 1929) in order 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) in order to strengthen the relationship with our 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.
Realizing that our audience and the national field supports plays developed in Atlanta, the Alliance has created a large body of new work. The Alliance 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. Finally we create and produce original plays for young audiences at every age level: from the Collision Project which creates opportunities for high school artists to collide with classic texts to the ground breaking Theatre for the Very Young, creating interactive work for infants and toddlers.
The Alliance takes great pride in our multi-generational educational programming. Believing that the same excellence found on our stage must be found in our education programs, 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 recognized professional learning 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 Alliance also offers community education, including classes for all ages and abilities of theatre interest; and adult student productions of unproduced plays in development (working with local writers and playwrights from the National Graduate Playwriting Competition). Twice recognized by the Federal Department of Education as leaders in the field of arts education, these programs reflect the Alliance’s commitment to city wide arts access.
The Alliance Theatre strives to set the highest artistic standards and create the powerful experience of shared theatre for a diverse audience. Above all else, we value excellence, pursued with integrity and creativity, and achieved through collaboration.
Alliance Theatre at the Woodruff is a member of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American Theatre.
Suzi Bass Awards History
2011-2012 Suzi Bass Awards
Lead Actress Play: Tess Malis Kincaid, Broke
Ensemble Play: The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls
Scenic Design Musical: Todd Rosenthal, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
Lighting Design Musical: Robert Wierzel and Adam Larsen, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
Sound Design Play: Kendall Simpson and Adair Mallory, I Just Stopped By to See the Man
Costume Design Play: Ivan Ingermann, The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls
Costume Design Musical: Lex Liang, Into the Woods
Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award: Janece Shaffer, Broke
2010-2011 Suzi Bass Awards
Production Play: August: Osage County
World Premiere: Bring It On: The Musical
Lead Actress Play: Tess Malis Kincaid, August: Osage County
Director Play: Susan V. Booth, August: Osage County
Scenic Design Play: Leslie Taylor, August: Osage County
Sound Design Musical: Brian Ronan, Bring It On: The Musical
Choreography: Andy Blankenbuehler, Bring It On: The Musical
2009-2010 Suzi Bass Awards
Actors' Equity Association Suzi for Ensemble Play: Lookingglass Alice
Ensemble Musical: Avenue X
Choreography: Twyla Tharp, Come Fly With Me
Music Direction: Sam Lutfiyya, Come Fly With Me
Lighting Design Musical: Ken Yunker, Avenue X
Scenic Design Musical: Todd Rosenthal, Avenue X
Sound Design Musical: Peter McBoyle, Come Fly With Me
The Spirit of Suzi Award: Rosemary Newcott
2008-2009 Suzi Bass Awards
Director Musical: Susan V. Booth, Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL
Music Direction: Michael Fauss, Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL
Gene-Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award: Janece Shaffer, Managing Maxine
2007-2008 Suzi Bass Awards
Production Play: In the Red and Brown Water
Production Musical: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Director Play: Tina Landau, In the Red and Brown Water
Director Musical: Susan V. Booth, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Ensemble Play: In the Red and Brown Water
Ensemble Musical: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Featured Actor Play: Andrew Benator, Eurydice
Lead Actor Musical: Craig A. Meyer, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Featured Actress Musical: Marva Hicks, The Women of Brewster Place
Scenic Design: Kat Conley, Eurydice
Lighting Design: Scott Zielinski, In the Red and Brown Water
Choreography: Byron Easley and Kent Gash, Sophisticated Ladies
Musical direction: Michael Fauss, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
2006-2007 Suzi Bass Awards
Featured Actor Play: Neal A. Ghant, Glengarry Glen Ross
Lighting Design: William H. Grant, Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue
Sound Design: Clay Benning, False Creeds
2005-2006 Suzi Bass Awards
Production Musical: Jelly's Last Jam
Featured Actor Play: Ariel Shafir, The Underpants
Featured Actress Play: Suehyla El-Attar, Bluish
Lead Actor Musical: J.D. Goldblatt, Jelly's Last Jam
Lead Actress Musical: Karole Foreman, Jelly's Last Jam
Director Musical: Kent Gash, Jelly's Last Jam
Costume Design: Mariann Verheyen, Intimate Apparel
Featured Actress Musical: Lavon Fisher, Jelly's Last Jam
Music Direction: Darryl G. Ivey, Jelly's Last Jam
Choreography: Byron Easley and Kent Gash, Jelly's Last Jam
2004-2005 Suzi Bass Awards
Production: The Color Purple
Alliance Theatre
The Woodruff Arts Center
1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: (404) 733-4200
