A Commitment to New Work
Since its founding in 1968, the Alliance Theatre has premiered more than 140 original productions.
World-Class Collaborators
From artists such as Elton John and Tim Rice to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Casey Nicholaw, many legends have walked the halls of the Alliance Theatre, creating award-winning shows in their wake. Other notable collaborators include: Pearl Cleage, Kenny Leon, Stephen King, and more.
These collaborators have helped build our productions from the ground up, sometimes adjusting throughout tech week to make sure that a show is perfect.
At left, singer-songwriter Barry Manilow sits in rehearsal for our 2013/14 production of Harmony, for which he wrote the music.
The Alliance also works with legendary directors and designers of the theater industry, including multi-Tony Award nominees like Jerry Mitchell, Michael Arden, Todd Rosenthal, Charles Randolph-Wright, Andy Blankenbuehler, and so many more.
Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw directs the world premiere of The Prom at Alliance Theatre in 2016 (which went on to Broadway in 2018 and later to Netflix in 2020)
Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell directed and choreographed our world premiere of Becoming Nancy in 2019.
Maybe Happy Ending Rehearsals at the Alliance Theatre (2020) by Alliance TheatreAlliance Theatre
Maybe Happy Ending Rehearsals at the Alliance Theatre
Director Michael Arden talks to the cast and crew on the first day of rehearsals for the musical, MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, making its American debut in Atlanta.
Cultivating New Voices
Through programs like the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Palefsky Collision Project, and the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, the Alliance Theatre is training and cultivating early-career playwrights, directors, designers, and actors.
Past participants of the Alliance's development programs including Academy Award-winner Tarell Alvin McCraney, television writer Kenneth Lin, comedian Mark Kendall, and writers like Madhuri Skekar, Mike Lew, Jireh Breon Holder, and many more.
Too Heavy For Your Pocket at Alliance Theatre (2017-02-03) by Alliance TheatreAlliance Theatre
The Kendeda Playwriting Competition
The Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition is a one-of-a-kind national competition that transitions student playwrights to the world of professional theatre.
(Featuring the cast of 2016/17 Kendeda Winner Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jiréh Breon Holder.)
Sheltered at Alliance Theatre (2018-02-28) by Alliance TheatreAlliance Theatre
This competition solicits plays from leading MFA graduate programs in the US and conducts a rigorous selection process to find four finalists and one winning play, which receives a full production as part of a regular season.
(Featuring 2017/18 Winner Sheltered by Alix Sobler.)
Goodnight, Tyler at Alliance Theatre (2019-02-15) by Alliance TheatreAlliance Theatre
The winner and finalists also receive development opportunities for their works including staged readings with industry professionals. A one-of-a-kind opportunity for emerging playwrights!
(Featuring 2018/19 Winner Goodnight, Tyler by B.J. Tindal)
Palefsky Collision Project
Through this dynamic project, metro Atlanta teens create theater for and about themselves by “colliding” with a dramatic text, reinforcing the idea that theater can address their particular ideas and feelings.
The Magic Negro at Alliance Theatre (2017-03-23) by Alliance TheatreAlliance Theatre
The Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab
In 2013, the Alliance Theatre launched the Reiser Lab to support and provide opportunities to artists of multiple theatre disciplines looking for a producing home for undeveloped work.
(Featuring Mark Kendall's 2016/17 Reiser Lab production of The Magic Negro.)
Knead at Alliance Theatre (2018-11-11) by Alliance TheatreAlliance Theatre
It is the goal of the Reiser Lab to celebrate the breadth and vision of Atlanta-based artists, encourage collaboration among Atlanta’s artistic community, and seed projects that will be produced in Atlanta.
(Featuring Mary Lynn Owen's 2018/19 Reiser Lab production of Knead.)
Maybe Happy Ending Set Time-Lapse (2020-01-02) by Alliance TheatreAlliance Theatre
In addition to winning a regional Tony Award in 2007, through the end of the 2019/20 Season, the Alliance Theatre has housed nine shows that have gone on to Broadway, five American Premieres, and 135 world premieres (including our groundbreaking Theatre for the Very Young shows).
