Alliance Announces Unprecedented 2017/18 Season on the Road

Atlanta's nationally acclaimed ALLIANCE THEATRE and Jennings Hertz Artistic Director Susan V. Booth are pleased to announce the productions and venues of the 2017/18 season. The Alliance will take all the shows of the 49th season on the road to multiple venues around the city while the current theater space at the Woodruff Arts Center undergoes a complete renovation, its first since the building opened in 1968.

"It never felt like the right choice to simply produce the off campus season in a single venue - or even in two venues that might approximate our two theatres," said Susan V. Booth, Jennings Hertz Artistic Director. "We have a once-in-an-organizational-lifetime opportunity to truly be Atlanta's theatre. For 48 years, metro Atlanta has supported us by making the trip to our front door. It seemed like we had the opportunity to return the favor, and to do so in a way that celebrated the best of Atlanta by taking our work to a slate of cultural venues across our city. If we do this work right, each work will feel inevitably matched to its venue, and we'll be both taking our loyal supporters on a curated trip around their city, and meeting new audiences that we can hopefully bring home with us in the years ahead."

The venue partners for the Alliance's 2017/18 season span every corner of the Atlanta perimeter, from the Fulton County Southwest Arts Center and Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center on Atlanta's Southside, to the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta and the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on the Northside, and all the venues in-between - Actor's Express, Spelman College, Dad's Garage, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta History Center, The Galloway School, and the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University. If you were to drive to all the venues in one day, starting and ending at the Alliance's home at the Woodruff Arts Center, you would cover 90 miles of diverse and eclectic Atlanta neighborhoods!

"It's a brave choice to go to a different venue for each production, and the ALLIANCE THEATRE Board of Directors is thrilled to be going on this journey in every corner of our city," said Hala Moddelmog, President of the Atlanta Metro Chamber and incoming co-chair of the ALLIANCE THEATRE Board of Directors. "What better way to meet our neighbors than to perform where they are and invite them to come back with us when we return to our home. We're also excited to introduce our long time patrons to other cultural organizations they might not have had the opportunity to visit before."

The Alliance renovation project will include a complete transformation of the Alliance Stage, the theater's rehearsal spaces, education spaces, and artist support spaces. The remodel of the ALLIANCE THEATRE will provide significant enhancements to the patron experience, technology, and infrastructure.

The Alliance plans to return to its new theater space, which will include the renamed Coca-Cola Stage, in time for its 50th anniversary season in late 2018.

In addition to the Alliance's season on the road, the Alliance will also produce four Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young productions and one interactive play space at the Woodruff Arts Center. This season of Theatre for the Very Young will celebrate past and current world premiere productions based on children's picture books. The Kathy & Ken Bernhardt Theatre for the Very Young produces professional productions designed for children ages 0-5 years old, creating an artistic experience that overcomes age, language and developmental barriers, and expands the consciousness of very young audience members. Learn more at www.alliancetheatre.org/tvy.

"The 2017/18 season is an audacious experiment," said Booth. "We are celebrating our city with the people who make up our city because we believe humans make humans better. We believe the Alliance is more than a building. We want to play everywhere."

Season tickets for the Alliance's 49th season are on sale now. Single tickets will go on sale in July. For more information, visitwww.alliancetheatre.org/nextseason.

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