The Alliance Theatre Podcast

Episode Notes On this episode, author Rick Elice and director Jessica Stone share a hilariously authentic conversation on collaboration, creativity and how  Water for Elephants  came to be. Rick Elice  (Book)  Jersey Boys , Rick’s first Broadway credit, co-authored with Marshall Brickman, won the Tony Award, the Grammy Award and the Olivier Award for Best Musical, and has entered the record books...

Episode Notes Alliance Theatre Allyship Training: https://www.alliancetheatre.org/content/allyship-training The Hot Wing King: alliancetheatre.org/hotwingking The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd: https://www.alliancetheatre.org/production/2022-23/the-many-wondrous-realities-of-jasmine-starr-kidd Find out more at https://the-alliance-theatre-podcast.pinecast.co This podcast is powered...

Episode Notes Margarita Kompelmakher,  Director of Community Partnerships and Engagement, and Trent Anderson, Director of Development are two members of the Alliance Theatre family most connected to our work as a nonprofit organization centered on community enrichment and development. On this episode of the Alliance Theatre Podcast, we chat about our gratitude for those that make our work possible...

Episode Notes In our second Artist Talk of season we are joined by Lex Liang and Tinashe Kajese-Bolden. Two parts of the Everybody creative team, Lex and Tinashe share a playful and soulful conversation on maneuvering a post-pandemic theatre world as artist of color and how their own personal experience has enabled them to learn new things about everybody and themselves. Hosted by Margarita Kompel...

Episode Notes As our lead Patron Services and Memberships manager and a Director of the IDEA-LGBTQIA Sub-Committee, Corey Smith is one of our most “audience facing” reps. Not only does that give him insight on what our audiences want, but a clear view on the steps we are taking as an organization to develop inclusivity from the inside out. With a new season upon us, we chat about what our loyal an...

Episode Notes In our very first show of the season director Jamil Jude speaks on his work outside of the theatre, what he hopes audiences will take from the story of Henry and the evolution of theatre for the very young. Plus get a glimpse at what's to come this season at the Alliance Theatre and the AT Podcast.  Jamil Jude  is a highly accomplished director, producer, playwright, and dramaturg fo...

Episode Notes Tomi Martin has worked with musicians including Madonna, Justin Bieber, T-Pain, and more. With Martin set to man the guitar for DARLIN' CORY – the time seemed more than opportune to discuss his love of music and art, how that love can influence what matters, and what it means to be the cool guy. Tomi Martin is a native of Louisville, KY, and grew up as a preacher’s kid listening to t...

Episode Notes Learn more about WORKING: A Musical at the Alliance Theatre. For more information about the Alliance Theatre Podcast please click here . MARGARITA KOMPELMAKHER , PhD, is a Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow and Community Engagement Manager at the Alliance Theatre, where she runs programs that connect theatre to issues that matter most to communities across Atlanta. She is a regular contributo...

Episode Notes TAMILLA WOODARD is the co-Artistic Director of Working Theater, former BOLD Associate Artistic Director at WP Theater, and the co-founder of PopUP Theatrics. She also served as the associate director of Hadestown _on Broadway. This very digital season, her work includes _American Dreams by Leila Buck for Working Theater, Theater for One’s Here We Are series with plays by Nikole Salte...

Episode Notes How does one manage a theatre? How does one manage a theatre during a pandemic when audiences can’t gather in traditional spaces? How does one manage a theatre while meeting the demands of the WeSeeYouWAT document in order to create a more equitable theatre-making practice for BIPOC artists and beyond? Find out from two of the country’s finest in this episode of the Alliance Theatre...

Episode Notes Maya Lawrence is a NYC born- Atlanta based multidisciplinary artist and activist, specializing in theater, performance, and poetry. As an actor, teaching artist, and facilitator with an audience range from newborns to as long as one can be alive, she uses her superpowers of creativity, curiosity, and compassion to facilitate theatre-based experiences rooted in Anti-Bias work for yout...

Episode Notes SUSAN V. BOOTH ( Jennings Hertz Artistic Director ) joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001 and has initiated the Palefsky Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Reiser Atlanta Artists Lab, local producing partnerships and regional collaborative productions, as well as commercial partnerships on projects such as The Prom ; Tuck Ev...

Episode Notes Step through the stage door and gather around the GHOST LIGHT, the new Alliance Theatre podcast dedicated to the weird, the paranormal, and the downright spooky things that can happen in the world of the theater. <h5> GHOST LIGHT is the first project to stem from the Alliance Theatre’s Press Play initiative. </h5> Join hosts Patrick Myers and Elliott Folds as they dive in...

Join artist & activist Maya Lawrence leading a conversation with Mellon Playwright in Residence, Pearl Cleage, as they explore the role of art & activism in our world, how to have the courage to invite in truth, and then how to live it. Find out more at https://the-alliance-theatre-podcast.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

Join us for an Artists Roundtable Discussion that took place as part of our Virtual Kendeda Week in April. Moderated by Rachel Karpf, former Artistic Producer, WP Theater, NYC, and featuring all four Alliance/Kendeda Competition finalists- Logan Faust, Cary Simowitz, Ava Geyer, and Inna Tsyrlin; Alliance/Kendeda Winner, Steph Del Rosso, as well as Atlanta playwrights Will Power, Steve Coulter, Kim...