Your (Alliance Theatre’s) plays encourage the love of good stories and literature in our students. They also encourage imagination and dreams, and we all know that children should exercise their imaginations often and dream many dreams.
                                                                                             —Heather Rodrigues, teacher of the deaf, Briarcliff Elementary School

There is magic in live theatre and it happens all the time at the Alliance. The largest residential theatre company in the Southeast and the region’s most celebrated, the Alliance plays to audiences of more than 200,000 people each year. Currently nearing its fortieth season, the Alliance consistently brings an eclectic mix of classics and new works to its stages and an impressive list of first-rate artists and playwrights to Atlanta. For educators, it is a critical resource. One of the few major regional theatres that produces professionally staged work for both adults and children, the Alliance is well-known for its extensive and highly innovative educational and community programming.In 2007, the Alliance was recognized for this work with a Regional Theatre Tony Award®.

What we offer:
• School-day performances of professionally-produced plays for children in grades PreK through 12.
• Professionally staged matinee performances for older students.
• The Institute for Educators, which provides summer teaching training seminars for credit, field trip opportunities to the Alliance, and curriculum-based classroom residencies and workshops.
• An extensive acting program for students of all ages, including classes, workshops, seminars and summer drama day camps.
• Theatre enrichment activities that set the stage for learning through watching, creating and performing live theatre.
• Access to professional theatre staff—actors, writers, producers, directors and more.

How we help you:
• Students have dozens of field trip opportunities to see a professional Alliance production. This year’s schedule includes two plays for younger children and eight plays for teens. Each comes with study guides, classroom materials and, in some cases, pre-performance previews and seminars for teachers.
• Original educational outreach programs such as The Collision Project, GEORGIA WOLF TRAP/Early Learning through the Arts, and Curtain Call in-school residences add theatre to the learning mix, providing ways for your students to learn through and with live theatre.
• A comprehensive program of teacher seminars, which includes training by professional theatre artists and teaching artists, helps you connect and relate the artistic work of theatre to your school curriculum, reinforcing the unlimited potential and power of arts education.

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