Alliance Theatre launching new Goizueta Stage with trio of musicals

A rendering of the Alliance Theatre s new Goizueta Stage for Youth Families set to launch in the new year with a trio of musicals Credit Supplied image After a year of construction Atlanta s Alliance Theatre is unveiling its new Goizueta Stage for Youth Families in the new year with a trio of musicals Beginning January the new stage will showcase Into the Burrow A Peter Rabbit Tale Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed The Rock Experience and the world premiere of The Great Ant Sleepover The Alliance Theatre says that all three productions were inspired by a multi-year construction and excavation project that occurred beneath the Woodruff Arts Center s Memorial Arts Building We set out to build a space where wonder is consistently in season mentioned Jennings Hertz Artistic Directors Tinashe Kajese-Bolden and Christopher Moses both of which are leaders of the Alliance Theatre This exciting repertory model lets us fulfill the promise of this new stage by offering families a reason to come back again and again an open invitation to come whenever inspiration strikes where every week holds something new to be enchanted by and where the Alliance is a joyful part of growing up The Goizueta Stage for Youth Families will serve as a hub for year-round offerings by the Alliance Theatre and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra The stage is supported by the Imagine Endowment a funding initiative that aims to keep ticket prices affordable provide field trip information for Georgia schools and offer streaming productions to classrooms worldwide Through the activity schools are able to apply online for transportation reimbursement in an effort to offset the costs of using school buses when participating in field trips to the Goizueta Stage according to a release A young person leaves the theater with an increased sense of hope in their own future and with a larger quota for tolerance resilience and conscientiousness revealed Kajese-Bolden and Moses Now that we empirically understand the impact that these arts experiences have on a child s improvement it s up to us to figure out how best to scale these benefits to as a great number of young people in our area as feasible That is the promise of the new Goizueta Stage for Youth Families a place where live theater is as accessible as it is inspirational In commemoration of the new space the Alliance Theatre is presently giving supporters the chance to name a seat in the Goizueta Stage Proceeds will go towards providing free or discounted tickets for students and families with more details available here The post Alliance Theatre launching new Goizueta Stage with trio of musicals appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta