The Alliance Theatre is pleased to present the four finalists of the 2022/23 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition in free, staged readings, as part of Alliance/Kendeda Week celebrating new works. RSVPs are requested.
RIDGWAY
Tuesday, March 7, 4:00 PM
Rehearsal Hall A at Alliance Theatre
Memorial Arts Building, 3rd Floor
1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
By Charlie O’Leary, University of Iowa
Directed by Matt Torney
Decades ago in Western Pennsylvania, a gay love triangle ended in a murder in the woods – or so it’s rumored. But when a white journalist brings his Latino partner home to investigate, the past and present start to look eerily similar. A ghost story about who can live safely in rural America.
HOW TO BRUISE GRACEFULLY
Wednesday, March 8, 3:00 PM
Rehearsal Hall A at Alliance Theatre
Memorial Arts Building, 3rd Floor
1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
By Brittany Fisher, The Juilliard School
Director Melissa Mowry
A young YouTuber, Vi, is hiding something. What begins as a typical workday at Burger King soon spirals into a deep exploration of fear, trauma, and inner strength through the eyes of women who have both nothing and everything to lose. This is a crash course on survival and how to cope with the reality of not being in control of your own body.
RUTH AND LYDIA
Thursday, March 9, 3:00 PM
Rehearsal Hall A at Alliance Theatre
Memorial Arts Building, 3rd Floor
1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
By Jamie Rubenstein, Hunter College
Directed by Lauren Morris
Ruth and Lydia spend their last years/months/weeks/days/minutes at the Brandywine Retirement Community in this time-bending, kaleidoscopic play about the sublime beauty of being alive.
MEMORIAL: A VERBATIM PLAY
Friday, March 10, 4:00 PM
Rehearsal Hall A at Alliance Theatre
Memorial Arts Building
1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
By Adam Ashraf Elsayigh, Brooklyn College, and Arianna Gayle Stucki, The Juilliard School
Directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
MEMORIAL is a verbatim play that centers on the experience of survivors of the mosque shootings that occurred on March 15, 2019, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Using embodied rituals and practices, as well as projection and found sound, MEMORIAL chronicles the impact of the terrorist attack through the words of five Christchurch citizens.
