Palefsky Collision Project
For three weeks each summer, the Alliance Theatre assembles a diverse group of 20 teenagers from metro Atlanta to explore and unpack a classic text under the guidance of a professional playwright and director. Through improvisational exercises, oral history, choreography, the individual performing talents they possess, and their writing, the teenagers create a new piece inspired by the classic text but perceived through their own utterly unique and contemporary prism. The Palefsky Collision Project affords teens a unique theatrical experience and gives them ownership of a performance at the Alliance. It also gives students validity – confidence in their talents, strength for the future, and power in their decisions.
Through this dynamic project, metro Atlanta teens create theater for and about themselves by “colliding” with a dramatic text, reinforcing the idea that theater can address their particular ideas and feelings.
Text: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo
Performances
Public performances of the 2022 Palefsky Collision Project will take place in-person. Tickets are free, but advanced registration is required!
- Saturday, July 9, 2022 // 7 PM
- Sunday, July 10, 2022 // 2:30 PM
2022 Participants
This experience is free to all participants through generous support from Howard and Victoria Palefsky. The Palefsky Collision Project takes place with the support of the Mellon Foundation's National Playwright Residency Program administered in partnership with Howlround.
