Directed by Patrick McColery in collaboration with Pearl Cleage, Playwright, the 20th Anniversary Palefsky Collision Project explored Marvin Gaye's legendary album, What's Going On. Public performances of the ensemble's original piece, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I'M ALONE? A MEDITATION ON MARVIN 2021, occurred on Friday, July 30, 2021 and Saturday, July 31, 2021 on the Alliance Theatre's Coca-Cola Stage.


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A group of people stand on stage with raised hands beneath a large sign reading "The Alliance's Collision Project 20th Anniversary.


Aug 16, 2021 – May 31, 2022

What Makes You Think I’m Alone? A Meditation on Marvin

The 2021 Palefsky Collision Project Performance.

Directed by Patrick McColery in collaboration with Pearl Cleage, Playwright, the 20th Anniversary Palefsky Collision Project explored Marvin Gaye’s legendary album, What’s Going On. Public performances of the ensemble’s original piece, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I’M ALONE? A MEDITATION ON MARVIN 2021, occurred on Friday, July 30, 2021 and Saturday, July 31, 2021 on the Alliance Theatre’s Coca-Cola Stage.