Alliance Theatre launching new Goizueta Stage with trio of musicals
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 2026, 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 always in season,” said 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 programming 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 resources for Georgia schools and offer streaming productions to classrooms worldwide.
Through the program, 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 capacity for tolerance, resilience and conscientiousness,” said Kajese-Bolden and Moses.
“Now that we empirically understand the impact that these arts experiences have on a child’s development, it’s up to us to figure out how best to scale these benefits to as many young people in our community as possible. 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 currently 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.
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