Overview
For three weeks each summer, the Alliance Theatre assembles a diverse group of teenagers to "collide" with a source text under the guidance of a professional creative team.
For the first two weeks of this dynamic project, ensemble members unpack the source text, engage in an intensive series of theater workshops with guest artists, converse with subject matter experts, and express their unique reflections upon these experiences through daily creative writing exercises. These reflections are then woven together to create a new piece of theater inspired by the source text, but perceived through the ensemble's utterly unique and contemporary prism. The third and final week of the program includes a rigorous rehearsal process that culminates with final performances at the Alliance Theatre.
For over 20 years, the Palefsky Collision Project has empowered teens to create theater, for and about themselves, as collaborative, creative, and confident young artists.
For more information, call 404.733.4700 or email collision.project@alliancetheatre.org.
Palefsky Collision Project Summer 2025
The 24th annual Palefsky Collision Project convened at the Alliance Theatre July 7 – July 26, 2025. Directed by Sam Provenzano in collaboration with Maya Lawrence, Playwright, and Rodney Lamar Williams, Director of Artistic Mentorship, and David Koté, Music Director this year's piece will explore Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower.
Full Performances
In Partnership With
This experience is free to all participants through generous support from Howard and Victoria Palefsky.
