Grace to Accra is a musical theater work inspired by the life and work of Dr. William Edward Du Bois. It focuses on the intellectual titan’s final years in Ghana as he reflects on his long life and strives to finish one of his most ambitious projects: the Encyclopedia Africana.
This multi-media performance follows one man’s journey, and that of his family members, through time as he examines the trauma and joy that has formed his personal and collective history. Using layers of quilts — both actual textiles and video mapping projections — and percussion-based storytelling, this performance will take audiences on a sensory journey through time and space. With a nod to its namesake, Slaughterhouse-Five, Daughter House 5 explores the way that trauma can influence our grasp on time, allowing us to speed it up, slow it down, or even travel through it.
Rock out to music from local youth and teen bands! Join us in the lobby before and after the afternoon performances of The Boy Who Kissed The Sky to hear music from Eclectic and the Quaranteens. Enjoy a jam session and cheer on the next generation of Metro Atlanta musicians
Join us for a post-show discussion with the cast of The Boy Who Kissed The Sky.
Join us for a post-show drama workshop with an Alliance Teaching Artist following select public performances of The Boy Who Kissed The Sky.