- ALLY THEATRE COMPANY RECEIVES 2019 JOHN ANIELLO AWARD
4/9/2019
Ally Theatre Company is thrilled to announce we will receive the 2019 John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company at this year's Helen Hayes Awards! The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company is selected each year by the Emerging Theatre Committee of theatreWashington. Qualifying theatres must produce at least one show per year, with a minimum of nine performances each, for two consecutive years. In receiving this award, Ally joins a prestigious group of previous honorees such as The Welders, Taffety Punk, 1st Stage, Constellation Theatre, and Monumental Theatre Company.
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- THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN: PLAYWRIGHT'S NOTE
1/21/2019
This play came from a self realization that I had years ago, that I've always had a very hard time trusting other women and girls. My best friends are male, for the most part. While I have female friendships now, they did not generally come as comfortably as the male friendships. I wanted to write about what would happen if I extrapolated that mistrust to an extreme but realistic place. From there, I asked myself, "What was the worst possible thing a group of girls could do to one of their own?" and this was the seed of THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN.
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- #POOLPARTY: THE HISTORY BY PLAYWRIGHT JENNIFER MENDENHALL
4/30/2018
In 1974 a family was denied membership at a private, neighborhood swimming pool, all the members of which were white. The father reached out to the NAACP. They contacted the Department of Justice. Letters were exchanged, a lawsuit was hinted at, and membership requirements were changed. The family was offered membership, but declined, out of concern for the children’s safety...
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- ALLY CELEBRATES ITS FIRST BIRTHDAY!
11/2/2017
On November 1st, we marked our first birthday. It's been a remarkable year full of milestones including: finding a home at Joe's Movement Emporium, our first production and the regional premiere of The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, and breaking attendance records with Clover. Next season promises to provoke even more of the dynamic and powerful conversations, we've come to expect from Ally Theatre Company...
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