Synchronicity Theatre has announced its 26th season, running from fall 2023 to summer 2024. The season includes a co-production with Impact Theatre Atlanta of The Wash, a play written by ArtsATL Editor-at-Large Kelundra Smith, as well as other anticipated productions.
“Building a season is always a delicious conundrum, mixing stories and voices that uplift and enlighten,” Artistic Director Rachel May told ArtsATL. “I was inspired by the theatricality and magic in all of our family series shows, which are fantastical but rooted in authenticity and story. And partnering with Impact Theatre on the world premiere of Kelundra Smith’s The Wash puts lively, fierce and powerful women center stage — just how we like it.”
“I can’t wait for Atlanta and the world to experience the comedy, joy and heart that winds all through The Wash,” Smith told ArtsATL. “This is a homegrown story, rooted in our history. Atlantans will recognize neighborhoods, people and places in it, including Summerhill, Wheat Street and Spelman College.”
The season also includes the North American premiere of Home, I’m Darling, written by Laura Wade, and a remount of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, written by Taiwanese American author and illustrator Grace Lin and last staged at Synchronicity in 2013. This year, the theater is partnering with the community organization East by Southeast to enrich the production’s Asian roots.
“East by Southeast is thrilled to be a community partner with Synchronicity for their production of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon,” said founders Amee Vyas and Michelle Pokopac in a statement. “We share a vision to foster community connections, especially when opportunities like this feature our Asian cultures and local Asian American and Pacific Islander artists. Inclusion begins with having a seat at the table, which is what we hope to see more of in Atlanta.”
