Actor's Express Receives $20,000 Grant from Turner in Support of THE COLOR PURPLE

Actor's Express has been awarded a grant of $20,000 from Turner to support its production of The Color Purple. Managing Director Alex Scollon comments, "Year after year Turner has shown its commitment to Atlanta's arts and culture scene and telling the stories or our time through its Turner Voices program. Actor's Express is honored to be one of the recipients again this year."

The Color Purple is the Tony Award-winning musical based on Alice Walker's great American novel. Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning triumph bolts joyously to life with soaring music and unforgettable characters. Celebrating the very best of the human spirit, The Color Purple tells the uplifting story of Celie, a woman who struggles through adversity to find strength, love and the power of her own voice. The production runs June 16 - July 29, 2018. Tickets may be purchased online at actors-express.com or by calling 404-607-7469.

Turner Voices is Turner's signature corporate philanthropy program that strategically invests in community arts and culture and youth development. The support leverages Turner employees, products, technology and services to identify and develop a pipeline of future storytellers and talent. To find out more about Turner visit www.Turner.com or follow them on Twitter @Turner.

The Color Purple

Book by Marsha Norman

Music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray

Based upon the novel written by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment Motion Picture

Directed by David Koté

June 16 - July 29, 2018

Too Beautiful for Words.

A great American novel becomes a great American musical. Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning triumph bolts joyously to life with soaring music and unforgettable characters. Celebrating the very best of the human spirit, The Color Purple tells the uplifting story of Celie, a woman who struggles through adversity to find strength, love and the power of her own voice.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO OUR SPONSORS

Turner

Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund

City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs

Fulton County Board of Commissioners

Georgia Council for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

The Shubert Foundation

The Imlay Foundation

James Starr Moore Memorial Foundation

Kilpatrick Townsend

Thompson Hine

Holland IT Consulting

ABOUT ACTOR'S EXPRESS

Since our founding in 1988, we have sought to nurture the next generation of playwrights through workshops, readings, and full productions of new plays; to develop and nurture Atlanta's artistic community through theatre training; to catalyze the dialogue essential to the vitality of our neighborhood and our city; and to enhance Atlanta's reputation nationally as a thriving center for live performance.

Actor's Express is located on the west side of Atlanta in the King Plow Arts Center at 887 W. Marietta Street, Suite J-107, Atlanta, Georgia 30318.

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