Recent Award-Winning Guest Artists include:
- Lisa Adler
- Co-Artistic/Producing Director of Horizon Theatre Company
- Ricardo Aponte
- Choreographer/Actor, Alliance Theatre Company, Center for Puppetry Arts
- Donna Biscoe
- Actor, Playwright’s Horizons, Arena Stage, Rectify, The Hunger Games
- Monica Bell
- Actor, Off-Broadway, Huntington Theatre, Utah Shakespeare
- Jodi Benson
- Actor, Voice of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Broadway
- Ray Benson
- Actor, Broadway’s Singin’ in the Rain
- Dawn Marie Bernhard
- Make-Up, Cirque du Soleil, Circus Couture
- Noah Bremer
- Actor/Clown, Artistic Director of Live Action Set/Minneapolis, Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai and The Beatles LOVE
- Joanne Camp
- Actor, Founding Member of The Pearl Theatre Company/NYC
- Michael Chin
- SAFD Fight Master & Choreographer, Juilliard School, Broadway, Pan Asian Rep
- Carolyn Cook
- Artistic Director of Theatre du Reve
- Kat Conley
- Scenic Designer, Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, Marin Theatre Company
- Ryan Connaro
- Actor, Ping Chong + Company/NYC, Perseverence Theatre, Theatre Mitu
- Jeannie Crawford
- Costume Designer, Theatre in the Square
- Jennifer Lee Crowl
- Choreographer/Actor, Theatre of the Stars, Broadway
- James DeVita
- Core Acting Company at American Players Theatre
- David DeVries
- Actor/Director, Broadway, National Tours, Alliance, Nashville, Drop Dead Diva
- Robert Farley
- Artistic Director of Georgia Ensemble Theatre
- Jody Feldman
- Producer & Casting Director, Alliance Theatre Company, Broadway
- Carl Flink
- Choreographer, Artistic Director of Black Label Movement/MN, The Guthrie Theater
- Kevin Frazier
- Lighting Designer, The Warehouse Theatre, Aurora, Serenbe
- Richard Garner
- Director/Actor, Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit
- Barbara Hartwig
- Choreographer, Disney, Universal
- Felicia Hernandez
- Actor, Theatrical Outfit, Aurora Theatre
- Patricia Henritze
- Playwright, 2016 O’Neill Finalist, Working Title, Brave New Works
- Alan Kilpatrick
- Associate Artistic Director of Georgia Ensemble Theatre
- Mark Kincaid
- Actor, The Old Globe, McCarter, Alliance Theatre
- Tess Malis Kincaid
- Actor/Director, Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, True Colors
- Brian Kurlander
- Actor/Playwright, Associate Artist at Theatrical Outfit
- Live Action Set
- (full company) Physical Theatre, Clowning
- Antonina Lerch
- Costume Designer/Cutter/Fitter, Madmen, True Blood, Dexter
- Victor Love
- Actor, Director of EVOLV Atlanta, Lincoln Center Theatre, Native Son
- Jenn MacQueen
- Akrosphere Aerial Dance & Circus Director
- Scot Mann
- SAFD Fight Master & Choreographer, Steppenwolf, Alliance, Alabama Shakespeare
- Don Massey
- Lighting & Scenic Designer, Highlands Playhouse, Theatre in the Square
- Rachel May
- Artistic Director of Synchronicity Theatre
- Dennis Mauldin
- Resident Scenic Designer at Flat Rock Playhouse
- D. Connor McVey
- Resident Lighting & Scenic Designer, Terrific New Theatre; Synchonicity, Actor’s Express
- Christina Whitaker Moore
- Wigs & Make-Up, The Atlanta Opera
- Rosemary Newcott
- Artistic Director of Theatre for Youth at the Alliance Theatre
- Terry O’Brien
- Founding Artistic Director of Hudson Valley Shakespeare
- Leslie Reidel
- Shakespeare Director, Utah & Colorado Shakespeare Festivals, Milwaukee Rep
- James Ridge
- Core Acting Company at American Players Theatre
- Sydney Roberts
- Costumer Designer, Alliance Theatre, Portland Center Stage
- Nelson Rodriguez
- Artistic Director of Pride Films & Plays/Chicago
- David Rossetti
- Choreographer/Actor, Broadway, National Tours
- Theresa Snyder
- Key Costumer, Sleepy Hollow, Halt and Catch Fire
- Peggy Stamper
- Costume Designer, The Walking Dead, The Spectacular Now
- Jeff Wirth
- Improv, Director of the Interactive PlayLab/NYC
- Kristina White
- Scenic Design/Painter, Horizon Theatre, The Vampire Diaries
- Todd Wren
- Lighting Designer, Cleveland Playhouse, Kennedy Center
- John Woodson
- Actor, Broadway, Roundabout, New York Shakespeare FestivalProfessionals in the Guest Artist Program may also perform in touring productions as part of the GTA Season.
Recent performances include:
- Ryan Connaro
- SAINTS OF FAILURE (Mellon Foundation Grant/Developed in Residence at GTA)
- Nelson Rodriguez
- HISPANIC BREAKDOWN (Pride Films & Plays/Chicago)
- Terry O’Brien’s
- POPULAR MECHANICS (Baryshnikov Center/NYC)
- James Ridge
- DICKENS IN AMERICAN (American Players Theatre)
- James DeVita
- IN ACTING SHAKESPEARE (Off-Broadway)
- Live Action Set
- SEVEN SHOT SYMPHONY (IVEY Award Winner/Minneapolis)
- Brad Sherrill
- THE GOSPEL OF JOHN (Off-Broadway)
- Carolyn Cook
- THE SYRINGA TREE (Horizon Theatre Company)
GTA also frequently hosts guest speakers from the profession who engage in talk-backs or workshops with our students. Recent speakers include the Alliance Theatre’s playwright-in-residence Pearl Cleage and Tony Award-winning scenic designer Todd Rosenthal.