After 21 years, Alliance Theatre Artistic Director Susan Booth bids farewell to Atlanta

Susan Booth's last day with the Alliance is Sept. 16. (Courtesy of Joe Mazza)

There comes a time when life presents choices, and we must decide to refuse or seize the opportunity. After 21 years as artistic director of the Alliance Theatre, Susan V. Booth will leave Atlanta to become the artistic director of the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Before her upcoming move, she managed to co-direct “Everybody,” the opening play of the Alliance Theatre’s new season, and she joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk about the play and her next major chapter in American theatrical arts.

Interview highlights:

Based on a 15th-century morality play, a play on mortality: