06/12/2026
Thank you for joining us at the 2026 TYA/USA National Festival & Conference at the Alliance Theatre! Check out some of these highlights from the performances, breakout sessions, and speeches that illuminated our week.
Photos by Casey Ford
—
ID: two smiling conference apprentices seated at the registration table. They are wearing red and white shirts that read “TYA” and they are holding sticks with ribbons on them.
ID: two conference attendees engaged in conversation with light-up headphones around their necks while seated (at left in a wheelchair, at right on the floor) in the light brown carpeted and marble lobby of the Woodruff Arts Center.
ID: two conference goers mid-clap in a crowd. Everyone is wearing light-up headphones, the lights are green or red, varying person to person
ID: an over-the-shoulder photo two conference goers engaged in conversation in front of a poster featuring Holden & Arts Associates’ 2026-2027 touring roster
ID: three actors wearing jeans and shirts in various shades of red white reaching from music stands on a dark stage
ID: two smiling award recipients wearing patterned dresses at a clear podium with a microphone
ID: a woman wearing a pink blazer and blue floral dress at a clear podium with a microphone
ID: two women in black suits sitting in velvet chairs on a stage. The woman on the left is holding a microphone
ID: three teenagers playing violins made out of recycled materials
ID: five musicians dressed on black and holding instruments made out of recycled materials including violins, a guitar, a hard, and a saxophone a on stage. The guitarist is standing at a microphone.
ID: a wide-shot of the Goizueta black box theatre, at left are 300 seated conference attendees and at right are two women standing on a brightly lit stage.
ID: an aerial shot of the brightly lit, two story Azadi Galleria lobby. A large crowd is wearing headphones that are lit up in shades of blue and red, and they are all surrounding two performers wearing a black suit and blue prom dress and dancing together.
ID: forty people standing in a large circle in a brightly lit white room with light wood floors
ID: thirty people sitting in two parallel rows of chairs facing each other, the lines of chairs span the length of the brightly lit, window-filled room.
ID: a smiling woman in a brimmed hat and grey and white shirt giving a speech in a brightly lit room
ID: a group of ten conference goers engaged in an activity. Four of them are on the floor either seated or kneeling below a sheer piece of blue and white fabric which is held up by two of the six standing people. Two people behind the fabric are holding up small disco balls and shining flashlights on them, and two tother people observe the activity on either side.
ID: a smiling photo of the three TYA/USA staff in standing in front of a rainbow umbrella
ID: eight vocalists standing at music stands and microphones on a dark stage lined with lit-up circular prosceniums. The center vocalist is holding up a green frog stuffed animal
ID: four vocalists with music stands and microphones on a stage. The vocalist on the left is playing a large ukulele
ID: ten award recipients standing around a clear podium and microphone. One of them is wearing a grey shirt and black pants and giving a speech.
