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The mission of Village Theatre is to be a regionally recognized and nationally influential center of excellence in family theatre:

• To promote a season of top quality productions
• To commission and produce new musicals that achieve national exposure
• To train young people in theatre skills for career opportunities and enriched lives
• To develop a broad-based appreciation for live theatre
• To promote positive values through art

Village Theatre, founded in 1979, is a leading producer of Musical Theatre in the Pacific Northwest.

Village Theatre provides the area with quality theatre for all ages.  We choose many shows geared toward the entire family and produce musicals and non-musicals that are accessible, entertaining, and educational.

Facts and Accomplishments

The Programs of Village Theatre

History of Village Theatre

The Board of Directors

Village Theatre Staff

• Founded in 1979, Village Theatre is a leading producer of musical theatre in the Pacific Northwest with four main programming components: Mainstage, Village Originals, and our Youth Education Program which includes both KIDSTAGE and Pied Piper.
• Village Theatre is a 501c3 non-profit professional producing musical theatre company.
• Village Theatre has grown into one of the region's largest professional theatres, with over 18,000 subscribers to the 2007-2008 mainstage season, 182,600 patron visits, mainstage performances in Issaquah and Everett, youth education programs serving over 53,000 young people annually, and a nationally-recognized program, Village Originals, which has developed of over 75 new musicals to date.
• Combined, Village Theatre programs perform on a total of seven stages throughout the Puget Sound area.
• Village Theatre is one of the top three professional theatre companies in the Puget Sound area.
• Village Theatre currently employs a seasonal and full time professional staff of 54, and during the 2004-2005 Season hired more than 380 union/equity actors, directors, designers, technicians, and other theatre professionals.
• In addition to our professional staff, Village Theatre works with community volunteers for ushering, fundraising events, and marketing events. If you are interested in volunteering please send an e-mail to our staff.
• Village Theatre owns two theatres in Issaquah: the beloved 1914 First Stage Theatre and the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre built in 1994.
• Village Theatre was contracted by the City of Everett in 1998 to be the resident performing and management company at the Everett Performing Arts Center.
• Village Theatre's 2007-2008 operating budget is $7.6 million. Eighty percent (80%) of the budget comes from earned income or ticket sales, tuition fees for KIDSTAGE classes, leases, and dividends. Twenty percent (20%) of the annual operating budget comes from contributed income.
• In June 2005, Village Theatre was awarded the Eastside Destination Award by the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce attesting to the theatre's vibrancy, artistic excellence, service to the community, and economic impact to East King County.

Mainstage

• Performs in two locations: The Francis J. Gaudette Theatre in Issaquah and The Everett Performing Arts Center in Everett.
• Five show Sesson running from September through July including four musicals (including one original musical each season) and one play.
• 2007-2008 Season: Million Dollar Quartet, The King and I, Barefoot in the Park, Little Women, and AIDA
• Over 18,000 Mainstage Subscribers to the 2007-2008 Season.

Village Originals

• Village Theatre supports an extensive year-round program, Village Originals, dedicated to every aspect of new musical development: workshops, readings, seminars and full productions.
• To date Village Theatre's Village Originals program has developed over 75 new musicals, some of which have gone on to stages that include Ford's Theatre-Washington, DC; Pittsburg Public; York Theatre-Off Broadway New York; Goodspeed Opera House-Connecticut; Chichester Festival-London; Koshiung Cultural Center-Taiwan; Hsinchu Cultural Center-Taiwan; National Theatre-Taipei; Los Angeles; The Cutting Room-New York; Singapore; San Jose Repertory Theatre; and Marriott Lincolnshire-Chicago. (After the Fair, Play It By Heart, Making Tracks, The Ark, The Wedding Banquet, and Eleanor)
• Village Theatre is highly respected on a national level for its significant contribution to the world of musical theatre. Only a handful of theatre companies throughout the country commission and develop new musicals.

Youth Education

• Village Theatre serves 53,000 young people each year through our extensive Youth Education Program that includes KIDSTAGE and Pied Piper.
• KIDSTAGE offers theatre classes and performance opportunities throughout the year for youth 3½ to 20 years old.
• KIDSTAGE classes and performances are offered four times a year. The sessions are Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring. Summer consists of camps that are a week long and the Fall, Winter, and Spring sessions are after school once a week for eight to ten weeks, between one to two hours in length.
• KIDSTAGE performances are offered four times a year. Grades 4-8 during the Fall session, Grades 8-12 during the Winter session, and two Summer productions for ages 10-20.
• Pied Piper is dedicated to enriching the cultural lives of young people and supporting the classroom objectives of their educators by bringing first-class educational performances to students, teachers, and families in the Puget Sound area.
• Pied Piper public performances are held at the Everett Performing Arts Center and the Everett Civic Center.
• Pied Piper school performances are held at the Everett Performing Arts Center, Everett Civic Center, The Theatre at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, and The McIntyre Hall Performing Arts and Conference Center in Mount Vernon.

Mainstage Seasons since moving into the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre:

1994-1995
Babes In Toyland
Bus Stop
Cabaret
Room Service
Anything Goes

1995-1696
On The Town
Oliver!
The Tempest
Blithe Spirit
Kiss Me Kate

1996-1997
City Kid
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Born Yesterday
Ten Little Indians
Guys & Dolls

1997-1998
Little Shop of Horrors
Fiddler on the Roof
The Miser
Bootlegger
Bells Are Ringing

1998-1999
Carnival
My Fair Lady
The Mask of Moriarty
Eleanor
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1999-2000
Babes in Arms
The Pirates Of Penzance
The Diary of Anne Frank
Kiss Me Quick Before the Lava Reaches the Village
Grease

2000-2001
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
After the Fair
Noises Off
West Side Story

2001-2002
Brigadoon
Peter Pan
Bell, Book and Candle
Making Tracks
La Cage aux Folles

2002-2003
Oklahoma!
The Sound of Music
Driving Miss Daisy
The Ark
Damn Yankees

2003-2004
The Wedding Banquet
Annie
To Kill a Mockingbird
Man of La Mancha
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

2004-2005
South Pacific
The Secret Garden
Steel Magnolias
Play It By Heart
The Music Man

2005-2006
Once On This Island
CATS
On Golden Pond
Girl of My Dreams
Hello, Dolly!

2006-2007
EVITA
Bye Bye Birdie
Shadowlands
Once Upon a Time in New Jersey
The Who's TOMMY

2007-2008
Million Dollar Quartet
Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I
Barefoot in the Park
Little Women
Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA

Derek Watanabe
President

Craig Watjen
Vice President Board Development

Gary Kneepkens
Vice President Fundraising

Mark Davis
Treasurer

John F. Shaw
Secretary

Dan Anderson
D. Edward Jones
Anastasia Laabs
Terri Morse
Phil Nudelman
Christine Shuken
Heather Ullberg
Geoff Walker
Richard L. Wurdack (on hiatus)