About Village Theatre |
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.
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Facts and Accomplishments |
The Programs of Village Theatre |
History of Village Theatre |
The Board of Directors |
Village Theatre Staff |
Facts and Accomplishments |
- 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.
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The Programs of Village Theatre: |
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.
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History of Village Theatre |
Mainstage Seasons since moving into the Francis J. Gaudette Theatre: |
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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
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Village Theatre Board of Directors |
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Derek Watanabe
President
Craig Watjen
Vice President Board Development
Gary Kneepkens
Vice President Fundraising
Mark Davis
Treasurer
John F. Shaw
Secretary
Dan Anderson
Barbara Coplen
Christopher R. Cunningham
Lori Hill
D. Edward Jones
Anastasia Laabs
Judith Morel
Terri Morse
Phil Nudelman
Geoff Walker
Richard L. Wurdack (on hiatus)
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Village Theatre Staff |
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, Executive Producer
Steve Tomkins, Artistic Director
Artistic Staff
Resident Music Director
Artistic Administrator
Production
Production Manager
Technical Director, Issaquah
Technical Director, Everett
Assistant Technical Director, Issaquah
Assistant Technical Director, Everett
Casting & Company Manager
Properties Master
Sound Designer/Engineer
Master Electrician
Master Carpenter
Adam Michard, Patrick Sherman, Mark Zetterberg
Carpenters
Master Stage Carpenter
Props Carpenter/Welder
Master Scenic Artist
John Simpson
Scenic Artist
Costume Shop Manager
Costume Shop/Design Assistant
Esther Garcia
Cutter/Draper
Chelsea Blum
Wardrobe Head, Issaquah
Randy Werdal
Wardrobe Head, Everett
Wig Master
Youth Education
Director of Youth Education
KIDSTAGE Programs Manager, Issaquah
KIDSTAGE Programs Manager, Everett
Pied Piper Manager
KIDSTAGE Coordinator, Issaquah
Pied Piper/KIDSTAGE Coordinator
Youth Education Assistant, Everett
KIDSTAGE Production Assistant, Issaquah
KIDSTAGE Instructors and Directors:
Megan Adams, Suzie C. Bixler, Mo Brady, Karissa Bryant, Heather Carlyle, Ryan Childers, Dave Close, Sarah Coiley, Kristin Culp, Christian Duhamel, John Farrey, Janet Cole Hamilton, Brandon Ivie, Brittany Jamieson, Eric Polani Jensen, Loni Kappus, Sydney Lanier, Jessica Low, Orlando Morales, Kati Nickerson, Shanna Marie Palmer, Charissa Pingenot, Kat Ramsburg, Faith Russell, Bride Schroeder-LaPlatney, Melanie Studley, Kate Swenson, Tim Symons, R.J. Tancioco, Kathryn Van Meter, Erica Weir
Operations
Operations Manager
Manager, Everett Performing Arts Center
Office Assistant, Everett
Supervising House Manager, Issaquah
Lynette Benaltabe, Debbie Hinton, Marilyn Israel, Robert Russell, Shannon Russell, Jenny Symons
House Managers, Issaquah
House Manager, Everett
Catherine Haseleu, Chris Miles
Assistant House Managers, Everett
Michael McManus, Connor Russell, Risa Sepkowski, Meghan Smith, Alton Lind, John McDevitt
Lobby Attendants, Issaquah
Gene Haseleu, Cherri Lunn
Lobby Attendants, Everett
Box Office
Box Office Manager, Issaquah
Box Office Manager, Everett
Assistant Box Office Manager, Issaquah
Kristina Horner, Haidee Neiman, Meghan Smith, Chelle Williams, Bev Yorkey, Judy Colter
, Issaquah
Jeremy Dunn, Derek Boldrin
, Everett
Finance
Director of Finance
Payroll Manager, CPP
Accounting Associate
Senior Accounting Associate
Group Sales Manager
Development
Director of Development
Individual Giving Manager
Annual Fund/Capital Campaign Coordinator
Special Events Coordinator
Development Assistant
Marketing
Director of Marketing
Marketing Manager, Everett
Marketing Associate
Public Relations and Promotions Manager
Online Communications
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