"Spotlight on the Future" Campaign
FAQ:
Q: What is Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theater and Academy?
A: Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theater and Academy (FPCTA) provides theatre arts access through production, education and outreach, reaching tens of thousands of residents annually, the majority of whom are children and youth. FPCTA enriches the lives of children and families through theatre and arts education, encouraging students to become self-confident, academically successful, creative-thinking citizens who are more likely to invest in their communities as adults. FPCTA’s core programs include live children’s theatre productions, classes, camps, workshops, private lessons, and educational outreach through after-school classes,touring programs and a workforce development partnership with Alabama A&M University. Recognizing the transformative power theatre arts can have in the life of a child, FPCTA prioritizes theatre arts access for all by engaging local under-resourced communities.
Q: What is Fantasy’s “Spotlight on the Future” capital campaign? A: The “Spotlight on the Future” capital campaign is FPCTA’s expansion plan to increase its theatre arts programming and educational offerings.
Q: Who will this project serve?
A: Since our launch in 1961 we have entertained over 600k people throughout our region and each season, Fantasy Playhouse attracts audiences and students from 47 counties in Alabama and 23 in Tennessee. The new Fantasy Playhouse campus will be a high-profile, accessible arts and culture destination for families, building on our organization’s legacy and providing the exact theatre arts education programming opportunities that families relocating to our area expect for their children. As well as serving the entire Tennessee Valley community and beyond, this one of a kind facility theatre arts training campus will allow FPCTA to also be a community asset to the Terry Heights neighborhood that they have served for over 18 years.
Q: When will renovations begin?
A: Mid-October
Q: When do you expect to move in?
A: Early Summer 2025
Q: Where did Merrimack Performing Arts Center go?
A: Merrimack Performing Arts Center (Merrimack) is now located at 262 Miller Lane, Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763
Q: Why is the new building needed?
A: So many reasons!
FPCTA does not have the space or facility to host their own productions and other performance venues are not always accessible for its multigenerational audiences.
The current office and classroom building lacks the facilities for hosting more advanced instruction for important aspects of technical theatre: lighting design, set design and construction, properties fabrication, and sound design.
FPCTA doesn’t possess the space/equipment to facilitate instruction in other technology-based curriculum related to theatre arts, namely film and music production.
FPCTA educational programming enrollment has increased 400% since 2014, meaning that every available space is pressed into service.
Q: Who designed the building?
A: ARCSPACE STUDIO
Are you interested in becoming part of this awesome project? We encourage you to be a donor superstar!!!! Corporate and Private superstar donors interested in supporting this transformational project may contact, Karen Mockensturm, Karen.Mockensturm@FantasyPlayhouse.com Let the Magic Continue!
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