| We
dream of
the theatre establishing its place in
the life of the community as a center in
which we gather to have a public
discourse on that which binds us
together and separates us; about what is
beautiful, funny, frightening and bold
in us.
We
dream
of making theatre that will have an
impact – theatre of grandeur and
majesty – not just because of the
number of sequins or scope of the
scenery, though we do want to dazzle you
with our production values. We want to
tell stories too great for our
stage to hold – so epic that
they can take root only in your heart
and live their life fully only in the
shared imagination, consciousness and
conviction of the whole community.
We
dream
the dreams of the awakened.
We want the theatre to be a place
of enlightenment and inquiry. We want
the theatre to be a place of beauty and
intrigue, a place of authentic fancy and
serious fun, a place of grit and
grandiloquence.
Because
the art of the theatre and the
aspiration of the student always attempt
to stand firmly on the uncertain ground
of creative endeavor, challenge and
change is the way of things. Artists and
students of art immemorial have lived in
struggle because they are, inherently,
engaged in the act of reflecting what is
and imagining what is not yet, but could
be. They are filled with the sense of
expectancy, exertion, and perhaps too
frequent exhaustion, that is the common
parlance of attempting to do anything
great in the face of enormous challenge.
We
face, and indeed embrace,
the challenges
of creating theatre for our community in
the belief that the live theatre is
genuinely an important component of
“the good life.” A life we aspire to
ourselves and seek to share and create
in our community. Of course one of the
prime challenges that any artistic
enterprise faces is money. The price of
your ticket pays for about one-third of
the overall operating costs for PCPA –
that’s right, 35%.
The
reality is, though we’ve enjoyed a
strong history in service to this
community, we find ourselves in a cycle
in which our income doesn’t meet our
expenses – even with the generosity of
our past and current donors and the
tremendous support of
Allan
Hancock
College
for the training programs and theatre
operations. We want to break that cycle,
we must, and we need your participation.
As we seek to use our creative vision to
express and reflect the values of this
community, we rely on the vision of the
community to support the work of the
company.
Participate in the Dream...
If
you value PCPA’s
role in this community and want to
ensure that it will continue to be a
Conservatory for those values in the
future life of our culture, I hope
you’ll consider supporting the work of
the company in three ways.
See
the plays,
all
of the plays of the season, and bring
your friends and family with you. Every
empty seat in the theatre is a lost
opportunity for us to serve the
community with the power and pleasure of
theatre and earn our way in doing so.
Once that moment is gone in the
live theatre, it’s gone forever.
Let’s fill every seat for every
performance.
Contribute
to the theatre.
If you can, give your time –
volunteer, usher, house an artist,
spread the word. If you can, contribute
money – there are many ways to give
and a donor program that’s just right
for you. Because we’re non-profit,
your contribution is tax deductible and
every dollar goes toward supporting
exemplary art and excellent student
experience.
Support
Allan Hancock College
in their ongoing and deepening support
of this absolutely unique professional
theatre and conservatory training
program. There really is no other place
like PCPA in the country and we want to
continue to be that rare and precious
part of the good life here on the
Central
Coast
for years to come.
PCPA
is your
professional conservatory theatre.
Embrace the experience.
Participate in the dream.
Mark Booher
Artistic Director
www.pcpa.org
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