Welcome fans! Let me start by bringing you up to date. Last Season was one of trauma and joy! The sudden crashing of our partnership with Texas Tech was in fact the new beginning of a different level of theatre! While it brought many challenges, not the least of which was making a new season in three short months, in the end, the result was high quality theatre, new partnerships and a whole new way of thinking.
In the process, we took a hard look at the economics of bringing live theatre to this remote and isolated valley. In this community of about 2,000 we had multiple non-profits competing for limited resources, both financial and in terms of volunteers and time. Unanimous votes of two boards, brought the end of Angel Fire Mountain Theatre as independent organizition, and the re-creation of a fully operational performance arm of the Moreno Valley Arts Council. The MVAC is the longest running arts organization in the valley.
And so, as of now, Mountain Theatre is a program of the Arts Council. This will simplify and consolidate, both our fund raising efforts and the organizational and management needs of the multiple arts programs.
Now to what you’re really looking for: What’s coming in Season XIII, 2009? Well, we’re working on that! You can trust that we will once again bring live theatre to our community and it’s visitors. And, our Children’s Theatre Workshops will run again….like 2008…local and original. Subscribe (RSS) to this blog and you’ll know first what’s coming up!
Here’s to Season XIII! Hurrah!
Tags: Angel Fire Mountain Theatre, Angel Fire New Mexico, Moreno Valley Arts Council, Mountain Theatre, Summer Theatre
January 15th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Welcome! If you’re new to AFMT, introduce yourself. If you’re one of our fans or customers….glad to have you back! Yes, it’s all new….we’re still working on it so expect more changes. We’ll post the new season just as soon as we have contracts in place!
January 15th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Lots of work! Incidentally I printed out an Artsfest application of the MVAC site and that worked.
January 24th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Good job. I know you have put in a lot of hours. I look forward to season XIII.
May 10th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
great post hope to see some additional comments next Tuesday…kisses
May 13th, 2009 at 10:09 am
I am very interested in this
June 15th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Best wishes with Season XIII! Sure wish I was there to help out. Great work, as always Katherine!
June 15th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Thanks Mary…boy, sure would love to have you here! More news coming later today. Hugs