3rd Quarter 2006
COMING SOON!!! OCTA BEGINS RURAL THEATRE INITIATIVE!
The Oklahoma Community Theatre Association announces a new program aimed at creating theatre opportunities for areas of Oklahoma which do not have active community theatres. In an exciting move, OCTA, has decided to undertake what has been titled the Rural Theatre Initiative.
Essentially, OCTA has created a program which will assist interested individuals in communities which do not currently have an active theatre organization to create a plan to assess the local area for artistic potential and then create a community profile identifying strengths, resources and needs of the community. OCTA will then assist by providing technical assistance to create a theatre piece based upon the community itself. The program will allow the maximization of community assets and provide a learning experience to create additional theatre resources for use by the local community. The Rural Theatre Initiative is based in part on successful initiatives undertaken in other parts of the United States, including the now famous Cornerstone Theatre Company of Los Angeles, and the hugely successful Swamp Gravy project of Colquitt, Georgia.
With this program OCTA is pleased to offer the collaborative and inclusive experience of live theatre to communities throughout our state. Also, this effort will assist OCTA in fostering an awareness of the benefits arts programming provides to our state citizens and communities.
If your community or a community that you are aware of would like to take advantage of the newly created Rural Theatre Initiative, please contact OCTA's Executive Director Michael Jones in the OCTA office.
Fred Collins, Ardmore
Chair, Development Committee
OCTA Board of Directors
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