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| A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPOTLIGHTERS Theatre |
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The Audrey Herman SPOTLIGHTERS has been a part of the Baltimore Theatre Community
for more than 43 years. Originally created as part of Mayor Grady's
StageCrafters' Project within the Parks and Recreation Department in 1958,
SPOTLIGHTERS was born when the program ended in 1962. For more than 37 years
the theatre flourished under the leadership and artistic vision of Audrey
Herman. Ms. Herman's program of presenting a new show every month allowed
for a wide variety of productions and many opportunities for directors,
designers and actors to experience SPOTLIGHTERS' intimate setting.
Following Audrey's death in 1999, the theatre began it's transition into a Maryland Public Charity, a recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Several alumni of SPOTLIGHTERS, who had their first theatre experience on this stage, have gone on to receive Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, Obie Awards, and Academy Award nominations. Today, SPOTLIGHTERS Theatre seeks to continue Audrey's vision of providing a variety of quality theatre and many opportunities for new artists to develop and refine their skills. The YOUNG ACTORS' ACADEMY is one of the programs that seeks to provide theatre instruction and training to new artists. High School students from the Baltimore Metro area are eligible to attend this five week theatre intensive and receive over 180 hours of theatre training and participate in a full scale production in the fall season. SPOTLIGHTERS also continues to offer opportunities to new directors, designers and actors to test their skills in our intimate space. For more information on any of SPOTLIGHTERS programs or productions, please speak with FUZZ Roark (Executive Director). You may telephone FUZZ at 410-752-1225 or email at FUZZ@spotlighters.org.
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