The resurrection of Burbank's Colony Theatre is now complete. After facing a money crunch in 2012, the 270-seat theater—one of the few mid-sized venues in the Los Angeles-area—was able to secure its short-term future by successfully raising $49,000 in a 10-day campaign. They maintained a full season in 2013 and have since been named the hosts of this year's Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (Ladcc) Awards. On Wednesday, the Colony announced its financial picture has improved after raising more than $260,000 in its year-end campaign. The theater, which has operated for 38 years, now has a "secure future." "In November, an anonymous donor pledged to donate $25,000 if we were able to match it by December 31. We raised that amount in two weeks," Colony artistic director Barbara Beckley said in a statement. "Our benefactor was so impressed by the outpouring of support, he agreed to continue the match through the end of the year.
- 2/12/2014
- backstage.com
The show will go on at the Colony Theatre after the Burbank playhouse raised $49,000 in the last 10 days. The 270-seat theater put out an urgent fundraising plea last month, admitting it was on the brink of bankruptcy and asking supporters to donate quick cash. That call was answered and the theater’s upcoming production of “The Morini Strad,” starring Mariette Hartley, is now set to open as planned on Nov. 17. “We have been overjoyed by the outpouring of support from our audience, actors, directors, designers, crew, friends, and the theatre community,” Barbara Beckley, the Colony’s artistic director, said in a statement. ”The notes, letters, and emails that have accompanied the donations have been tremendously encouraging.” The $49,000 is just the start of the theater’s “all hands on deck” fundraising campaign. It needs to raise an additional $500,000 before New Year’s Eve in order to avoid bankruptcy. “We still have a long way to go,...
- 11/7/2012
- backstage.com
Burbank’s Colony Theatre has launched an “all hands on deck” fundraising campaign in an effort to stave off bankruptcy. The 270-seat theater needs to raise $49,000 in the next 10 days or it could be forced to postpone its upcoming production of “The Morini Strad,” starring Mariette Hartley, which is now in rehearsal and set to open Nov. 17. Artistic Director Barbara Beckley said the short-term infusion of cash will buy the theater time to bring in the money needed to secure its future. “There has been such a tremendous outpouring of, for the most part, moral support,” she told Backstage. “People are just flooding us with phone calls and e-mails. It has been just so incredibly heartening.” Some pledges and donations have trickled in, too, she added. Beckley now has “a degree of confidence, or at least hope, that this is going to work.” After the $49,000 is secured, the Colony will...
- 10/30/2012
- backstage.com
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