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Adventure Theatre is a theatre

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

program at Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo

Glen Echo, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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. According to its website, the program, which was founded in 1951, "is the longest-running theatre program for children and families in the Washington metropolitan area and has been one of the main attractions at Glen Echo Park since 1971".

History

1952 – Adventure Theatre (AT) started its inaugural season at Leland Junior High School, in Bethesda, with a production of Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions...
1971 – After supporters negotiated with the National Park Service
National Park Service
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, AT finds a permanent home in Glen Echo Park’s Old Arcade Building
1972 – AT opened with a performance of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in its new home
1974 – The In-School Players, AT’s professional traveling troupe, is launched
1978 – AT begins to offer drama classes

The Facility

In September 2007, Adventure Theatre introduced renovations including a new stage

Stage (theatre)

In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...

and audience seating, a state-of-the-art sound and light system, new rehearsal

Rehearsal

For other uses, see Rehearsal or Dress rehearsal A rehearsal is a preparatory event in music and theatre that is performed before the official public performance, as a form of practice, and to ensure that all details of the performance are adequately prepared and coordinated for professional...

and education spaces, and party rooms.

The Board of Directors

Trish Glowacki, President
President
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Peter Carnathan, 1st Vice President
Vice president
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Marco Luzuriaga, Treasurer
Treasurer
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Stephanie Nealer, Secretary
Secretary
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Phil Corcoran
Bruce Douglass
Sandra Eskin
Phyllis Gerstell
Joan MacCartee
Anika Mann
Sean P. Murphy

Madeline Peeler
Lee Pushkin
Peter Somerville
William M. Sullivan, Jr.
Tyler Whitmore
Melanie Williams

The Staff

Michael J. Bobbitt, Artistic Director
Artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company, that handles the organization's artistic direction. He or she is generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the organization is generally a non-profit organization...
Michael Sandner, Managing Director
Andrew Berry, Technical Director
Technical director
The Technical Director or Technical Manager is usually a senior technical person within a software company, film studio, theatrical company or television studio...
Kathryn Hnatio, Education Director
Meg Maxwell, Office Manager

Kathleen Richards, Director of Development
Amanda Russell, Director of Marketing
Danny Tippett, Box Office Manager

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History

The Facility

The Board of Directors

The Staff

See also

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