Causes: Arts & Culture, Theater

Mission: Barter Theatre is a resident company of passionate professional artists and leaders dedicated to serving and enriching our region by creating live theatre in repertory, by providing audiences, both youth and adult, with an extraordinary and enlightening experience each and every time they engage with us, by celebrating and embracing our Appalachian roots, by being stewards of the legacy of Barter Theatre, by using theatre as a vehicle for education, and by creating a nurturing environment for everyone.

Results: Barter Theatre mounts over 900 performances, programs, and workshops annually with an annual attendance at its two stages of over 163,000.In addition, Barter reaches over 75,000 children and youth a year through its unduplicated education programs.

Programs: Barter theatre creates live theatrical performances utilizing a professional resident acting company and performing in repertory in two theatres in abingdon, virginia. Barter also tours certain productions nationally. In 2014, barter produced 9 professional productions at barter theatre, 11 professional productions and 7 staged readings at barter stage ii, and 7 theatre-for-young audiences by the barter players at stage ii and barter theatre. In addition, the barter players toured 3 productions to 7 states for 136 performances and 11 workshops to approximately 40,000 students. Barter educational workshops reached over 6,200 children and over 35,000 children attended barter's student matinee performances in abingdon or on tour.