Causes: Arts & Culture, Theater
Mission: Goodspeed opera house foundation, inc. Was formed in 1959 to restore the 19th century goodspeed opera house and reactivate it as a professional theatre in 1963.Under the direction of michael p. Price since 1968, goodspeed has achieved international acclaim as the home of musical theatre. Dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theatre and the development of new works to add to the repertoire, goodspeed pioneered the practice of rethinking, restoring, and revitalizing america's musical theatre heritage.
Programs: During 2017 the goodspeed opera house foundation, inc continued to fulfill its mission statement to be dedicated to the heritage of musical theater by the production of three shows on its main stage, "thoroughly modern millie, " "oklahoma, the newly revived musical "rags, " the story of jewish immigrants in new york city at the turn of the 20th century. Attendance at the opera house for 2017 was 85,920 patrons at 248 performances. Also part of the goodspeed mission is the development of new works to add to the repertoire by such projects as, festival of new artists, and the new york university collaborative. These are held in january of each year. Also in 2017 was the writers colony where 55 writers were in residence for 4 weeks to work on new musicals. Also during 2017 several education programs were held. They included, music direction intensive, audition boot camp and movers boot camp and observership program. These brought students from around the world to learn about musical theater. During 2017 the terris theater in chester, ct presented three shows, "deathless"darling grenadine"ct christmas carol. " attendance at the terris theater was 20,771 patrons at 129 performances. Total attendance for 2017 was 106,691 patrons at 377 performances.
miscellaneous revenue earned by the organization for activities related to the organization's exempt purpose.
Mission: Goodspeed opera house foundation, inc. Was formed in 1959 to restore the 19th century goodspeed opera house and reactivate it as a professional theatre in 1963.Under the direction of michael p. Price since 1968, goodspeed has achieved international acclaim as the home of musical theatre. Dedicated to the preservation and advancement of musical theatre and the development of new works to add to the repertoire, goodspeed pioneered the practice of rethinking, restoring, and revitalizing america's musical theatre heritage.
Programs: During 2017 the goodspeed opera house foundation, inc continued to fulfill its mission statement to be dedicated to the heritage of musical theater by the production of three shows on its main stage, "thoroughly modern millie, " "oklahoma, the newly revived musical "rags, " the story of jewish immigrants in new york city at the turn of the 20th century. Attendance at the opera house for 2017 was 85,920 patrons at 248 performances. Also part of the goodspeed mission is the development of new works to add to the repertoire by such projects as, festival of new artists, and the new york university collaborative. These are held in january of each year. Also in 2017 was the writers colony where 55 writers were in residence for 4 weeks to work on new musicals. Also during 2017 several education programs were held. They included, music direction intensive, audition boot camp and movers boot camp and observership program. These brought students from around the world to learn about musical theater. During 2017 the terris theater in chester, ct presented three shows, "deathless"darling grenadine"ct christmas carol. " attendance at the terris theater was 20,771 patrons at 129 performances. Total attendance for 2017 was 106,691 patrons at 377 performances.
miscellaneous revenue earned by the organization for activities related to the organization's exempt purpose.
Po Box A, East Haddam, CT 06423
860-873-8664
Arts & Culture
East Haddam
