RIVER CITY REPERTORY THEATRE LEAGUE

Membership in the newly formed RIVER CITY REPERTORY THEATRE LEAGUE is being offered to individuals and couples interested in supporting the theatre company. The mission of The League is to provide support for the theatre and develop a core of volunteers
to assist in projects and fundraising events essential for the company’s future.

Membership is open to the general public. Annual membership opportunities:

FAN $25.00
FAN COUPLE $40.00
STAR SINGLE $125.00
STAR COUPLE $200.00
1 STAR/ 1 FAN $150.00

Interested? Join or send a donation (tax deductible) to:

RCRT LEAGUE
P.O. BOX 5391
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 71135

Please contact Carol LaBorde at 318-797-6615
for additional information.

 

 

RIVER CITY REP RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

The Shreveport Regional Arts Council recently announced that River City Repertory Theatre, along with 12 other regional arts organizations, will be receiving funding from a federal stimulus package through the National Endowment for the Arts for the restoration and preservation of jobs through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

This program is part of President Obama's effort to stimulate the economy and preserve jobs. Funds from this grant will allow jobs and salaries to be maintained which may have been lost due to the recent economic downturn. This is the first NEA grant that has been awarded to River City Rep.

 

 

EYE-20 CREATIVE CORRIDOR PROJECT

River City Repertory’s production of the comedy MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS is a participant in TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY: The Great Depression & New Deal Era in North Louisiana. This project is the inaugural collaboration of the EYE-20 CREATIVE CORRIDOR.

The EYE-20 CREATIVE CORRIDOR is a unified effort of three North Louisiana Arts Councils: Bossier Arts Council (BAC), Northeast Louisiana Arts Council (NLAC) and Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC), to provide a long term Regional Cultural Economy Initiative that will unify the communities along Interstate-20 ensuring access to the highest quality programs and services offered by artists and arts organizations in North Louisiana.

In their first group effort, the EYE-20 CREATIVE CORRIDOR will spearhead a cultural commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Great Depression and New Deal Era beginning in October, 2009 that will engage 200 Arts Organizations, 100 professional artists, 525 eighth grade students and 50 elders sharing their stories and experiences. Events are planned throughout North Louisiana during the Fall of 2009 through the Spring of 2010.

For a list of events and to learn more about TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY go to: www.shreveportbossierfunguide.com

MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS is a comedy about the writing of the screenplay for GONE WITH THE WIND, the acclaimed novel of Margaret Mitchell’s that helped its readers weather the bleak depression years.

 

 

Two SHREVEPORT- BOSSIER ADVERTISING FEDERATION awards, THE ADDYS, were won for River City Rep's logo design for "The Member of the Wedding."

 

Graphic Industries, Inc. was awarded for the poster/logo design of the Carson McCullers drama which starred Academy Award nominee Margaret Avery and Neil Johnson was awarded for the photograph used in the design. The logo featured the image of the character Berenice Sadie Brown seen in silhouette against a burnished/textured amber background.

The design was created by Matt Beckham, a graphic artist on staff at Graphic Industries, Inc.

This is the second time that a logo for an RCRT production has been honored. Previously, the logo for "The Little Foxes" received two ADDYS.

 

RIVER CITY REPERTORY THEATRE RECEIVES
CHARLES T. BEAIRD FUNDING

River City Repertory Theatre is financially supported by The Community Foundation of Shreveport/ Bossier-Carolyn W. & Charles T. Beaird Donor Advised Fund. The funding provides support for the theatre's purchasing of technical equipment.

As River City Rep moves toward having a permanent
home in downtown Shreveport, the theatre company is actively pursuing purchasing the technical equipment the company will need for future productions in its new space.

 

RIVER CITY REPERTORY RECEIVES
LOUISIANA DIVISION OF THE ARTS GRANTS

River City Repertory Theatre is the recipient of two Louisiana Division of the Arts/Decentralized Arts Funding grants for the 2009-10 theatre season. The funds from the LDOA/DAF grants were used to produce MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS which was a participant in the EYE-20 CREATIVE CORRIDOR’s  “ TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY”  project and will be additionally used throughout the season to financially assist artistic salaries and benefits.

Louisiana Division of the Arts/Decentralized Arts Funding grants provide operating funds for non-profit arts organizations that are seeking to expand operations and also to produce specific projects. The state grants provide support to arts organizations that have made an impact locally, statewide, regionally and nationally or internationally.