Our
Mission
Adventure
Theatre cultivates new generations of audiences
and artists by creating memorable theater
experiences in an intimate and interactive
environment. We produce stage adaptations
of traditional and popular children's stories,
offer creative theater-education programs,
and build community through outreach initiatives.
Adventure Theatre, 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.
The idea of quality theatre
for children in the Washington, DC metropolitan
area was born when a group of women met
at their children's nursery school. They
believed that children deserved to see quality
theatre designed especially for them and
presented by adults.
Adventure Theatre opened
its first season in February,1952, with
a production of Jack and the Beanstalk at
Leland Junior High School in Bethesda. After
years of producing shows at various locations,
Adventure Theatre supporters successfully
negotiated with the National Park Service
in 1971 to establish a permanent home in
the Old Arcade Building in historic Glen
Echo Park. Adventure Theatre opened in its
new home with a performance of Goldilocks
and the Three Bears in 1972. Since then,
the theatre has been in continuous operation,
offering seven or eight weekend plays each
season.
Adventure Theatre's professional
traveling troupe, the In-School Players,
was launched in 1974, taking performances
to area schools and, more recently, offering
field trip opportunities for school groups
to see educational plays on our stage in
Glen Echo. Beginning in 1974, Adventure
Theatre partnered with the Junior League
to start the Picture Book Players, a performance
troupe for preschool and early elementary
aged children. The volunteer Picture Book
Players have continued performing for our
youngest audiences even after the formal
partnership with the Junior League ended.
The first drama classes
were offered at Adventure Theatre's Glen
Echo facility in 1978. Since then, our education
program has expanded to include a wide variety
of after-school and weekend theatre classes,
performance workshops for scout troops,
as well as the popular summer musical theatre
workshops.
We are thrilled to be
in our newly-renovated, high-tech theatre,
complete with a new stage and audience seating,
a state-of-the-art sound and light system,
new rehearsal and education spaces, party
rooms, and lots more.
Adventure Theatre has
been a cherished family institution in the
Washington area for more than 50 years,
and with all of our new facilities and programs,
we expect to remain a valued source of artistic
enrichment for our community.
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Adventure
Theatre
Board of Directors
Peter Carnathan,
President
Marco Luzuriaga, Treasurer
Stephanie Nealer, Secretary
Phil Corcoran
Bruce Douglas
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
Staff
Michael Bobbitt
Producing Artistic Director
mbobbitt@adventuretheatre.org
(301)634-2261
Michael P. Sandner, Esq.
Managing Director
msandner@adventuretheatre.org
(301) 634-2265
Andrew Berry
Technical Director
aberry@adventuretheatre.org
(301)634-2272
Amanda Russell
Marketing, Communications & PR Director
arussell@adventuretheatre.org
(301)634-2267
Colin Grube
Production Manager
cgrube@adventuretheatre.org
(301)634-2264
Kathryn Hnatio
Director of Education
& Outreach
khnatio@adventuretheatre.org
(301)634-2268
Kathleen Richards
Development Director
krichards@adventuretheatre.org
(301)634-2262
Danny Tippett
Administrative Manager
dtippett@adventuretheatre.org
(301)634-2271
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