YOU can help keep Austin creative by contributing *community-centric style!
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The Giving Circle Founders:
Inge Rider &
Mary Alice Carnes (Board Chair)
Giving Circle Board Members:
Ann Ciccolella
Cecelia Gay
Gina Houston
April Hudson
Giving Circle Dears:
Lisa Audiffred
Sue Breland
Rick Lombardo
Mary Furse & Bill McMillin
Larry McGonigal
Kimberly Wharton
Giving Circle Dears with orgs:
Toni Bravo (Violet Crown Players)
John Cecil (Texas Comedies)
Sarah-Marie Curry (The Actor’s Lab)
Babs George (The Actor’s School)
Heather Barfield (Grotto 101 Performance Lab)
Celia Hughes (Art Spark Texas)
Jill Klopp Turner (Beyond August Productions)
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The Austin Chronicle is our faithful media partner. Thanks, Cassidy!
ZACH Theater graciously hosts our annual Citywide Auditions. Thanks, Jamie & Co!
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Gratitude to THESE MEMBERS for 2025 their generous one-time contributions!
Travis Bedard
Stephanie Crugnola
Jennifer Davis
Lucien Douglas
Molly Fonseca
Adrienne Harmon
Nathan Jerkins
Ev Lunning
Joseph Michalewicz
Aneesa Needel
Marnie Near
Lindsay Palinsky
Lisa Scheps
Tara Smith
THESE MEMBERS are appreciated for 2024 contributions:
Alex Alford
Jennifer Davis
Fran Dorn
Robert Gold
Bill McMillin & Mary Furse
Maggie Meador
Michael Meigs
Linda Nenno
Susan Pratt
Caroline Reck
Lisa Scheps
Carolyn Seriff
Tara Smith
Sean Themea
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BIG THANKS to all who help our grass-roots nonprofit through each year of growth and visibility!
By committing small but consistent monthly contributions, Inge and Mary Alice founded The Giving Circle to boost our grass-roots efforts to connect Austinites with live theatre. Join their Circle for as little as $5 per month! All giving levels are deeply appreciated, of course.
THANK YOU, Austin theatre-goers, for standing with your city’s theatre-makers — now unified through ATX Theatre to be more visible, sustainable, and welcoming. We’re so grateful for your support.
ATX Theatre is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, so your contribution is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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Awareness
We increase Austin’s awareness about our vibrant community’s broad range of work, bolster its appeal, and make accessing it simple and centralized. We listen to each other and to our audiences. We pay attention to constructive and destructive trends in our sector. We strive to include, engage, know and celebrate every theatre artist in Austin — and help audiences do the same.
Belonging
We are deeply committed to fostering a sense of belonging within the theatre community and for audiences. We highlight under-appreciated and under-resourced companies and individuals doing important work that reflects these three values. We strive to embody respect, compassionate humanity, inclusion, and accessibility in actions and policies — even when doing so is less than comfortable.
Collaboration
We support each other across organizational boundaries, sharing resources and information when possible. ATX Theatre board members agree to serve our audience, the public, as well as the good of our sector as a whole rather than one company, in all board activities. We honor all who contribute time, thought, energy and/or tangible resources towards our collective vision.
Our Collective Vision
Theatre-going in Austin is connective, easy & fun. “I can’t wait to go again!”
Theatre-making in Austin is enhancing, sustainable & inclusive. “This is a theatre town.”
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WHY SUPPORT ATX THEATRE?
You already know that this organization helps you navigate the theatrical possibilities offered in Austin by 80+ affiliate theatre companies through consolidated show listings for free! But, there’s so much more happening behind the scenes!
Much of the grass-roots, connective work of this organization is quiet:
• We advocate for our industry and affiliates in civic and creative sector settings — resulting in increased visibility for our sector and more attention on affiliate company needs.
• We inform and link affiliate companies and theatre workers around industry-wide matters of import.
• We connect affiliates when resources can be shared or provided from outside sources.
• We facilitate affiliate producers finding specific types of theatre workers using the ATX Theatre industry database.
• We help newcomers to our town find their people!
• We publicize theatre-related job listings, jobs needing creatives/techies, auditions...
• We connect theatre workers directly with job opportunities through referrals.
• We introduce new venues to theatre producers and guide renters from non-theatre sectors to local spaces.
• We connect our members working in other fields to needed theatre industry workers with specialized skills.
For the shows discovered here, for the workers connected here, for good news shared here, for the festive community you find here — to further Austin’s hub for theatregoers & theatremakers, please consider including ATX Theatre in your monthly giving.
ATX Theatre is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) arts services organization, so you can support our community-centric work with a one-time contribution to soften your tax situation. Or, join the ATX Giving Circle by choosing any amount as a sustaining monthly gift! (Giving Circle members are the first to learn about free ticket offers and are invited to a festive gathering each year. We’d love to see you there.)
We are grateful that you’re in this community. We appreciate your support. Thank you.
*Community-Centric Fundraising is a fundraising model that is grounded in equity. We prioritize the entire community over individual organizations, foster a sense of belonging and interdependence, present our work not as individual transactions but holistically, and encourage mutual support between nonprofits. Source: https://communitycentricfundraising.org/