WELCOME Dear Friends,
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at Playhouse Square
n behalf of our artists, staff and Board of Trustees, welcome to Great Lakes Theater’s 60th anniversary season!
Our mission, “to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions, as well as our educational programming. We believe theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions; and provide our student audiences a glimpse of a broader world, and the wellspring of learning made possible through the arts. In this season, more than ever, these tenets hold an even more poignant significance as we return to in-person performances. We welcome you back to the Hanna this fall after our extended intermission with an enchanting production of The Tempest. This timeless tale of redemption brings back familiar faces and introduces new, all performing under the mesmerizing direction of Sara Bruner, GLT’s Associate Artistic Director. We are deeply grateful to John and Barbara Schubert for their generous support of our production of The Tempest. With so much to celebrate in this milestone anniversary season, we especially wish to honor those who supported us over the past season and a half as we weathered this unparalleled storm. As you read your program and look around the theater tonight, you will see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations whose support makes all of this possible. We encourage you to join these donors by becoming a member of the Great Lakes Theater family with your gift. We extend our sincere gratitude to all of our sponsors and Annual Fund donors/members, as well as continued appreciation to our partners of 40 years at Playhouse Square; and the tireless efforts of our Board of Trustees, dedicated administrative staff, gifted artists and the tremendous generosity of this community. We cannot wait to see you in our audience throughout the year as we celebrate this extraordinary anniversary season!
Charles Fee Producing Artistic Director
Bob Taylor Executive Director
Celebrate our 60th anniversary season!
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Founded by educators and parents in 1962, Great Lakes Theater (GLT) has produced extraordinary productions of the world’s greatest plays and created acclaimed educational programming for NEO over the past six decades since – connecting more than 5M people to the classics. GLT educational programming alone has engaged over 1M students. Today, GLT impacts the lives of over 100K adults and students annually and delivers $6.9M+ worth of economic impact for our local economy. We are grateful to the countless stakeholders who have enabled these extraordinary achievements over the years. We look forward to the next sixty!
