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About Us
Organizational History
Board Members
Charities
Arts for Life Nominees
and Recipients
Organizational History
Take Two Productions was established in
February, 2004 for the purpose of providing opportunities for
individuals of all ages and races to explore and develop their creative
talents through live, musical theater and to make community connections
through service to and financial support of lesser known, well-deserving
charities. Take Two Productions is managed by a highly educated and professional
board currently consisting of up to 13 members dedicated to operating a
community theater company with sound business and financial practices.
The combined business and fiscal management experience of the board is
in excess of 150 years.
Take Two Productions is committed to presenting high quality
productions with multi-cultural and age-diverse casts. The group searches
for productions that allow for creative casting, thus giving
opportunities for many to further develop their talents and become more
connected to the community. True to our mission, a 2006 production
of Godspell, which traditionally has a younger cast, was cast
with an older, multi-cultural cast. 2007's Carousel and
2005's Disney’s
Beauty and the Beast were cast with more children than required, thus
expanding the opportunity for youth to explore their creative talents.
Since its inception, Take Two Productions has given total
monetary gifts in excess of $9,500 to various, local charity
organizations including the Bishop DuBourg High School
Adopt-a-Student Program, the Bayless High School Drama Department, Project
ARK, Catholic Services for Children and Youth Expectant Parent Program,
Dream for a Day, Angels’ Arms, and The Maggie Welby Foundation. Take Two
Productions was honored to receive a
Fox Associates Charitable Foundation grant in 2007 to support our performance of
Carousel, with proceeds going to Angels’ Arms, and a Target grant in
2008 to support our performance of Schoolhouse Rock Live Too!
Another Fox Associates Charitable Foundation grant and a Covidien grant
were received for 2008 to
support our performance of Nunsense.
Through developing community connections with local
charities, Take Two Productions provides its casts and crews the opportunity to
learn more about and become involved in volunteer activities supporting
worthy organizations. As a result of Take Two Production’s connections with these
charities, several cast and crew members have become active participants
in activities that further support these organizations. In 2007, Take
Two Productions organized an "Angel Day" in June where Take Two
Productions members provided lawn
care, landscaping, and maintenance services to one of the Angels’ Arms
residential units. During the March, 2007 production of You’re
a Good Man, Charlie Brown, attendees were given a discount on ticket
prices if they provided a paper good or product, which was then donated to
a local charity. During this two weekend production run, Take Two
Productions collected over 150 paper products to donate to the charity.
Take Two Productions will continue to provide
opportunities for all of the community to become involved in the
performing arts and serve the community through charitable gifts.
Take Two Productions...quality community theatre by
the community, for the community.
Board Members
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Gary Long, President
Karen L. Fulks, Vice-President
Kendyl Serrano, Secretary
Jonathan Hey, Treasurer
Terri Beilstein
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Sallie du Maine
Jenn Koehne
Beth McClure
Laura Miller-Smith
Patty Taveras
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Arts for Life Nominees and
Recipients
Arts for Life has a two-fold purpose: It is
dedicated to benefiting and enlightening the community at large by
supporting, recognizing, and promoting community theatre.
Secondly, it desires to provide charity to special needs groups through
the presentation of book and original musical theatre productions.
This corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational
purposes. Each year, AFL presents awards for outstanding
performances in community musical theater. Take Two Productions
has been honored with several nominations and awards over the years, and
these recipients are listed below.
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