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- EIN 27-0037096
- (480) 227-1766
- Po Box 2576 Tempe AZ 85280 USA
- http://straycattheatre.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Theater
Mission: Decidedly off the beaten path, stray cat is indie theatre at its best: quirky, edgy and irreverent. Stray cat theatre scratches the valley's itch for a visceral, provocative theatre experience for culture-savvy cats who crave something beyond the standard kitty chow. Founded in 2002, stray cat is considered the valley's leading alternative theatre. Stray cat's stage productions are distinct from those of other theatre companies across the valley. Consistent with our mission, stray cat is committed to: 1. Aggressively seeking out and showcasing the most vital contemporary material. 2. Cultivating the next generation of theatre artists in the valley. 3. Constantly exploring theatrical possibility -- what the live theatre is uniquely capable of. 4. Striving to produce or develop original, unpublished work. 5. Fostering a creative incubator -- a free-radical environment dedicated to risk-taking where artists can find a home to do consistently fascinating things.
Programs: For six of the past nine seasons, stray cat has won the arizoni award for either best overall production or best overall musical, as well as numerous awards for direction, acting and technical achievement. Phoenix new times named stray cat "best community theatre" for four years, lauded ron may as "best theatre director" and stray cat as "best reason to go to the theatre all season long in 2015," and named our production of stupid f***ing bird, an update of chekhov's the seagull, best non-equity play in 2016. The arizona republic in 2016 named ron may director of the year, in 2015 called our production of year of the rooster the "best show of the season" and hailed eric beeck, our resident scenic designer, for "best scenic design. " the newspaper named stray cat "best alternative theatre" numerous times. Sct has been profiled nationally in backstage and variety magazines as a national champion of new works. Our goals in 2015-16 included: 1. Raising $25,000 or more in individual contributions, which we accomplished in the two most recent fiscal years after invigorating our fundraising efforts in the 2014-15 season to support our move to a more costly venue. (the city of tempe repurposed our prior home, the former tempe performing arts center. ) 2. A successful first-ever co-production with arizona theatre company, arizona's preeminent fully professional theatre. Stray cat's production of sex with strangers, performed in tucson and phoenix, exceeded its goal for ticket sales and garnered rave reviews. 3. A financially and artistically successful production of green day's american idiot, our most expensive production to date and the first in our new home, tempe center for the arts. The production played to sold-out houses and received rapturous reviews from the arizona republic, phoenix new times, kbaq radio and more. Additional accomplishments: 1. Of 62 productions, 60 have been arizona premieres. 2. Six of the last nine seasons, stray cat has been the winner of the arizoni award for either best overall production or best overall musical. 3. In nine seasons, stray cat artists have won 40 arizoni awards.
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