The Pearl Theatre Company Inc

Programs: A. Mainstage season:the pearl's 30th season was our second in residence at 555 west 42nd street, a 160 seat venue on manhattan's west side. The pearl chose four powerful and diverse plays to showcase our growing company and artistic range. -you never can tell: by george bernard shaw, directed by david stallerseptember 3 through october 13 2013; 43 performances- and away we go: by terrence mcnally (world premiere), directed by jack cummings iiinovember 12 through december 15, 2013; 37 performances- no exit: by jean paul sartredirected by linda ames keyfebruary 15 through march 30, 2014; 36 performances- the rivals by richard brinsley sheridandirected by hal brooksapril 22 through may 25, 2014; 36 performancesb. The resident acting company (rac)as the heart of the pearl theatre company, our resident acting company performed in mainstage productions, participated in various shared training sessions, and continued their roles as teaching artists in our arts-in-education and outreach programming. Additionally, they worked with the staff to expand our audience outreach initiatives throughout the season, particularly in the area of education. C. Arts in education initiativesclassics in the classroom: in the 2013-2014 season, we continued our dedication to our flagship, year-long sequential arts program. Classics in the classroom is designed to build students' understanding of, and facility with, dramatic literature through sequential opportunities to study classic works. Founded in 1992, the program meets new york state learning standards, nyc arts blueprint, and helps teachers to integrate arts learning into classroom curriculum. The pearl continued our relationships with our 7 partner schools this season: dreamyard prep in the bronx; queens high school for the sciences in jamaica, queens; young women's leadership school of east harlem; and notre dame academy in lower manhattan, and lyons community school based in east williamsburg, brooklyn. We also continued relationships with the 4 neighborhood schools we approached in the 2012-2013 season. In total, the program consists of 16 contact sessions (8 one-hour classroom sessions; 4 matinee trips to see the pearl's productions; and 4 talk-back sessions with pearl artists). The pearl also produced and provided 4 study guides for our students, containing content by our dramaturg, artistic director, and artistic associate; and was overseen by our education director, carol schultz. In the 2013-14 season we served 7 schools, 233 students, and 7 classroom teachers. D. Internships and apprentices: interns and apprentices worked with pearl staff in the areas of theatre administration, stage management, costume construction and wardrobe, and production. The pearl welcomed 25 interns and apprentices in 2013-14. Each pearl intern and apprentice was given specific responsibilities, worked on special projects customized for their experience level and skills, and was fully-integrated into the company's day-to-day operations. E. The pearl conservatory: the pearl conservatory exists to provide meaningful opportunity to emerging professional artists and to adult learners. The 2013-14 season featured a variety of classes including advanced scene study in american realism, shakespeare workshop, advanced shakespeare workshop, ibsen, chekhov, and shaw workshop, and audition boot camp. Pearl resident actors dominic cuskern, bradford cover, chris mixon, robin leslie brown, and dan daily, along with pearl associated artists, led 13 classes for 152 students. F. Free public programmingtuesday talks: this is an ongoing lecture series that allows audiences to interact and discuss the pearl's work with our dramaturg, artistic director and artists. Serving a loyal audience of 600 annually, the pearl presented two tuesday talks for each production in the 2013-14 season for a total of 8 sessions. Curtain up classics: this lecture series is designed to give our audiences the chance to understand the pearl's works in a deeper way. Held once for each mainstage production in the 2012-13 season, and serving nearly 200 theatergoers, the pearl hosted four 80 minute classes with dramaturg kate farrington, educationdirector/rac member carol schultz and rac member chris mixon. In these classes, audiences took part in brief readings from the plays' scripts, critical analyses, and works by other authors from the same periods. They also discussed the plays in-depth, participated in question-and-answer sessions, and investigated the background and history of the plays and their times. The pearl insider: a full length dramaturgical publication that guides pearl patrons of all ages deeper into the world of each play, this publication is available at the theatre and on the pearl's website. Written by the pearl's dramaturg, we produced 4 issues for the 2013-14 season--one in conjunction with each production. The pearl distributes the full four-issue series to over 11,343 unique email addresses annually. Free readings: the pearl's audience development series, pick your poison, offered 3 free readings of classic plays during the 2013-14 season. Welcoming 88 people to our theatre. The pearl presented readings of salome (wilde), lady frederick (maugham), the learned ladies (molire). G. Marketing and outreach: the pearl was thrilled to welcome 20,997 audience members to a total of 152 performances over 21 weeks in the 2013-14 season. The pearl is committed to making our work accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. In the 2013-14 season, a total of 5,343 discounted tickets were sold and 6,635 free tickets distributed.