Our Mission:

Creating Opportunity

To nurture new talent

To incubate performance potential

To connect emerging artists to showcase performances

 
 
 
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A PROBLEM

WORTH SOLVING

Are you looking for a chance to break into theatre? Because theatre and music production is expensive, it is difficult for unestablished writers to get new plays and new music published and performed. Emerging actors and singers struggle to get cast in a role; even a walk-on part is elusive to new performers.

 
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OUR SOLUTION

Are you ready to show the world your talent? Collaborating with performance venues, we open up new opportunities. We incubate performance potential and nurture new talent. We use publication channels and performance outlets for new plays, new music and new artists. We also feature emerging artists from schools and colleges. You can transition from amateur to professional.

An Original Production

 
 
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The play was performed at the inaugural

Alabama International Fringe Festival 2023

as part of Prattville’s CityFest

View PHOTO GALLERY here

 

POLITICS, PERSECUTION, PRISON & PARDON:

THE TRUE TALE OF THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS.

A SECRET OATH WAS SWORN…

What happened in 1833 when six farm hands tried to form a workers’ union?

Who was behind their persecution?

How far would they go to crush the Union?

This musical is inspired by the true story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six humble English farm workers who emerge from tragedy to triumph.

In March 1834, after a notorious rigged court trial for organizing trade union activities in the Dorset village of Tolpuddle, they are unjustly sentenced to transportation to Australia for seven years. They are taken by prison ship to a brutal penal colony in Van Diemen’s Land, Tasmania.

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Team & Partners

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Get Involved

 

Volunteer opportunities

Do you want to be a part of our local River Region theatre community?

Contact us to find out about volunteering for community theatre productions in Alabama’s River Region.

 

SCHOOL PLAY INTERNATIONAL Network

for school & College Theatre Departments

Are you ready for your standing ovation?

Can you write a play?

Three of our founders are educators. Find out more about how to become a member of the School Play International Network.

 

GRANT FUNDing

Does your school need funding for theatre projects?

Grants from educational and arts foundations are available and can be applied for by schools, and used for school play production costs.

Sponsorships will raise funds for performances.