Like many arts and performance organizations across the country, ColdTowne Theater was hit hard by 2020 and heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We not only lost the ability to produce live shows and classes for an extended period of time, but we also lost the lease to the black box theater that we called home for 15 years.
2021 was a year of rebuilding as best we could while keeping our community safe. The past year has been largely touch and go, due to new waves of COVID-19 and the accompanying fluctuation of city protocols. However, with strong leadership and a talented new team of directors, ColdTowne Theater has big plans for 2022. Most notably, our plans include opening a new theater space with a full bar, coffee shop, and larger audience capacity than our original building. It is our goal to be open by the end of this year, and to continue programming and classes in rented venues around town in the meantime as we work to secure and prepare our new home for audiences, students, and performers.
It’s an ambitious undertaking, and we could use your support. That’s why we’re launching a fundraising campaign this spring to ensure we have the resources and capital to do it right and create a new physical space to house the laughter, learning, and bits we all know and love. Our community is what makes ColdTowne, ColdTowne. We can’t do it without you.
