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March 12, 2021
The Old Town Playhouse in Traverse city is receiving aid from the state.
Most of the grant recipients are downstate but Old Town Playhouse is one of the few Northern Michigan theaters to get the funding.
Executive Director of the theater, Deb Jackson, says they received $40,000 from the grant.
They say this money will help them get back to hosting their main stage shows.
Deb says, “There’s a lot of pre-work that goes into that. We need to secure royalties, we need to do the marketing. So there’s a lot of upfront cost to that and this is going to be so helpful towards that.”
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December 17, 2020
Youth theatre is beneficial for kids in so many ways. I credit a lot of my current imagination and thought process to my time spent performing in front of an audience as a child. When you’re a kid, theatre teaches you that you have a voice that people will listen to, not only other kids but also a roomful of adults. My mom could sense my shyness when I was little and thought that theatre would be a proactive way to get me more comfortable with not only my peers but with myself, and it worked. Being small and standing before bright lights and a crowd of people forces you to understand that being in front of a lot of people might scare you, but it can’t hurt you.