Encore Theater Company

Mission Statement:
To create quality live theater enhancing our local cuItural community  while providing all ages with participation and viewing opportunities.

Vision Statement:
To buiId upon our Iong existing tradition of live, Community Theater in Gig Harbor through partnerships with local government, business, service and community groups who believe in the necessity of the performing arts in our community.

Goals:
- Secure and maintain a Performing Arts Center for the Gig Harbor Area.
- Continue to provide on-going year-round indoor and outdoor theater experiences.
- Develop a smoothly running organization.

About Us:
Encore! Theater Company is a not for profit 501 (c)(3) corporation whose leadership has served the Peninsula since 1973!

Encore! shares the Burton Park Building with The Academy of Performing Arts at 6615 38th Avenue Northwest in Gig Harbor. It is a great partnership as the two separate organizations work cooperatively to bring cultural skills and events to the community.

Encore! creates year-round theater, drawing in part from the talents that are nurtured in the Academy's classes, but open to aspiring community talent as well. Academy students benefit from opportunities to use their arts training due to the many performances taking place.

This is a Community Theater with a dedicated group of volunteers who help in so many ways; there is also a working board of directors. The commitment of these two groups has helped Encore! to maintain its high standards of performance.

Encore! produces five to seven plays each season with an emphasis on family fare. In the summer months (June, July, and August) two to three plays are performed outdoors, giving our directors a wide expanse of performance space in which to create delightfully exciting panoramas of music, color, and dance. Indoor productions in the theater at Burton Park allows for just over one hundred seats, creating a warm, intimate venue in which to enjoy theater in an entirely different perspective. You get the best of both worlds with Encore!