Theatre Victoria Building Fund

Looking back at 46 years of Theatre Victoria history is inspiring: producing over 280 plays and musicals and performing at various venues across Victoria. Thousands of volunteers have worked building, painting, sewing, memorizing lines, changing sets, and many other jobs. We have also seen growth in our education components as well. We’ve seen more than 2,000 kids over the past 18 summers and hundreds more in fall and spring. This year we are proud to have back our Junior Theatre Company after a 3-year hiatus. Many times we rehearse not one, but multiple shows simultaneously! All this growth is a great sign for your community theatre. It also means one thing- we need more space!
As we get busier the same can be said for the Welder Center. The growth is wonderful, but having to cancel or move rehearsals and classes when there is an event at the Center becomes harder and harder each year. Having our own rehearsal rooms and costume and scenic shop and storage just makes sense. We can hold multiple rehearsals on the same day, expand our educational classes to be able to reach even more kids and give our tech volunteers a comfortable place to work on those great sets and costumes. This doesn’t mean we want to leave our Welder Center home. We still love to perform at the beautiful Leo J Welder Center for the Performing Arts and that will not change. Any successful organization will experience growing pains, and the time is right to relieve our pains.
Your donation to our building fund will help pave the way for us to secure land and a building that will service all our growing needs. Thank you for your support!