An Important Update
Theatre Huntsville Friends, Patrons, and Volunteers,
We have missed you all during this time of uncertainty. Please know that we continue to work towards navigating the coming season as best we can given the limitations of COVID-19 guidelines and the implementation of safety constraints at the VBC Playhouse and The Studio Theatre at Lowe Mill.
We recognize that you are the backbone of Theatre Huntsville and want you to know that we hope to share with you vibrant and exciting local theatre this upcoming year. We will provide you information as soon as we can and updates on our progress in the interim.
In that vein, while we recognize that our 2019-2020 season included On Golden Pond in July, we unfortunately have to postpone the production to a future date. The decision to postpone our productions has been difficult; we want to be on our stages for you more than anything.
The rest of 2020 is also uncertain – we are not sure of what dates we can postpone to, and may not for some months to come. Because of this if you have tickets to On Golden Pond or the previously postponed Things My Mother Taught Me, we can offer you the following options:
A gift certificate to apply towards any future single ticket sale
A gift certificate to apply towards any future season ticket purchase
A refund of your ticket price
You may also consider donating the cost of your ticket to help Theatre Huntsville weather this crisis. Please email us at tickets@theatrehsv.org or call us at 256-536-0807 if you would like to take one of these options. Our offices are still closed, so please leave us a voicemail and we will call you back.
The sale of Season Tickets for the 2020-21 season has also been postponed as we do not know when we will be able to reopen in a way that is both safe and fiscally responsible.
I do want to share some good news with you. During our down time, our staff and volunteers have been working on renovations to The Studio Theatre. We have been following all regulations regarding social distancing and have enjoyed showing each other our mask collections. When we reopen this facility, you will see a rebuilt stage, changes in the lighting and sound system and our new office space. Fortunately, we had funding for the basics prior to the shutdown. Some of the additional upgrades will have to wait, but I am still very proud of or folks for their dedication and hard work.
Additionally, Theatre Huntsville is grateful to receive a $10,000 grant from the Alabama State Council for the Arts, as part of the CARES package, and funded through the National Endowment for the Arts. We have also received some funding from the Small Business Association Paycheck Protection Plan to ensure our staff can keep working during this time. And as I write this, we have been awarded an additional grant from Neighborhood Concepts, Inc.
These grants in addition to the generosity of our donors will help us get to the light that we know is at the end of this curios tunnel. We thank and appreciate everyone for their support of and faith in Theatre Huntsville.
Thank you all again for being part of our family and we hope to see you all soon at the theatre.
Sincerely,
Leslie Gates
Executive Director
Theatre Huntsville