Blue Water Theatre Company

A nonprofit organization

$6,540 raised by 25 donors

22% complete

$30,000 Goal

Blue Water Theatre Company- Where Youth Find Their Voice.

We're raising $30,000 for general operating expenses in November-December 2022 to provide space and resources for classes and rehearsals.

Mission:

Through the collaborative, innovative experience of live theater, Blue Water Theatre Company (BWTC) emboldens youth to unlock and empower their authentic voice - guided by empathy, wonder, and adventure.

Vision:

BWTC seeks to transform approaches to theatre making and education for and with youth in spaces where they can safely and confidently be bold, take risks, and challenge the world around them. 

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Our Values and Beliefs:

  • Interrogate assumptions.
  • Our youth teach us.
  • Elevate youth voices to electrify the future.
  • Diversity amplifies process.
  • Trustworthy space to take risks and make bold mistakes in is essential.
  • Classic, contemporary, and original theater contribute to learning and growth.
  • Intergenerational collaboration produces a deep pool of possibility.
  • Theatrical collaboration fosters and grows essential skills in humans.
  • All youth deserve the opportunity to participate in theater arts programming, no matter their resources, abilities or access challenges.
  • Live and in person interaction is what makes us human.


Since 2007, Blue Water has provided a welcoming community and a safe place for young people to take risks and grow - as performers, as speakers, as artists, and as people. At Blue Water, a new generation of artists and communicators is being created and nurtured every day. 

Your donation will:

  • Keep our facility running so youth have a space to make magic happen

  • Pay staff and directors as they work to create safe theatre experiences for our young actors

  • Make necessary repairs and renovations to our building

  • Fund new and innovative ways for us to fulfill our mission – to create a theatre community for young people through meaningful and transformative experiences.


Our impact spans generations:

  • "I could write a whole essay about Blue Water Theatre Company, and how much of a light it is in my life."

  • "I was afraid to open myself up and express who I was. Blue Water came into my life and cracked my shell when no other place could."

  • "Blue Water brings out the best in everyone."

  • "It’s not just an average theatre company, it’s a community. It has great productions and is so fun."

  • "Witnessing the love in the Blue Water community motivates me to be the person I am today. "

  • "Professional, fun, accepting, high quality staff, growing organization."

  • "Thank you for creating this one-of-a-kind experience for kids. It is having a huge impact on them."

  • "Outstanding job!!  The kids LOVE being there which is a tribute to the community you are fostering. Thank you."


Your support now helps to guarantee that Blue Water continues to be this kind of place - one that challenges, motivates, and supports young people, and the arts, in such a vital way.








Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Blue Water Theatre Company

Tax id (EIN)

26-0707663

Categories

Arts & Culture Education Children & Family

Address

605 Rice Street East
Wayzata, MN 55391

Phone

(952) 855-9147

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