Theatre Tuscaloosa Nets $14K State Grant To Fund Upcoming Season

TUSCALOOSA, AL – Theatre Tuscaloosa on Monday announced that it has received a $14,200 grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, which will help fund its 2023-24 Season: "A Season of Change."

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Theatre Tuscaloosa hopes to use this funding to produce a full season of plays and musicals, including "Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein" and "Anything Goes."

“The Alabama State Council on the Arts grant allows us to pursue our mission, as we create high-quality productions and classes for our community,” Theatre Tuscaloosa Executive Producer Tina Turley said. “With our venue undergoing renovations, this grant has helped us adapt to continue to perform during this period of change.”

Theatre Tuscaloosa points out that the Council on the Arts is the official state agency for the support and development of the arts in Alabama, making grants available by an annual appropriation from the Alabama Legislature and additional funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Organizers say the theater company's upcoming production of "Ragtime" features a reunion of the original 2017 Theatre Tuscaloosa cast, with the show seeing its revival at the Bama Theatre for one day only on Jan. 27, 2024, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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