Quality Productions & Educational Programming
for and by the Community!
Fundy Theatre Works aims to promote and encourage the advancement and development of professional skills, and performance arts in our community, by creating opportunities for children, teens and adults to access, learn and practice collaborative theatre skills through musicals, plays, dance and multimedia entertainment. Performance is the real-time collaboration of skill and creativity that is both cross-disciplinary & multifaceted. FTW 's mission is to help build and expand those performance skills by providing opportunities to learn collaboratively and practice extemporaneous creativity, both on-stage and off. And, we believe, it should be fun!
At the core of FTW's mission is the understanding that the theatre community, like many other communities, is beautifully diverse and filled with varied perspectives, contributions, and challenges, and that “Theatre Kids” are more than just kids who can act and/or dance. Multiple roles must collaborate and come together to create a unified whole, and that means anybody and everybody can be a "theatre kid"- including adults! Embracing our differences and building confidence in our strengths makes us stronger individuals & community members- and you are 100% worth the time it takes to learn a new skill!
Through FTW/FTW Kids performances and performance arts education, "theatre kids" of all ages will build public speaking skills, memory skills, and executive functioning skills, while also showcasing their talents and building their self-confidence in their abilities and their physical movement. Just like a team sport, the skills and lessons learned through performance arts are transferable to other life areas and situations, and self-confidence supports the self-awareness to put those lessons and skills to good use. So, whether you're on-stage, backstage, down in the pit, up in the booth, at the sewing machine or out measuring twice and cutting once to finish up a set piece, the show (and the team) cannot go on without you and your talents!
Theatre is not just created by actors. It is an expressive culmination of efforts, by multiple people, that is wildly creative, highly technical, and surprisingly specialized. It comprises many sub-disciplines and a vast number of participants. Cooperation is key- that’s the “community” in Community Theatre- and confidence is power! Fundy Theatre Works (FTW)- building professional skills & community confidence with productions and programs for all!
Theatre and the performance arts help countless folks realize their own potential, and give many the foundation to be an effective communicator and confident person. Feeling capable is a cornerstone of taking action, which is why it's important to create more opportunities for people of all ages to build and practice transferable, creative skills. Opportunities not just to perform, but to write, paint, build, draw, plan, and make- together. After all, theatre is for everybody.
Please consider donating to Fundy Theatre Works: quality productions & educational programming for and by the community! Any amount helps to make a year of programming & productions for kids & adults possible. A small donation goes a long way, and even just sharing our fundraiser on your social media page is a wonderful way to show your support for FTW!