A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC
EIN 91-0787792 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A650)
What they do
ORGANIZATION MISSION: ACT is A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE WHERE ARTISTIC AMBITION and CIVIC ENGAGEMENT UNITE. ORGANIZATION VISION: ACT ENVISIONS A WORLD WHERE THE POWER of THEATRE EXPANDS OUR COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING of COMMUNITY and OUR OWN HUMANITY. FOUNDED IN 1965, ACT is A SEATTLE LANDMARK and HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT and LASTING CONTRIBUTION to THE VITALITY of SEATTLES DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD and ARTS COMMUNITY. for MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS, THE ORGANIZATION HAS VALUED and ELEVATED THE WORK of LOCAL ARTISTS, FOSTERED COMMUNITY CONNECTION, and TRANSFORMED INDIVIDUAL LIVES THROUGH THE POWER of STORYTELLING. ACT is COMMITTED to MAKING THEATRE AN ACT of CITIZENSHIP BY ENGAGING AUDIENCES IN DIALOGUE ABOUT THE ISSUES of OUR TIME and CONNECTING AUTHENTICALLY WITH NEW AUDIENCES, PARTNERS, and COMMUNITIES. ON JULY 1, 2025, SUBSEQUENT to THE END of THE FISCAL YEAR, ACT MERGED WITH SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY to FORM UNION ARTS CENTER.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1965
- Location
- 700 UNION ST, SEATTLE, WA 98101-2330
- County
- King
- In care of
- JOHN BRADSHAW