THEATRE BC has served as the provincial parent association of community theatre in the province since 1932 and is committed to promoting the development of theatre in B.C. through a wide range of programs, services, events and festivals offered year round: Purposes & Objectives: • To serve and represent community theatre groups in order to benefit cultural growth within British Columbia; • To act as a parent body in providing services to community theatre groups; • To encourage theatre as a recreational activity; • To enlist the support of citizens and government for theatrical activity; • To contribute to the development of theatre in British Columbia and in Canada; • To foster, guide, develop, organize and administer provincial drama festivals; • To work with and encourage continuing co-operation with arts organizations provincially, inter-provincially and nationally.

General Information:
Founder:	Major Llewellyn (Bill) Bullock-Webster
Date of Incorporation:	January 4, 1933
Society Act Registration:	S-2032
Charitable Registration:	119217206 RR0001
Annual General Meeting:	July - Mainstage Festival
Election of Officers:	July - Mainstage Festival
Honorary Life Members:	James Bowlby, Salmon Arm, Catherine Faulkner, Salt Spring Island Bill Langlois, White Rock, Pennie Liebel, Campbell River Anne Marsh, North Vancouver, Jay Norton, Qualicum Beach,

Board of Directors:
President:	John Stuart, Port Moody
Vice-President : (Events)	Bill Elliott, West Vancouver
Vice-President: (Communications)	Peter Wienold, Port Alberni
Vice-President: (Operations)	Jacqollyne Keath, New Westminster
Secretary- Treasurer:	Ray Mordan,Kelowna
Recording Secretary:	Mary Tobias, Salmo
Zone Chairs:
Central Interior (CIZ):	Allison Haley, Prince George
Fraser Valley (FVZ):	Mary Renvall, Langley
Greater Vancouver (GVZ):	Kathleen Driscoll, Burnaby
Kootenay (KOZ):	Larry Martin, Salmo
North Island (NIZ):	Cindy Solda, Port Alberni
North Shore (NSZ):	Douglas Perri, Burnaby
Okanagan (OKZ):	Penny Bayne, Vernon
Peace River (PRZ):	Terry Lynn-Marie Boyle, Fort St. John
South Island (SIZ):	Wendy Wearne, Ladysmith
Skeena (SKZ):	Chris Stone, Terrace

Staff: Robb Mowbray Executive Director Michelle St.Pierre Executive Assistant Lisa Desprez Administrative Assistant Kate Witoszkin Event Management Robin Boxwell Mainstage Technical Director (seasonal contracted)

Committees: Communications, Events, Finance, Operations, Hamber Award, Scholarships, Personnel

Fiscal Year: April 1st - March 31st Membership Profile: (Fee Structure) • Member Clubs: (Fiscal Year, $65 - $300) • Individual Members: (Voting, $25/12 mo.,$70/36 mo.) • Talent Bank Members: (Voting, Professionals, same) • Family Members: (Two persons of the same residence/ two votes, $40/12 mo.,$115/36 mo.) • Family Youth Members: (Same residence as 2 Family members, Non-voting, 18 years of age and under, $10/12 mo) • Youth Members: (Non-voting, 18 years of age and under, $15/12 mo) Zone Structure: Theatre BC is divided into 10 geographical regions, or "Zones", led by 4-person "Zone Executives", elected from Theatre BC members in the Zone. Member Clubs designate "Club Reps" to meet with the Zone Executive and report between the Zone and the Club on local, Zone and provincial activities, help coordinate Regional Workshops, Theatre Instructor Tours and the annual Zone Festival. Zones set their own meetings, budgets, request professionally-led workshops, raise funds through casinos to support regional activity, and coordinate their Zone Festival with guidance from Theatre BC. Based on the number of entries, two productions represent each Zone at Theatre BC's annual provincial MAINSTAGE Festival in July. Goals: • Continued development/addition of support staff for the provincial office and event coordination; • Production and province-wide distribution of a new membership, programs and services brochure; • Broader public profile in support of all Theatre BC events; • Upgrading of computer technology, including continued in-house development of the Theatre BC web site & e-mail; • Greater private sector involvement in regional and provincial level events; • Expanded and greater regional access to Club Card Program member benefits, including regional theatres and theatre-related industry sponsors; • Increased number of Theatre Instructor Tours and Regional Workshops in outlying Zones. • Expanded production and distribution of "Theatre BC NEWS"

Programs, Services & Events (At A Glance)... MAINSTAGE (Early July) • One of Canada's oldest theatre traditions features the "Best Productions" of Theatre BC's 10 preceding Zone Festivals over an 8 or 9 schedule; • Includes 2- 4 "Workshop Plays" also selected from Zone Festivals; • Special Course workshops are  added for registrants and the public alike; • Professionally adjudicated performances include brief nightly public critiques and in-depth "Coffee Critiques" the following morning; • Overall "Best Production", runner-up, ensemble and outstanding individual performances, and top designs are recognized by the Adjudicator with presentation of "The Thespian" bronze sculpture, produced annually by Geert Maas, Kelowna; • As many as 350 registrants attend annually; • Audiences total more than 5,000 over the week; • Financial impact is over $1 million for host community; MAIN STAGE 2009 July 3rd -  July 11th,  2009 • Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows, BC Zone Festivals (March - June) • Organized by each Theatre BC Zone as a regional celebration of community theatre; • Professionally adjudicated performances determine representative productions for MAINSTAGE; • Zones subsidize Member Clubs' travel to MAINSTAGE; • Average 5.5 days and 7 productions in 10 different Zone Festival locations year to year, playing to theatre audiences of over 10,000 people; • Zone Festivals directly involved over 700-1000 cast and crew members throughout BC; • No restrictions to running times or subject matter; Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition • Introduced in 1989 for Canadian playwrights to promote the development of original, unproduced new plays; • Full-Length, One Act and Special Merit categories offer cash awards of $1,000, $750 and $500; • Category-winning playwrights are brought to the New Play Festival, where they are teamed with a professional director for one-to-one dramaturgy, then with a cast of registrant actors for 15 hours of re-working sessions and finally a staged public reading, each winter; • Competition runs from year-round with the deadline for entry on the fourth Monday each July; • Well over 2,500 original scripts have been entered in 18 years; • Many winning and finalist plays go on to professional productions. Talent Bank Referrals: • Theatre professionals listed on Theatre BC's Talent Bank may be referred to member clubs for workshops, Guest Artist directing, and/or consultant work on club productions; • Sample resumes and photos are provided for Member Clubs' review; • Theatre BC completes all contractual arrangements on behalf of Member Clubs; Professional Instruction: (Year Round) • Available to members at the Zone or Member Club level through responsive-type programs, including Regional Workshops and Theatre Instructor Tours, at any time over the year; • Hosts determine the workshop topic(s) and time period(s) they wish and contact Theatre BC for potential instructors; • Theatre BC matches available personnel with hosts and conducts all contractual arrangements; • Access to professional instruction offers opportunities to develop theatre skills, increase production capabilities and encourages participants to get more out of their theatre experience; • Workshops are also added to Theatre BC festivals and a strong educational emphasis is placed on festival adjudication to further encourage development. Club Card Program: • Each Theatre BC member carries a personalized Club Card that makes them eligible for member rates on all Theatre BC workshops, festivals, resource material and merchandise for savings up to 50%; • The Club Card is honoured by Member Clubs and regional theatres across B.C., as well as participating Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (GVPTA) companies, for savings on box office prices of up to 50%; • Theatre BC and BC Museums Association have a reciprocal arrangement where Theatre BC's member clubs can extend the ticket discounts offered to fellow Theatre BC Club Card members to the BC Museums Association's Go Card members. In return, BCMA member facilities offer Theatre BC Club Card members discounts on admissions to galleries and museums and preferred rental rates on available venues within these galleries and museums. And the benefits are province-wide for Theatre BC members, with BCMA member facilities located all across BC. (www.museumsassn.bc.ca) • Corporate partners on a national level in theatre-related industries include Budget Car & Truck Rental for 15-25% discounts, and Choice Hotels Canada, (Quality, Comfort, Clarion, Sleep, Friendship, Rodeway and Econo Lodge inns, hotels, suites and resorts), at 200 locations across Canada; • Future development include hardware and restaurant chains to increase the value of personal and practical benefits to Theatre BC membership. Theatre BC NEWS: • Direct-mailed to 2,500-3,000 recipients each Fall, Winter, Spring & Summer on a pre-event basis; • Produced in-house with limited theatre-related advertising space available; • Regular updates on the Club Card Program, freelance opportunities for Talent Bank members, MAINSTAGE updates, competition announcements, postings, festival results, event features and the Curtain Call listing of professional and Member Club productions around B.C.; • Insert service available to theatre suppliers, etc.; Awards & Scholarships: (Annually) • The Eric Hamber Award may be presented at MAINSTAGE annually to a nominated person, Member Club or institution having made an outstanding contribution to community theatre in B.C. over a long period of time; • Theatre BC Diamond of the Year Award Instituted in 2007 (Theatre BC's 75th -or Diamond- Anniversary) Awarded to a Theatre BC member who, in the past year, has worked toward furthering the Mission Statement of Theatre BC: To promote and encourage the development of community theatre in British Columbia by providing leadership and opportunities for participation, education and sharing the enjoyment of diverse theatre experiences. • Zone Recognition Awards may be given at the Zone Festival annually to a person or Member Club having made an outstanding contribution to his or her Zone; • The Jessie L. Richardson and Sid Williams Memorial Scholarships (in conjunction with Courtenay Little Theatre) $1000 scholarships may be awarded at MAINSTAGE to two student applicants accepted by a post-secondary theatre program at a recognized Canadian institution to further their training. Script Library List: (Year Round) • Over 1,750 donated titles are available to members on a "reference only" basis; • Includes adjudicator copies of all Zone and MAINSTAGE festival entries since 1991; • Includes two copies each of the winning plays from Theatre BC's Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition since 1989. Group Insurance Plan: • Member Clubs can insure their theatres or premises, equipment, members and audiences against injury, property damage and theft at discounted annual premiums through Barton Insurnace Brokers Ltd.

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