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The Shreveport
Little Theatre rings up the curtain on its 86th season in 2007-2008
as one of the nation's oldest, continuously active community theatres.
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THE
MISSION…
The Shreveport Little Theatre is committed to produce a broad variety
of quality, live theatre with predominantly volunteer participation
from the community, with the guidance of trained artistic and managerial
leadership, for the entertainment, enlightenment, and growth of the
audience and the volunteer participants, and to increase community awareness
of and pride in The Shreveport Little Theatre.
THE
HISTORY…
The Shreveport Little Theatre celebrates its 86th consecutive season
in 2007-2008, a longevity unprecedented in contemporary community theatre.
From the
first performance in the City Hall Auditorium in 1922, The Shreveport
Little Theatre staged productions in the Jewish Synagogue, the Grand
Opera House, the Auditorium of the Woman's Department Club until we
built our own home and opened on March 14, 1927 at 812 Margaret Place.
We were again traveling after the fire in the 1980's and performed at
Theatre On Line, LSU-S and Performing Arts Center. A group of SLT patrons,
and members of the community, rallied around the idea that it was time
to return to our original home on Margaret Place and set out to raise
the necessary funds to rebuild a portion of the theatre.
While thousands
of persons have contributed to the national recognition of The Shreveport
Little Theatre, John Wray and Margaret Mary Young must be given the
bulk of the credit, serving the theatre as managing and technical directors
from 1936 until their retirement in 1973. Since then, we have had a
wonderful and diverse group of managing and technical directors and
this year, we will continue the proud tradition.
THE
COMMUNITY…
Audiences for our five annual productions come not only from the Shreveport-Bossier
City areas, but also form East Texas, Southern Arkansas and smaller
communities throughout Northwest Louisiana.
THE
SUCCESSES…
Our 2006 - 2007 Season was unsurpassed in its successes. All five of our productions sold out and extended, sometimes by the length of the originally-scheduled run of 9 days and our productions were seen by over 10,000 theatergoers. Recently, SLT completed Phase I & II of a three-phase, long-range building project. These new changes consisted of renovation and expansion of our lobby and restroom facilities - the "The Royal Flush" campaign and the "Courtyard Project," which added a large walled courtyard, just off the new lobby, complete with a bronze fountain and custom made wrought-iron gate.
A capitol campaign is underway this season for Phase III, to rebuild the stage house, which was destroyed in a fire in 1986.
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