Weston Playhouse Awarded Grant from the Chittenden Community Fund

(Weston, VT) --- The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company has received a grant from the Chittenden Community Fund in support of its 2008 School Matinee program. The $1,500 grant will help subsidize the deeply discounted $8 ticket price that will be offered to students for this fall’s WPTC production of Shakespeare’s classic comedy, AS YOU LIKE IT.

"We are pleased and honored to receive this latest grant from the Chittenden Community Fund" commented WPTC Education Director Lauryn Axelrod. "Our School Matinee program is vital to bringing the excitement of live, professional theatre to young audiences throughout the state and beyond."

The WPTC has received funding from Chittenden Bank most every year since 1991. This latest grant will support six School Matinee performances in Weston that we anticipate to reach over 1,800 elementary, middle and high school students from throughout Vermont and beyond. The WPTC School Matinee program began in 1995 with 2 performances for 240 students from 6 schools and has grown consistently throughout its 13 year history.
For further information about the Education and Outreach programs and the Playhouse’s 72nd season, visit the theatre’s website at www.westonplayhouse.org.

The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company is a non-profit organization supported in part by funds from the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts and an ever-growing family of individuals, corporations and foundations who believe in the impact that the performing arts can have on its community.

For more information about the theatre company and its work, visit www.westonplayhouse.org.

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