About

AVT was founded in January of 2009, initially as a small-scale offshoot project.  However, the project rapidly snowballed due to the infectious enthusiasm of a group of enterprising friends thoroughly enjoying what they do.

Today AVT is an incorporated 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the Antelope Valley.  We operate out of a 27-seat blackbox-style theatre, with a 15-piece lighting system and full sound, in Quartz Hill, California…  in the garage of a private residence.  You can check out photos of the producer’s garage being transformed into a theatre on our Facebook Page.

Through ticket revenue, grants, and patronage, we hope to be able to bring a 50-seat blackbox theatre to commercial space in Quartz Hill.  Our long-term operational concept includes 6 productions per year, monthly improv comedy, workshops for playwrights and actors, indie film nights, and mini-concerts by local musicians.  Interested in investing in the quality of your local community?  Please see our Patronage Page for information on how you can help make our vision for arts on the west side a reality.

Our production philosophy is twofold: 1) Provide a framework to seed, develop, and produce quality original work from playwrights in the local community, and 2) produce published work from outside the community that brings in new perspectives and provides a standard to which our local writers can aspire.  If a play has already been produced in the community and we are not able to define anything artistically new that we could bring to the work, you will not see that play on our stage.

Dramaturgically, we adhere to three general principles: our productions will be 1) character-driven, 2) unique, and 3) thought-provoking.  We believe that theatre is first and foremost an artistic medium for providing insight into the human condition and secondarily an educational tool for enhancing and growing the cultural and artistic awareness of the local community.

AVT presently consists of three company-level directors, three production-level strategic personnel, and a six-member technical team. These production staff occasionally also appear on-stage in AVT productions. All of our productions are cast competitively through open audition, where new talent is always welcome.  Students of theatre wishing to apprentice to any production position are welcome to contact us as well.

You can read more about our company structure and and how we implement productions in our Operational Plan.

Thank you for your interest in AVT, and we look forward to working with you or seeing you at our shows!

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AVT PRODUCTION TEAM

Operations Director: Courtney Marietta

Producing Director: Nalin A. Ratnayake

Artistic Director: Kara McCollum

Dramaturg: Anna Delrosario

Production Stage Manager: Karen Gruca

Technical Team Lead: Kevin J. Hogan

Technical Team:  Sarah Bialobroda, Jeremy Bryon Gruca, Jessica Katzman, Juliana Katzman, Lucas Nemeth, Kelly Lynn Regan

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CONTACT US

Email:
productions@avthespians.org

Post:
P.O. Box 3531
Quartz Hill, CA 93586

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