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At a company meeting December 1st, AVT members unanimously approved a new charter for the company. The Op Plan was was formulated from scratch at a meeting November 18th, where the members present defined a new company structure from the ground up as they would wish it to be. The result is a very member-driven model, in which members themselves assume direct, shared responsibility for company governance and operation, in exchange for member control over almost the entire artistic character of the company, including selection of a season and the roles of producer.

[Link to AVT Operational Plan v5.1]

The new Op Plan is in keeping with our founding principles, most notably that we are a community-driven community theatre company – of, by, and for our local neighborhoods.

AVT will use the month of December to internally effect a transition between membership definitions. Those on the list below are either presently members or eligible for membership under the old rules, and may opt-in to the new membership rules immediately if desired. Candidates for new membership, under the new rules only, will be considered starting January 1st, 2012. Membership will lapse for all current members who have not opted in to the new rules by Jan 1.

Sarah Allen
Sarah Arnac
Dean Berg
Sarah Bialobroda
Nicelle Davis
Anna Delrosario
M. Steven Felty
Jeremy Gruca
Joe Gruca
Karen Gruca
Mathew Gruca
Jessie Hassan
Claudia Y. Herrera
Kevin J. Hogan
Jessica Katzman
Juliana Katzman
Pavlina Janssen
Juan Juarez
Melissa Martin
Nikki Martin
Kara McCollum
Marcus McCollum
Phillip E. McKaughan
Stevelon Mims
Derric Neal
Lucas Nemeth
Will Nicolai
Nalin A. Ratnayake
Kelly Lynn Regan
Missy Schaapman

As AVT has grown as a company, we have had to learn and adapt to ever more complex challenges.  Over the course of the last year, our structure has changed several times.  No doubt, further changes will come in the future as we continue to grow.

However, with the experience and lessons learned of two full-length productions behind us, and an increased awareness of our individual strengths and weaknesses when working as a team, we  believe that we have hit upon a company structure and team breakdown that will bring our talents effectively and efficiently to the stage.

Our Operational Plan, version 4.1, is now available for download.

Company-level authority is held in the stewardship of three directors: Operational, Producing, and Artistic.  They are supported by three production-level strategic personnel: the Production Stage Manager, the Dramaturg, and the Technical Team Lead.  A six-member technical team provides the creative implementation of the Artistic vision of each production.

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

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.

We appreciate the audience members who make up our community of supporters, as well as our Supporters who make this company possible.