company onstage
ABOUT: The Company OnStage, Inc. (COS), is a Texas non profit corporation with tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; it operates as a community theater with a season of ten productions for children and adults each year. Since its founding in 1978, COS has had the following organizational purposes and goals:
- To provide the community with quality theatrical productions at an affordable price.
- To encourage participation in theater by the community.
- To increase awareness and appreciation of the theatrical arts.
- To provide citizens of all ages and backgrounds with an opportunity to develop theatrical talents by participation in acting and other technical aspects of theater.
MISSION STATEMENT: The Company OnStage serves the community by offering professional quality performances of contemporary and classic theater for children and adults in an intimate setting at affordable prices. COS provides the opportunity for everyone in the community to participate in theater by attending performances, taking classes, or volunteering for all phases of production.
CONTRIBUTORS: The Company OnStage is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance. COS also receives funding from ticket sales and donations from corporations. Each season, COS receives donations from a growing number of private individuals, including season ticket holders and theater volunteers.
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY: The Company OnStage has also contributed back to the community in many ways. It has offered ordinary people the opportunity to develop their artistic and technical theater talents and introduced children and adults to the theatrical arts.
The children's theater performances offer many children their first experience with live theater. COS has taken its children's performances to The Center for the Retarded, Texas Children's Hospital, and B.C. Elmore Middle School - the "adopted school" of the Houston Bar Association. Each season, COS donates hundreds of complimentary tickets to performances of all its productions to area schools and non-profit organizations.
Address:
Company Onstage
536 Westbury Square
Houston, TX 77035-2706
Phone: 713.726.1219
Email: info@companyonstage.org