10/14/2009
As summer turned to fall, the Tessitura Network continued its expansion by adding several new licensees and sublicensees. The leading enterprise software for arts and cultural institutions welcomes these new members of the Tessitura and the Network community.
Orchestra Iowa
Founded in April 1921, Orchestra Iowa is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in continuous operation west of the Mississippi River. Its 82 professional musicians perform more than 120 public performances throughout Eastern Iowa each year, many of which can be heard on Iowa Public Radio and seen on Iowa Public Television.
In June 2008, floods destroyed the Orchestra’s administrative office, school, and performance home—the Paramount Theatre. In the aftermath, Orchestra Iowa has continued to experience the support of their community as they rebuild. We are very pleased they selected Tessitura Software and the Tessitura Network to serve their targeted audience and operate their organization.
Arena Stage
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith, Arena Stage has become the largest theater in the country dedicated to American plays and playwrights.
Founded in 1950 by Zelda Fichandler, Thomas Fichandler and Edward Mangum, Arena Stage was one of the nation’s original resident theaters, and has a distinguished record of leadership and innovation in the field. With the opening of the new Mead Center for American Theater in 2010, Arena Stage will have emerged as a leading center for the production, development and study of the American theater. Now in its sixth decade, Arena Stage serves a diverse annual audience of more than 200,000.
American plays are their foundation and inspiration. The core purpose of Arena Stage is to produce huge plays of all that is passionate, exuberant, profound, deep and dangerous in the American spirit. Their focus is on theater of the Americas, producing American classics, premieres of new plays and contemporary stories. At the same time they are relocating to a wonderful new facility, we are very privileged that they selected Tessitura Software and the Tessitura Network to upgrade their enterprise capabilities as well.
Actor's Express Theatre Company
As a sublicense of the Woodruff Arts Center, Actor's Express Theatre offers original voices and new perspectives that reflect Atlanta's diverse and evolving community. Called "...by far the gutsiest theatre in the city” and "...the city's most vital theatrical venue”, Actor's Express is one of the most remarkable and daring theatre companies in the Southeast. Actor's Express (AE) has found and filled an important niche in Atlanta's arts community as a place for high quality theatre and theatre education. In all, Actor's Express has received over 100 citations since its inception in 1988 for its artistic excellence including: "Best Director" for Jasson Minadakis, "Best Production of 2005" for BUG, and "Best Theatre Company".
Actor’s Express believes the relevance and vitality of the American theater depends upon a continual infusion of new work and the nurturing of new playwrights. New plays are the lifeblood of theatre, and playwrights are the chroniclers, critics, and prophets of our times. Actor's Express is committed to championing the next great American play.
University of Notre Dame
If you know of Notre Dame largely because of football, take another look. The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center facilitates learning reflective of Notre Dame's distinctive liberal arts tradition through the informed exploration of universal truths and beauty. Through the Center, Notre Dame encourages and celebrates the human spirit through the performing and cinematic arts which connect, stimulate and enrich its communities. The university strives to be a premier university presenter advancing the depth of discourse and wealth of cultural expression which lie within the transformative power of the arts.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a magnificent building with several theatres for both live performance and cinema, an organ and choral hall, and university arts department offices. The University's goals for the performing arts are as bold as the building itself. The DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts was carefully designed for both public performance and for teaching and learning. The benefits to the community are enlivened by a menu of great guest artists, concerts, plays, and films. It is a center for the arts and for artists, for learning and for doing, for enjoyment, inspiration, creation, dialogue, and exploration. And it is especially a place committed to the strengthening of community through a shared appreciation of the world's cultural treasures.