About
Centennial Center Stage Theatre
Welcome to Our Stage!
At Centennial Center Stage Theatre we strive to nurture a collaborative playground where each artist is valued and empowered to find their own creative voice as they grow in empathy and understanding of the human condition. We believe in the power of artistic exploration and high quality artistic training that encourages creative risks in the art we create. Our goal is to develop new work and transform existing stories through collective collaboration that leads to meaningful, experiential storytelling. We believe that theatre’s purpose is to hold a mirror up to society and to grant performers, technicians, and audience members the opportunity to experience a cathartic and deeper understanding of our selves and the global community of yesterday, today, and tomorrow as well as the value of story.
Meet Our Creative Leadership Team
At Centennial Center Stage Theatre, our team is the heart of our productions. Comprised of visionary directors, choreographers, composers, and designers, we work collaboratively to bring stories to life on stage. Each individual contributes their unique skills and perspectives, ensuring that every performance is a true work of art. We are committed to providing opportunities for growth within a wide range of collaborative arts and discipline. We come together in shared experience and knowledge we naturally elevate the artistry and meaning in our work. Learn more about the incredible people behind the scenes who make our productions possible.
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Mission, Vision, & Values
Mission
To nurture a collaborative space where each student is valued and empowered to find their own creative voice as they grow in empathy and understanding of the human condition through artistic training and high-quality productions that explore meaningful, experiential storytelling.
Vision
To be a leading program of excellence in creative storytelling with the aspiration of transforming young artists into compassionate, creative, and curious adults and life-long artists.
Values
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We believe that the purpose of theatre education is to give students a playground for artistic exploration that encourages them to take creative risks in their art as they develop new work and transform existing stories through collaborative and meaningful experiential storytelling. We believe that theatre’s purpose is to hold a mirror up to society and to grant performers, technicians, and audience members the opportunity to experience our shared visual, literary, and cultural heritage; the purpose of which is to build an understanding of our culture in relation to other times and places, and a greater understanding of self and the global community as well as the value of story in creating cathartic and transformational experiences.
The Center Stage Logo & Motto
“This is what it is to love an artist: The moon is always rising above your house. The houses of your neighbors look dull and lacking in moonlight. But he is always going away from you. Inside his head there is always something more beautiful.”
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Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl
This is what it is to be an artist. The moon is always rising above your house. To say the moon rises over Center Stage means that the work we are doing is meaningful to us. Light comes from work that holds meaning. That’s different for each of us. Some of us are musicians, some of us are writers, some of us are visual artists and performing artists, some of us are poets, and there are hundreds of other creative labels we bring to this space. That informs the work we create. When we bring those gifts together in collective collaboration around a story we find meaningful both the artists and the audience are transformed. The moon rises, we create light in our world, and that is what it is to be an artist.