Theatre Upstairs

Arizona Actors Academy and Theatre Upstairs (it's non-profit arm) has been striving since its earliest inception to bring the highest calibre of training to actors and to be a haven for creative expression and exploration to all artists. We are faced with terrible hardship in the wake of COVID 19 as an institution and as a community. There's never been a more important time in our long tenure to assure our doors stay open and we continue our mission to serve artists and the legacy of American Acting. We have vast resources to keep our community working, connected and thriving but need assistance assuring one; we can survive the financial fall out affecting all of us and two; that our new initiative "Artists Corner" succeeds in its mission to make the highest calibre of arts programming available to the wider arts community on a free and open platform. We are also at this time striving to assure our dedicated students financially impacted by COVID 19 economic hardship are not cut off from their work and community. All donations go these efforts.

If you are able to lend a financial hand to our efforts to keep the doors open, serve our greater mission to inspire and develop artists, your contribution will go directly to our overhead, the maintaining of Artists Corner and our hardship initiative.

https://www.azactorsacademy.com/artists-corner/ 

Thank you in advance for standing with us through this. We have never needed our community more than now.

Brandy

My name is Rachel Grimes, and I've been involved in the theatre arts community in the Phoenix area since I was young. I absolutely love the valley's theatre community and the artists that work here. I am incredibly excited for our upcoming production- which will bring some of the cutting edge of Broadway to my beloved home. 

Jeremy Kareken wrote "Lifespan of a Fact" - a play that just finished its run on Broadway. This hit starred Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones, and Bobby Cannavale.  Now Jeremy is coming to the valley, to Arizona Actors Academy, to allow this group of talented and passionate artists to premiere his short plays, "Rochester Nights". 

This show kicks off the opening season for Theatre Upstairs, a nonprofit production company dedicated to bringing cutting edge, high quality theatre to the valley. 

We are so excited about this opportunity. Not only will it enrich the students and burgeoning artists at AZAA, it will also provide opportunities for local playwrights and actors to learn from Jeremy through special workshops and open rehearsals. 

Any donation amount is so appreciated. We love our community and the artists here. Help us to make this trip a success and plant the seed for many more high calibre artists and productions to take place here in our gorgeous desert. 

From the bottom of my heart, 
Rachel

For more information about incentives for large donors, please email Rachel at [email redacted]