OUR IMPACT

In 2020, IVRT Inland Valley Repertory Theatre...

 

served a total of 7,213 people in Claremont, Pomona, La Verne, Upland and BEYOND, through our affordable theatre programs, VIRTUAL EVENTS, and educational outreach: 

IN PERSON

  • 3 performances of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Candlelight Pavilion

  • Hollywood Arms, in our Reader's Theatre Series at Eddie’s Pizzeria and Eatery in Claremont

  • Readers Theatre after-school program at El Roble Intermediate School

ONLINE

  • Zoom productions of Luv, The Price, and The Lion in Winter

  • Streaming productions of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

  • Livestream production of Coney Island Christmas

  • YouTube premier of the documentary "30 Years of IVRT”

  • “Wednesday Wags” weekly “chinwag” chats with local artists and educators viewed on Zoom, Facebook and YouTube.

  • Five week Camp IVRT musical theatre workshop for youth

 

Paid $55,657 to actors, musicians, stage artists, and staff

awarded $13,670 in scholarships to camp students

 
 

extended our outreach to the community

-Partnering with businesses and nonprofit organizations, schools and service groups including Candlelight Pavilion, Eddie’s Italian Eatery, Claremont Community School of Music, Mt. San Antonio Gardens, Ophelia’s Jump Productions, Claremont Unified School District, La Verne Chamber of Commerce, Claremont Chamber of Commerce.

 

 
 
 
 

continued the ELEVenth year of our partnership with Eddie’s Italian Eatery to offer discounts to IVRT subscribers and donors

-Eddie’s continues to feed the cast of IVRT productions between the matinee and evening performance on the last day of production-

 

And…

  • received funding from the Claremont Educational Foundation for our sixth annual Readers Theatre after-school program at El Roble Intermediate School which has, to date, served over 550 students, teachers and parents;

  • continued our eleventh year of partnering with Claremont Community School of Music for our summer Musical Theatre Camp IVRT which to date has served over 400 youth through the arts of music, theatre and movement, with additional funding from the City of Claremont to provide scholarships to at-risk youth;

  • promoted local community arts events including Claremont Symphony Orchestra, Ophelia’s Jump Productions, Repertory Opera Company, Candlelight Pavilion, Grove Theatre, Claremont Chorale, A Noise Within, Lewis Family Playhouse, Salastina Music Society and Chino Community Theatre through our strategic email marketing campaigns;

  • received funding from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for two full-time, paid summer internships;

  • donated theatre tickets to fundraising events for Claremont High School theatre department, Claremont High School, Ophelia’s Jump Productions, Foothill AIDS Project, Casa Colina, Upland Chamber of Commerce, Claremont Chamber of Commerce, Lordsburg Foundation, La Verne Chamber of Commerce, Uplanders, Laguna Playhouse, San Bernardino Symphony, and more;

  • celebrated 30 years operating as a fiscally sound nonprofit theatre arts organization, incorporated in 1990 and ending every year “in the black,” and received awards for artistic quality from the theatre community as well as accolades from the California Arts Council and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission funding panel for "artistic quality, impact and an innovative full list of programs, initiatives for sustainability and accessibility, and strong infrastructure."