ECTC Holds Open House and Awards Celebration

Emerald Coast Theatre Company launches

5th anniversary of its theatre education program with

an open house and awards celebration

Miramar Beach, Fla. (July 31, 2017) — Emerald Coast Theatre Company (ECTC) opens its doors to launch the 5th anniversary season of its Theatre Education Program with Breakfast and Bonding Open House celebration on Saturday, Aug. 12 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

At 10:30 a.m. ECTC also will announce its annual ECTC Educational Program Awards.

The event will be held in ECTC’s performing arts space, located upstairs at 560 Grand Boulevard in Grand Boulevard at Sandestin in Miramar Beach.

The event is free and open to the public. Donations provided will benefit the Paul Londe Education and Scholarship fund.

The open house event enables guests to meet ECTC’s Theatre Education staff, learn details of ECTC’s upcoming fifth anniversary season. There will be opportunities to purchase ECTC “swag” and chances to enter a drawing to win a Trek bicycle.

“We invite everyone on the Emerald Coast to come join us for breakfast,” said ECTC producing artistic director Nathanael Fisher. “This is a great opportunity to mix and mingle with our talented Educational Staff, ask questions of us and learn more about our Theatre Education programs and offerings planned for the 2017-2018 school year, while enjoying delicious food and great company.”

Following the Open House Breakfast, ECTC will bestow its annual ECTC Educational Program Awards to thespians who participated in ECTC’s Fall 2016, Spring 2017 and Summer 2017 programs. Recognition will be given to five, 10 and 15 show participants. Other honors awarded will be the ECTC Community Award and Most Dedicated Actor Awards.

“This awards ceremony is our turn to honor and thank the dedicated young people who pour their hearts and souls into each and every performance,” said Fisher. “I am humbled and inspired by all that these kids accomplish each season and this is our way of letting them know just how much we admire and appreciate them.”

This is a free event with donations accepted for the Paul Londe Education and Scholarship fund.

announces details of its fifth anniversary season of Educational Theatre Programming on the Northwest Florida Gulf Coast.

ECTC — a non-profit professional theater company founded by Nathanael Fisher, MFA, and his wife, Anna, in 2012 with a mission to enrich and entertain the Emerald Coast community through professional and educational theater — offers a series of Educational Theatre Productions designed for kids from first grade to 10th grade.

To make a tax-deductible donation, volunteer or learn more about Emerald Coast Theatre Company, find them on Facebook, call (850) 684-0323 and visit www.emeraldcoasttheatre.org.

ABOUT EMERALD COAST THEATRE COMPANY

Emerald Coast Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) founded in 2012 by Nathanael Fisher, MFA, and his wife, Anna Fisher. Based in Miramar Beach, Florida, ECTC’s mission is to enrich and entertain the Emerald Coast community through professional and educational theater. ECTC operates year-round with a two-fold mission to provide both educational and professional offerings to the Northwest Florida community. Educational outreach includes after school and home-school programs, touring and staged productions, summer camps, workshops and classes. The professional theater efforts are focused on thought provoking productions, festivals and collaborations as well as acting and improv workshops and classes for adults.

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