| FOUNDATION FOR THE OPEN EYE Board of Trustees THE CORE Amie Brockway, President Linda Kundell, Vice President Laura Battelani, Treasurer Agnes Laub, Vice President Elizabeth Sherr, Secretary Michael Cioffi,Trustee Sandra Holtzman,Trustee Gail Lennstrom, Trustee Art Martello, Trustee Gerry Balcar, Trustee THE SATELLITES Dan Berkowitz Jean Erdman, Co-founder Webmaster Art Martello |
About Us
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THE OPEN EYE THEATER STAFF Producing Artistic Director Amie Brockway Administrative Assistant Rebecca Saunders Literary Associate Sharone Stacey Teaching Artists Amie Brockway Richard De Genaro Sharone Stacy Elizabeth Sherr |
| History THE OPEN EYE THEATER is the primary project of FOUNDATION FOR THE OPEN EYE, INC. a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1972 in New York City by famed dancer-choreographer Jean Erdman and her husband the renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the late 1980s and 1990s, under the leadership of producing artistic director Amie Brockway, the theater gained national recognition as a developer and producer of leading plays for young and multi-generational audiences THE OPEN EYE began a summer program in The Catskill Mountains in 1991, and expanded to year-round programming here in 1994. In 2000, with support from The New York State Council on the Arts, THE OPEN EYE THEATER entered an Empire State Partnership with Margaretville Central School, creating and implementing innovative classroom projects that use theater arts in the core curriculum grades K-12. School residencies are available throughout the area. We have since entered into a similar partnership with Andes Central School. |
| Mission THE OPEN EYE THEATER is dedicated to the creation, development and production of plays for a diverse audience in the Catskill Mountains; providing children, youth and adult artists-in-training with quality hands-on education and theater arts experience. It is further dedicated to developing a new theater audience in the villages of the Catskill Mountains. THE OPEN EYE THEATER program includes a Main Stage Season, a Rehearsed Readings Series, after school and summer Youth Theater Workshops, occasional weekend workshops, partnerships with Margaretville and Andes Central Schools, and other residencies . A unique feature of these programs is the opportunity for local young people and adults to study, rehearse, and perform with guest professional theater artists and top playwrights in the field of theater for young and family audiences. |
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| Open Eye Theater Trustee Gerry Balcar and Producing Artistic Director Amie Brockway visit Founding Director Jean Erdman at her home in Honolulu. |