On Monday, the Peninsula Ballet Theatre and Broadway By The Bay announced a new partnership to preserve The Youth Theatre Conservatory.
Under the arrangement, Peninsula Ballet will assume responsibility for The Youth Theatre Conservatory, while Broadway By The Bay will continue to recruit talent from the Conservatory for its annual productions. Further, Fox Theatre Redwood City owners Eric and Lori Lochtefeld, who now serve as acting board members for Broadway By The Bay, have offered up their venue for all future YTC productions.
"Having the Fox Theatre as the home theater for all future YTC performances will be a very special treat for our students,” said PBT President and CEO Christine Leslie. "We could not ask for a better situation to build and expand an already great program.”
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Recently, Eric and Lori Lochtefeld stepped in to save the financially struggling Broadway By The Bay.
"We were prepared to take on the performance arm of Broadway by the Bay, but we did not have the studio space for YTC,” he said. "We were really happy when we realized that Peninsula Ballet Theatre shared not only our concerns, but had the expertise and the infrastructure to provide high quality, nurturing arts education programs. Plus, they had professional studio space for the classes,” said Lori Lochetefeld. "Classes will be able to continue as before on the same schedule; we are very pleased.”
Stephanie Maysonave, former educational and outreach director with Broadway by the Bay, will become director of Youth Theatre Conservatory under Peninsula Ballet Theatre.
Classes will still start Sept. 9 as originally planned. Registration forms and information can be obtained from Peninsula Ballet Theatre, the PBT website and soon on the Youth Theatre Conservatory website.
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