Designed by Moritz Kundig, Spokane Civic Theatre’s Howard Street facility, including the 334-seat Main Stage, opened in 1967. A three story addition was constructed in 1972, creating the scene and costume shops as well as a space that would become the highly regarded Firth J Chew Studio Theatre. Where the Main Stage lobby has been enhanced since then, otherwise, the building’s footprint remains true to its original conception.
Since opening its Howard Street facility, Civic has produced more than 800 shows, averaging 180 performances each season — created by more than 400 volunteer cast and crew members, along with conducting innumerable performing arts classes, predominantly for the youth of the community.
2024 BY THE NUMBERS
172 Performances
6 Season Productions
4 Special Events
3 Education Productions
8 Readers Theater Presentations
10 Playwrights Presentations
Featuring 388 Volunteer Performers
Approx. 37% new to Civic
22,786 Tickets & 770 Memberships
781 Free Student Tickets
931 Tickets donated to fellow nonprofits and community members
33 Class Attended by 195 Students
Approx. 40% received financial aid from Civic’s Scholarship Pool
25 Employees, 6 Full-Time
158 Contractors: Directors, Designers, Choreographers, Stage Managers, Backstage Crew Members, and Musicians
330 Volunteer House Managers and Ushers
With beloved stories, charming characters and unforgettable music, Season 78 is bursting with adventure, bravery and compassion: Frankenstein, The Glass Menagerie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Legally Blonde, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, and so much more.
Civic is an award-winning nonprofit community theatre and a cultural beacon in the Inland Northwest. For decades, Civic has been a creative haven for some and a source of community and entertainment for others.
Project Priorities:
- Sound mitigating barriers, cementing operability of Civic’s 27,00 square foot facility (specifically east side and roofs)
- An addition with a permanent home for Civic Education, a dedicated rehearsal space, administrative offices, and space for a hospitality collaboration
- Facility-wide ADA accessibility enhancements
- Redesigned environmental and mechanical controls, paving the way for a more energy-efficient and sustainable facility (constructed 57 years ago)
- Relocated Studio Theatre entrance from east to south side of facility for east side soundproofing and improved accessibility
With a successful capital campaign, it will be necessary to move our programming to offsite venues once construction begins. Considering Spokane Civic Theatre started at the Post Theater and Riverside Playhouse nearly 80 years ago, it is part of Civic’s DNA to produce in the community. The experiences will provide opportunities to work in new spaces, with new collaborators and build more creative and strategic partnerships.
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