The Imaginists

The Imaginists is an experimental theater company in Sonoma County that produces work that investigates the intersection of art and community. It reaches 5,400 people each year through a series of performances and educational programs that are often site-specific, bilingual, and reflect the organization’s commitment to including a wide range of voices in its artistic processes. Support of the Imaginists aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.

The Imaginists Theatre Collective (ITC) creates original theatre experiences for and with a growing audience comprised of a population diverse in background, ethnicity, age and socio-economic status. For the past ten years, five in a storefront performance space in downtown Santa Rosa, ITC has produced nine productions per year, reaching 3,000 audience members through site-specific, community-based, bilingual, youth, classic and original works that consistently push at the limits and possibilities of theatre, including the annual free bicycle touring show El Arte es Medicina/ Art is Medicine throughout Sonoma County. This grant, a follow-on from strategic planning Organizational Effectiveness support from the Hewlett Foundation in 2012, will support a fundraising plan and a training plan for board and staff implementation of the plan, a crucial next step in building organizational sustainability.

The Imaginists Theatre Collective (ITC) creates original theatre experiences for and with a growing audience comprised of a population diverse in background, ethnicity, age and socio-economic status. For the past ten years, five in a storefront performance space in downtown Santa Rosa, ITC has produced nine productions per year, reaching 3,000 audience members through site-specific, community-based, bilingual, youth, classic and original works that consistently push at the limits and possibilities of theatre, including the annual free bicycle touring show El Arte es Medicina/ Art is Medicine throughout Sonoma County. This grant will support a facilitated organizational assessment and strategic planning process to help set the course for a sustainable future at a critical point in the Imaginists’ history.