About The Weekend Theater
The Weekend Theater is a non-profit theatrical community that produces socially
significant plays for the central Arkansas community. Our story dates back to 1993 to a
production staged at a local church.
Today, though, our intimate theater is located in a wonderful, comfortably remodeled
two-story building at the corner of 7th and Chester streets in Little Rock. For
theater-lovers, the setting is decidedly New York in character - apartments upstairs,
theater downstairs, pizza joint/microbrewery across one street, and the local fire station
across the other! And now, the theater is totally smoke-free.
The Weekend Theater Credo
Although we are called The Weekend Theater because we are volunteers who work at
daytime jobs and perform only on the weekends, a more descriptive name might be community
playhouse. We attempt to be a true community of people dedicated to the teaching, learning
and practice of kindness, respect and honor. In short, we hope to practice
“community,” the coming together into a oneness.
Unlike other theaters, while our performance and product are important, they remain
secondary. Primary for us is how we treat each other and how, through our plays and
musicals, we teach ourselves how to care about others. We attempt to accomplish this goal
by personally, interpersonally, and educationally reducing prejudice, cruelty and
indifference, which are so often created by emphasizing human differences, including
gender, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, health status, etc. To
accomplish this, we choose plays of social significance, with themes in which people learn
through such things as suffering, cruelty, and insensitivity. In order to “practice
what we preach,” we volunteers of The Weekend Theater agree to interact with as much
thoughtfulness and awareness of our actions and the effects those actions might have on
ourselves and each other as we are capable of at the present time. We attempt to grow more
compassionate with each interaction. In these ways we hope to increase understanding which
leads to kindness and to decrease miscommunication that leads to so much suffering.
The Weekend Theater Board
| Kate East |
President |
| Margaret Parker |
Vice President |
| Julie Atkins |
Secretary & Treasurer |
|
Jamie Scott Blakey, Shane Carter, John Andrew Ellis, Patti
German, Akasha Hull, Kim Labbate |
|
Ralph Hyman, Artistic Director (non-voting) |
Andy Hall, Assistant Artistic Director (non-voting) |
Allison Pace, Executive Director (non-voting) |
The Weekend Theater Staff
| Artistic Director |
Ralph Hyman |
| Assistant Artistic Director |
Andy Hall |
| Executive Director |
Allison Pace |
| Assistant Executive Director |
Kim Labatte |
| Staff Secretary |
Beckey Davis |
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Kim Labatte |
| Audition Coordinator |
Margaret Pierson Bates |
| Production Manager |
(position is currently vacant) |
| Resident Tech Director |
Matt Patton |
| Resident Lighting Designer |
(position is currently vacant) |
| Resident Sound Designer |
Johnnie Brannon |
| Trailer Producer |
Johnnie Brannon |
| Resident Prop Mistress |
Phyllis Thomas |
| Resident Prop Mistress |
Beckey Davis |
| Resident Music Director |
Lori Isner |
| Resident Vocal Coach |
Doug Killgore |
| Resident Photographer |
Byron Taylor |
| Program/Print Designer |
Gina Bettis |
| Website Designer |
Erin Martinez |
| Historian |
Erin Martinez |
| Mailout Coordinator |
(position is currently vacant) |
| Webmistress |
Kristy Pryor |
| New Media Coordinator |
Justin Pike |
| Broadcast Media PR Coordinator |
(position is currently vacant) |
| Press Preview Coordinator |
Susan Pierce |
| Publicity Assistant |
Libby Smith |
| Box Office Coordinator |
Patti German |
| House Manager/Bar Coordinator |
Donna Singleton |
| Sam's Supply Coordinator |
(position is currently vacant) |
| Resident Magician |
Eric Wolff |
