In-School-Time Performances (IST)

• Help keep ticket prices affordable ($3.50-5.50) to ensure students are able to attend performances by national artists, opening the world of arts to many students while linking the arts to the curriculum
• Provide a fund to underwrite transportation costs for schools which are unable to afford to rent buses to attend programs at Ruth Eckerd Hall
• Underwrite the cost of teacher teams to write educational study guides (20 x $150)
• Underwrite the cost of study guide printing (20 x $365)

PASS (Performing Artists in Schools) Program

• Underwrite artist fees of performers/instructors to bring the arts into schools unable to afford arts experiences for students (10 experiences @ $500 each) (can designate specific school to receive)

The Chocolate Nutcracker Community Project

• Support costs of professional artists (directors, choreographers, dancers, instructors) to audition, cast, teach and prepare for performances 100-150 area youth, many of minority or disadvantaged backgrounds, over a 3 month period, culminating in public performances on-stage at Ruth Eckerd Hall
• Provide technical support for the production, i.e. costume and set design and purchase/rental

Eckerd Theater Company (ETC)

• Sponsor the national tour for 2000-2001
• Provide one performance and accompanying workshop for school of choice

Weekend Family Theater

Community Arts Education Program

• Provide 6-week after school or summer program for students in inner city communities - Enoch D. Davis Center in St. Petersburg, Martin Luther King Jr. Center or the Condon Gardens area in Clearwater (examples: To Be Young, Black & Gifted; Black Authors Drama Workshop)
• Purchase tickets to performances for distribution through nonprofit service organizations to deserving children, families

Adventures in the Arts Summer Classes

• Underwrite 10 scholarships for at risk or disadvantaged children to attend one session of summer classes (2 wk)
• Underwrite five full or 10 partial scholarships to assist deserving middle school students to attend Next Stop Broadway summer production class (4 wk)

The Arts Go To School (Teacher Training Seminars)

Ruth Eckerd Hall Youth Scholarships in the Performing Arts

• Underwrite the cost of one scholarship (includes awards for runners-up, adjudicators' honorariums, etc.)
• Underwrite the cost of the program for one year (four categories)

For additional information please contact:
Joyce Wehner
Director of Education & Community Affairs
(727) 712-2732 or Jwehner@rutheckerdhall.net