Best Theater Company: Geva Theatre Center
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Geva Theatre Center
75 Woodbury Blvd. | 585-232-4382
gevatheatre.org
Rochester has a lot of good theater. Saying that doesn’t warrant the caveat “for a city of its size,” either. The theater here is just plain good. Bottom line. But Geva Theatre Center is in a league of its own, with a typical annual operating budget of $7 million that enables it to employ roughly 200 people throughout the course of a theater season. Founded in 1972, the theater is located in the historic former Naval Armory and Convention Hall on Woodbury Avenue and has two stages. Its membership in the national League of Resident Theatres helps Geva cast its shows with professional actors from beyond the region, although the theater does cast locally as well. Geva alumni have collectively won nearly two dozen Tony Awards, been nominated for scores more, and include the likes of Kathy Bates, Josh Brolin, Robert Downey Jr., and Samuel L. Jackson. Actors like them have helped propel Geva to being recognized by the New York State Council on the Arts as the best-attended theater in the state outside New York City. The company got a new artistic director in Elizabeth Williams last year, when she replaced Mark Cuddy, who retired after 27 years at the helm. Look for her to put her stamp on the place.
Finalists: Blackfriars Theatre | OFC Creations | Off-Monroe Players
75 Woodbury Blvd. | 585-232-4382
gevatheatre.org
Rochester has a lot of good theater. Saying that doesn’t warrant the caveat “for a city of its size,” either. The theater here is just plain good. Bottom line. But Geva Theatre Center is in a league of its own, with a typical annual operating budget of $7 million that enables it to employ roughly 200 people throughout the course of a theater season. Founded in 1972, the theater is located in the historic former Naval Armory and Convention Hall on Woodbury Avenue and has two stages. Its membership in the national League of Resident Theatres helps Geva cast its shows with professional actors from beyond the region, although the theater does cast locally as well. Geva alumni have collectively won nearly two dozen Tony Awards, been nominated for scores more, and include the likes of Kathy Bates, Josh Brolin, Robert Downey Jr., and Samuel L. Jackson. Actors like them have helped propel Geva to being recognized by the New York State Council on the Arts as the best-attended theater in the state outside New York City. The company got a new artistic director in Elizabeth Williams last year, when she replaced Mark Cuddy, who retired after 27 years at the helm. Look for her to put her stamp on the place.
Finalists: Blackfriars Theatre | OFC Creations | Off-Monroe Players
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