Now is the time... Everyman Theatre has raised an astonishing $15.8 million from the community to support the creation of its new home at the Town! With your help, we will break ground this spring.

Everyman's mission is to present high-quality theatre that is accessible and affordable, as well as to provide a home for the best artists in the region. The Town will allow us to keep ticket prices affordable and maintain our commitment to the Everyman experience.

Why are you moving? I like your home on Charles Street.

While we have come to love our neighborhood and the burgeoning arts community around Everyman Theatre in Station North, we have long outgrown this space. We have no room to build sets or rehearse plays here, but we also have no capacity to increase earned income without significantly increasing ticket pricing.

Yes, but how many seats? I like being close to the actors; it's one of the reasons that Everyman is unique.

Everyman will have 250 seats at the Town (we currently have 170). That means about four additional rows, depending on the configuration of the stage. Everyman is committed to sustaining an intimate interaction between the actors and the audience.

Couldn't you find a way to stay in the neighborhood?

In addition to problems with our space (low ceilings, inadequate office space, off-site rentals for rehearsals, and no room for the education program), the building rent has significantly increased. (We are grateful to our landlord for keeping our rates down for many years and allowing Everyman to grow). Over the past few years, the Board of Directors has explored all available options in the neighborhood, but they have either been too small or not available.

Everyman's education and outreach programs provide in-depth exposure to the arts for thousands of Baltimore City Public School students free of charge. The Town Theatre will allow Everyman to hold classes on-site with direct access to all the aspects of live, professional theatre.

When are you moving?

We have now raised 85% of our $17.75 million Capital Campaign goal and have received bids from our subcontractors. We expect to start construction this spring and move into the Town for our 2011 season.

Just as the Baltimore community has contributed to the tremendous success of Everyman by attending performances and generously supporting our operations, now is the time to work together to create a new home where we can continue to bring you the theatre you have come to love.

How can I help?

Please support the Capital Campaign by making a gift or pledge now to enable us to build our new home. You can help us light the marquee with your contribution to the Everyman Theatre Capital Campaign. Give now!

Click here to see pre-construction photos of the Town Theatre, courtesy of Debbie Zink.

The Town Theatre holds a long, colorful history.

The building, which opened in 1910, has held many names and iterations- including as "The Empire" and "The Palace" - hosting a variety of acts. It opened as a vaudeville theatre and later hosted Yiddish theatre, boxing and bingo parties. Following its use as a burlesque theatre in 1937, the Town was converted to a parking garage in response to objections over the "indecency" of the performances. In 1947, Baltimore architects John Zink and Lucius R. White, Jr. remodeled the building into a 1,550-seat movie house, which it remained until its closing in 1990.

"This will be a place where we come of age," says Vincent Lancisi. "We'll have room to do our best work, room to grow, and we'll own it. We'll really be home."

Below is a list of gifts to the Capital Campaign as of April 1, 2010.

$1,000,000 and above
Bank of America
City of Baltimore
France-Merrick Foundation 

$500,000 - 999,999
The Abell Foundation
Jane and Worth B. Daniels, Jr.
Harold A. Dawson Trust
The David and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation

$250,000 – 499,999
Lord Baltimore Capital Corporation
The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation

$100,000 – 249,999
The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation
Gina B. and Daniel B. Hirschhorn
Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker
State of Maryland
Sylvan/Laureate Foundation

$50,000-99,999
The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund
Gordon and Marsha Becker  In Memory of Rose and Lou Becker
Becker Family Fund
The Harry L. Gladding Foundation
R. Rex Rehfeld and Ellen T. O’Brien
The James G. Robinson Foundation
Vic and Nancy Romita
 Jean and Sidney Silber
Susan A. and Paul C. Wolman, Jr. Fund

$25,000-49,999
Barry Bach
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Blue Moon Fund  In honor of David and Shirley Hollander
Bunting Family Foundation
Ruth Carol Fund
Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC
Betty Huse MD Charitable Foundation
Jonathan A. Melnick
Kenneth C. Montague, Jr.
PNC Bank
Dr. E. Lee and Bea Robbins
Zelig and Linda Robinson
George Roche
Leonard R. Sachs and Lainy Lebow-Sachs
T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation
Martha and Stan Weiman

$10,000-24,999
Brooks and Susan Amiot
Robert R. Bowie, Jr.
Susan Sachs Fleishman
Jason and Laurie Frank
Charlton Friedberg  In honor of Elspeth Udvarhelyi 
Maurice and Debra Krome Furchgott
Marci Gordon and Andrew Barnstein
Niki and Alan Harris
Barbara and Carl Hecht
Bridget and John Horner
Jeannie L. Howe and Alan Kreizenbeck
The Nelson Neuman Family 
Sam and Meg Woodside  In honor of Bill Couper

$5,000-9,999
American Trading and Production Corporation Matching Gifts Foundation
Gail and Emile Bendit
Patricia Egan and Peter Hegeman
Howard and Chaya Friedman  In honor of Gina and Dan Hirschhorn

J. Mayo Greenberg Theatre Fund In honor of Vivienne Shub
Shelly Greenberg and Han Tol  In honor of Vivienne Shub
Louise A. Hager
Vincent Lancisi and Robin Vanscoy
Elizabeth McMahon and Patrick Burns
Dr. David M. and Nancy Paige
Brian Rothstein  In honor of Vivienne Shub
 J. Arnold Soltz  In honor of Vivienne Shub
William and Ellen Stifler
Dr. and Mrs. George Udvarhelyi

$1,000-4,999
Patricia Howland  Bond
Constellation Energy Matching Gifts Foundation
Gina Campbell
Nathan and Glenda Chernoff
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gutman
Fred and Sandra Hittman Philanthropic Fund
Shirley Hollander
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Kaufman
Richard M. Lansburgh
Jessica Lanzilotti
Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Perlman
John and Marsha Ramsay
Rona and Arthur Rosenbaum  In honor of Elspeth Udvarhelyi
Talcott-Gran Foundation

$500 and below
Abell Foundation Matching Gifts Program
William G. and Mary Drew Adams
George and Frances Alderson
Anonymous
William and Pat Bettridge
James and Susan Biddison
Mary Blanchard
Carolyn Brenner
Eric Buckner
Fern H. Burford 
Harlan Crow
Phyllis Erlich
Zelda Fichandler In honor of Elspeth Udvarhelyi  
Steven and Marie Fine
James W. Fisher and Catherin E. Mairs
Dennis and Patricia Flynn
Richard Goldberg
William H. and Mary C. Graham
Robert M. Hankin
Julius and Barbara Hyatt
Elaine Jacobs
Klaus and Ellin B. Jaeger
Frank and Liz Kasper
Scott Klinger and Kathy Brown
Mary Ann Lechowicz
Harriet Stein and Mende Lerner
Joseph and Ilene Liberman  In honor of Linda Robinson
Edwin and Doris Malin
Patrick Marytn
Mr. and Mrs. David Mauriello
Stephanie F. Miller
Janet and Alex Ober
Brian and Eileen O'Rourke
Samuel Pais
Jon W. and Mary F. Paisley
Joan K. Parr
Mildred A. Pfeffer  In honor of Shirley Hollander
Matt and Tonja Potter
Ilene Rosenthal
Amy and Richard Rothstein
Kandace Scherr
Joan C. Seiffert
Jules Shaivitz
Gilda B. Sherman
Harriet Stein and Mende Lerner
Francis J. Sinek
Stephanie Sorensen and Pat Creaney
Marc and Regina Tabackman
Laszlo and Michele Trazkovich
John and Mary Louise Walker
William and Mary Walker
Robin Weiman
Debra Sue Wertheimer
Nancy A. Wilcox
Ruth S. Williams
Mary A. H. Willingham  In honor of Brooks Amiot