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Perseverance Theatre (PT) is a theatre of place rooted in the core values of community, excellence, and the willingness to take risks. The Theatre was founded in 1979 and, more than a quarter century later, has emerged as Alaska’s flagship professional theatre, serving upwards of 16,000 Alaskan artists and audiences annually with classical and contemporary productions, education programs, statewide tours, and playreading festivals. In 2002, Perseverance Theatre was recognized by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in New York as one of seven leading national theater companies for its groundbreaking artistic work and the unique relationship it holds to the Juneau community. PT has premiered over 60 new plays by Alaskan and national playwrights, including recently: BATTLES OF FIRE AND WATER, a play about the 1802 conflicts between the Russians and the Tlingits; YEAST NATION (THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE), a 2007 musical by Tony-winners Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman; THE LONG SEASON (2005), a musical by Chay Yew and Fabian Obispo about Filipino Alaskan cannery workers; and COLUMBINUS (2005), a drama exploring school shootings. The latter two received national coverage in American Theater magazine and NPR. Paula Vogel’s 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning play HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE was developed at PT, and our Tlingit-inspired MACBETH recently toured to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.
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