The Jungle Theater

Mainstage productions:our 2023-24 season sustained our commitment to a mix of productions built in-house along with presented productions. Our season included sold-out devised work "dinner for one created by Jungle's artistic director, christina baldwin, and local theatermakers sun mee chomet and jim lichtscheidl. We also partnered with The moving company to produce their brand new adaptation called "say all The truth and with we are married to present their bold immersive play called "rich dogs". These three shows rounded out our fall 2023 offerings and played to sold out crowds. We finished our mainstage season with a regional premier of playwright indra craig glavan's "a jumping-off point". Along side our mainstage season, we also produced several play readings and a new works festival featuring our artistic cohort members, katie ka vang and isabella star lablanc. We also continued our pay as you are ticket model - paya tix model has been very successful since its implementation in 2021. The market price of our tix is $45, though patrons can choose to pay more or less between $15 and $95, no questions asked. Last year 4,483 people used The under $45 tix option, which is approximately 40% of our audience and is a statistic we are proud of. In addition to increasing economic accessibility, other last season successes include: 20% of patrons are new to Jungle expanded open captioning to all readings (plus several nights of full productions + asl interpretation & audio descriptions) racial/ethnic diversity: increased bipoc patrons by 17% artistic cohort in 4th year - gives artists from underrepresented groups access to development & artistic leadership opportunities 7% increase in patrons with disabilities

Lynlake street art series:we co-sponsored The lynlake street art series, a weekend festival in july 2024. The event resulted in new visual artwork on 22 walls in The lynlake neighborhood, featuring The work of more than 65 local and national artists. We also coordinated youth educational graffiti demonstrations led by sprayfinger. Hundreds of people stopped The individual wall sites. Audiences were diverse in age, race/ethnic origin, and gender, with many families in attendance. Our partnership beautified The area, brought economic benefits, and provided a community celebration that was free and open to all.