St Croix Festival Theatre

The mission of St. Croix Festival Theatre is to make the performing arts welcoming to all people as an essential part of their well-being and for the vitality of the community.

For three decades, Festival Theatre has been bringing people together through a year-round calendar of community gatherings and arts education opportunities.  DONATE TODAY and support our work as we continue to find new ways to serve our treasured community and provide meaningful and accessible arts experiences for people of all ages!

Because of our matching donation, your donation counts twice this year!

Thanks to the amazing generosity of a couple amazing donors, we have a $10,000 matching grant for our giveBIG campaign this year! Up to $10,000 raised through GiveBig will receive a dollar-for-dollar match to help us reach our goal of providing great funding for our arts education and theatrical seasons!

2023 is bringing enormous excitement and growth to Festival Theatre!

Growth in our arts education programs and increasing compensation to our artists and staff have been priorities for the company this year. And we're delivering! Our upcoming musical Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka has a cast of over 90 people, including 63 local youth (ages 8-18) and 23 who are acting in a show for the very first time! This is Festival's largest cast musical ever by far, and we can't wait to share the magic of theatremaking with them! Our arts education programs have also grown, offering more arts education camps this summer, and even opening up our summer improv workshops to a select couple talented youth actors in our program for the very first time.

Your support matters!

When you give to Festival, your donation has an immediate impact on our community, funding:

• Appreciation of the Arts!
  • Most area youth gain their first professional theatre experience as audience members within our Student Matinee program.  Arts awareness and arts education benefit the students' cultural literacy and problem-solving skills!
• The Gift of Imagination!
  • "Art in Action" camps and drama education benefit youth in a variety of academic and social ways, including:  confidence, speaking skills, self-expression, self-worth, creativity, a willingness to try new things, an increased interest in learning, and literary knowledge.
• Accessibility & Affordability!
  • Without Festival Theatre's programming, many households would simply not experience live, professional plays or concerts.
• Cultural Richness & Quality of Life in the St. Croix Valley!
  • We believe that artists who live and work in small towns benefit the community with their creativity, energy, and unique way of looking at the world.   Our activities further strengthen the St. Croix Valley area by creating opportunities for people to come together, engage their imaginations, and nourish their sense of cultural connectedness.

Festival Theatre happens because you make it happen!

We can’t wait to be back in the room with you.

Will you give today and support our return to the stage?

Please let us know why YOU support Festival Theatre and make a donation today!