Page 4 - Setting the Stage - Strategic Plan through 2024

4 STAGES - STRATEGIC PLAN THROUGH 2024

OUR MISSION: OUR CORE VALUES:

Stages makes plays and tells stories COURAGE.

that invite everyone to live more
deeply and love more boldly. We hold GENEROSITY.

up a mirror to our community in order INCLUSION.
to crack open the question: “What

does it mean to be human?” INTIMACY.
TENACITY.

WE BELIEVE:

4 Theater strengthens our community. 4 People are at the center of our work

4 In supporting artists and developing and we are committed to their growth
emerging talent. and development.

4 Intimacy is essential to forging 4 In taking risks and creating space for
connections among artists, audiences radical ideas and creative solutions.
and art. 4 In unending artistic inquiry.

4 In bringing forward a bold scope of 4 We believe everyone deserves to be

programming that reflects the diverse treated as fully human.
tastes and experiences of audiences.

OUR VISION:

Theater transforms community. Stages’ acute focus on the growth of artists creates a

theater that leads in the advancement of artists and practitioners, fostering the development
of emerging talent and new work. Our resources are dedicated to lifting up artists and
supporting a diverse, thriving arts community for Houston.

By producing a broad scope of plays and musicals in an intimate setting, Stages nurtures
an engaged and diverse patron base whose loyalty is unrivaled. Our commitment to
personal relationship building is key to our success.

Stages’ home, The Gordy, is a dynamic inclusive gathering place that expands creative
expression and fuels human connection. Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
is experienced throughout the campus creating a home for all Houstonians to build
community through the arts.