Inspiring Future Artists

Issue: March 2024

As Mountain Theatre Company is gearing up for their upcoming 2024 Season, they are looking forward to an array of community outreach programs.

Mountain Theatre Company’s Student Ticket Program offers free tickets to all local students under the age of 18 in Macon, Jackson, Transylvania, and Rabun Counties.

“We believe strongly in the benefits of giving children access to professional theatre,” stated Lindsay Garner Hostetler, MTC’s Director of Marketing and Outreach. According to a 2019 study by the National Endowment for the Arts, “Seeing live theater offers a range of academic, social, and emotional benefits to children. This includes an increased hope for their own future, with the ability to imagine attending college and envisioning success; a greater recognition that the arts can have a place in their lives; increased success on standardized tests; higher writing scores; and a stronger command of narrative devices.”

MTC’s Rush Ticket Program offers a limited number of $30 tickets available at the door one hour prior to performances. “Our outreach programs are created with the mission to make our programming accessible to as many people in our community as possible,” said Garner Hostetler. “This offers an affordable ticket option to people who would not otherwise be able to see our Broadway-quality productions.”

Additional ticket discounts are offered to educators, active and veteran military personnel, Town of Highlands employees and first responders.

Back by popular demand, is MTC’s Backstage Pass event where audiences are invited to attend post-show talkbacks with members of the cast and crew after select matinee performances. These informal question-and-answer sessions are an excellent opportunity to dive deeper into the process of creating a show.​​ Anyone is welcome to attend these events, free of charge.

New in 2024, a preview performance will be added to summer productions at a significant discount for employees of local restaurants, shops, and hospitality organizations. These preview performances, one night before shows officially open, will be presented on Tuesday.

“Many of our locals who work in service industries have told us they rarely find an opportunity to come see a show when our performances align so closely with their work weeks,” stated Garner Hostetler. “With these new preview performances, we are excited for more locals to have the opportunity to see our shows, while also giving them a sneak peek before it opens to the public.”

Visit mountaintheatre.com to learn more about the upcoming season, ticket discounts, and MTC’s
outreach programs.