Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Mt. Rainier sunrise, Dale Chihuly glass art, Fort Steilacoom, Stadium High School and Commencement Bay

Committee background
Main page
Structure/Org chart
Guidelines
Work timeline
Agendas
Minutes

Sub-committees
Governance
Facilities readiness
Fund development
Customer service
Contract management

Committee members
Mike Combs
Public Assembly Facilities Director

Charlie Bingham
Co-chair

Bill Weyerhaeuser
Co-chair

Leslie Rowen
General Services Director

Josie Turner
Community Initiatives Division Manager

Kathryn Smith
Tacoma Opera Executive Director

Larry Couture
Broadway Center for Performing Arts Board President

Bill Wickline
Union representative

Paul Gjording
Northwest Sinfonietta Executive Director

Kris Tucker
Washington State Arts Commission Executive Director

Julia Garnett
Cultural Council of Greater Tacoma

Ann Brown
Broadway Center Board Member, former President

Marilyn Mahoney
Tacoma Arts Commission

Chris Algeo

Broadway Center President-elect

Nan Peele
Tacoma Actors Guild
President-elect

Phillip Hill
Tacoma Arts Commission

A call to action for the performing arts community
The City of Tacoma together with representatives from the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, the funding community, Tacoma’s arts community and arts patrons are working together over the coming months to develop strategies which ensure a healthy future for our public theaters and the organizations which are dependent on them to produce their performances.

This site is a resource for up-to-date information about the work of the Performing Arts Steering Committee that will serve as the primary advisory group to the City Manager to provide guidance and recommendations regarding the Performing Arts Management & Analysis Report.

Additional documents posted
Two new documents are available. They include:

Facilities reports available
The City of Tacoma has posted systems and structural reports for the facilities in the Broadway Center, including the Pantages Theater, the Rialto Theater and Theatre on the Square.

Performing Arts Committee takes center stage at study session
City Council members heard a report on the progress of the Performing Arts Steering Committee toward creating a new operating arrangement for the City's performing arts facilities - the Pantages Theater, Rialto Theater and Theatre on the Square during the Aug. 2 study session. The steering committee intends to have a new operation/management proposal to present to the Council for approval and implementation by the end of this year.

You can review the slide show from the Aug. 2 presentation here... (Posted Aug. 2, 4:08 p.m.)

Photo: The angles of the cone at the Museum of Glass, the cables on the State Route 509 bridge and Mt. Rainier echo across the Tacoma skyline in a photo taken from the top floor of the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center.

Background documents
BCPA Management Analysis Report
Lund Consulting Presentation (May 19, 2005)