NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR THE ARTS INC
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Mission Statement
The Mission of the Warner Theatre is to enrich, entertain and educate our communities through high quality performing arts and arts educational opportunities, preserve the theatre as a historic landmark, and contribute, in partnership with others, to the betterment of our region’s way of life and economic vitality.
About This Cause
Built in Torrington, Connecticut by Warner Brothers Studios in 1931 as a movie palace, the Warner Theatre was slated for demolition in the early 1980s until the non-profit Northwest Connecticut Association for the Arts, Inc. (NCAA) was founded and purchased the theatre. The Warner reopened as a performing arts center in 1983 and a restoration of the art deco main theatre was completed in November 2002. Following restoration of its main facility, the Warner purchased the adjacent historic Mertz building and embarked on Phase II of its restoration/renovation campaign. In March 2008, the Carole and Ray Neag Performing Arts Center was opened. The Warner complex now includes: a 300-seat studio theatre, an onsite school for the arts, a 1,772-seat historic Art Deco theatre, a 7,500 square foot costume shop and prop/production storage facility and two retail establishments. The Warner Theatre is the largest performing arts center in Northwest Connecticut with over 100,000 patrons attending events each season. Programming at the Warner includes: concerts, professional touring theatre/dance, movies, digital opera, community theatre, government debates and inaugurations, dance recitals, high school graduations and dance competitions. The Warner Theatre Center for Arts Education (WTCAE), the theatre’s onsite school for the arts, offers year round arts education programming for students ages Pre K-Senior Citizen. Each season, these programs generate over 500 student registrations for private vocal/music lessons and group classes that cover all facets of the arts, from stage combat to technical theatre to dance and acting. In addition, the WTCAE currently does collaborative programming with the Torrington Public School System. The Warner Theatre was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1984. Preservation, operation and maintenance of the historic art deco theatre and the Carole and Ray Neag Performing Arts Center are vital to our mission, as well as to the City of Torrington. The Warner Theatre is an integral component of the Main Street landscape, and an economic force for the community.