Summary
Organization name
Phamaly Theatre Company
1989
Tax id (EIN)
84-1123080
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
3532 Franklin Street Unit T2Denver, CO 80205
Denver County, CO, US
Phamaly Theatre Company
A nonprofit organization
$28,660 raised by 196 donors
100% complete
$25,000 Goal
About
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Transforming Stories | Deconstructing Barriers | Elevating Disability
Phamaly Theatre Company is the foremost disability-affirmative, nonprofit theatre company in the country. Now in its fourth decade as a homegrown, award-winning Denver arts organization, Phamaly produces professional plays, musicals, and original work cast entirely of performers with all nature of disabilities: physical, emotional, intellectual, cognitive, and trauma-based.
Phamaly’s success has been the result of heart, perseverance, and the resilience of its actors, board, volunteers, staff, and community members who have transformed Phamaly from a small, amateur troupe into a professional powerhouse. Phamaly is the longest-running theatre in the country that exclusively features actors with disabilities of all kinds; producing a repertoire of musicals, plays, and original work. Phamaly continues to forge a path as a company where artists with disabilities of all kinds are welcomed, and their uniqueness is approached through a lens of creativity and possibility.
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Mission
To be a creative home for theatre artists with disabilities; to model a disability-affirmative theatrical process; and to upend conventional narratives by transforming individuals, audiences, and the world.
Background Statement
Founded in 1989, Phamaly Theatre Company was created when five students from the Boettcher School in Denver, all living with disabilities, grew frustrated with the lack of theatrical opportunities for people living with disabilities. The group decided to create a theatre company that would provide individuals with disabilities the opportunity to perform.
Phamaly's founders were ahead of their time in building an inclusive organization that directly served disenfranchised individuals with disabilities from all racial, ethnic, gender, and class identities. Phamaly continues to give individuals a supportive space to achieve their full potential and provides Colorado with an expansive artistic experience that cannot be found anywhere else.
Throughout its 35-year history, Phamaly has maintained its dedication to the founding principle of inclusion while developing artistic craft, enhancing professional opportunities, and employing new methods of access, all while stunning audiences with award-winning theatre. Through its innovative productions, Phamaly advances the social narrative of disability to effect greater inclusion, participation, and respect for people with disabilities in all facets of society.
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Organization Data
Denver, CO 80205