New Year's Updates!

We at First Act couldn't be happier with all the growth 2025 has brought! Now entering 2026, we are excited to share several areas of meaningful progress since our last update!

Organizational growth: We expanded First Act Theatre Outreach to a fourth state (New Hampshire) and strengthened our operational capacity through new grant support and focused fundraising efforts.

Access and opportunity: We awarded our first college-bound theatre scholarship and launched community ticketing initiatives to make theatre more economically accessible.

Partnerships and infrastructure: We established new partnerships with professional theatre companies and education organizations, and we built a technical theatre network providing free production and technical support to schools we serve.

As always, we couldn't do any of this without the incredible generosity of our supporters, partners, and sponsors! We'd like to give special thanks to our presenting sponsors, Key Data Dashboard, Whitehead Plumbing & Air Conditioning, Premier Media Technologies, Blankenship Watkins Advisory Group, and the Saint Joe Community Foundation.

Thank you all for making our mission possible, and we can't wait for all 2026 has in store!