Theatre Horizon Explained

Theatre Horizon is a theater group located in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Performances

The group performs plays, musicals, open-air, and "community-centered theater." According to an interview with artistic director Nell Bang-Jensen in 2023, Theatre Horizon seeks “to engage community members, specifically community members who haven't felt a sense of belonging at the theater.”[1]

History

Erin Reilly and Matthew Decker founded the theater in 2005 as a summer theater with open air performances. In 2019, Bang-Jensen succeeded Reilly as artistic director.[2] She is Senior Lecturer at the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at Philadelphia's University of the Arts.[3]

They moved to a building in the Norristown Arts District in 2012, remodeling a home to be a theater with seating for 120.[4]

Education initiatives

The theater's administrators say that more than 10,000 children have participated in drama classes and camps. Company members started an autism program.[5] Group members started a Drama Club at Eisenhower High School in Norristown.

The autism program for children and adults was covered on The Kelly Clarkson Show.[6]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 27, 2023 . Building a Sense of Belonging through Community-Centered Theater . January 17, 2024 . Pew Center.
  2. News: Von Bergen . Jane M. . Theatre Horizon’s young new artistic director is a rising star nationally . January 17, 2024 . The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  3. Web site: Nell Bang-Jensen . January 17, 2024 . University of the Arts.
  4. Web site: Riley . Rachel . September 23, 2019 . Beyond the Horizon . January 17, 2024 . valleyforge.org.
  5. Web site: Crimmins . Peter . April 5, 2021 . Theatre Horizon’s autism theater classes continue through the pandemic . January 17, 2024 . WHYY.
  6. Web site: Redden . Elizabeth . An Invitation to Art-Making . January 17, 2024 . Swarthmore Magazine.
  7. Web site: Shapiro . Howard . October 14, 2019 . ’Gem’ and ‘Color Purple’ dominate Barrymore Awards . January 17, 2024 . WHYY.

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