MissionThrive enriches area cultures and economies by partnering community members, students, area businesses and arts professionals to provide a wide variety of performing arts opportunities to people of all ages and backgrounds. |
Our StoryThrive Performing and Visual Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides opportunities to individuals in the performing and visual arts and strengthens communities by creating and producing excellent live and recorded entertainment - fostering partnerships and providing educational opportunities.
Thrive partners students, community members, business owners and performing arts professionals to create & stage live theater; write, record & perform modern music, and develop & produce unique video content. |
HISTORY
THRIVE was birthed in the summer of 2015 when Streetsboro Theatre director, Jim Boardwine & his creative team, and Streetsboro Theatre Booster Club president, Michelle Madden & her members, decided to take the work being done for their excellent and unique high school/community performing arts program, to the next level. Having won numerous state and national awards, designed cutting-edge curriculum, teamed students, schools, businesses, communities, and performing arts professionals, Boardwine and the group felt ready to take the leap, forming their own 501(c)(3) professional theater, modern music, and film company.
On November 12, 2020, Chardon City Council approved the Theater Ad Hoc Committee’s unanimous recommendation to entrust Thrive Performing & Visual Arts with programming and management of the Geauga Theater and the facilities at 106 Water Street. Thrive’s programming at the venue will be three-fold: live music, musical theater, and classic cinema complete with beer, wine, and snacks. Thrive will generate much of the entertainment staged at the Geauga Theater, but will also host outside acts: bands, orchestras, dance companies, comedians, and more.
Under Thrive's direction, the Geauga Theater is undergoing renovations and upgrades to make it into a top-notch destination for resident performing arts and regional entertainment.
On November 12, 2020, Chardon City Council approved the Theater Ad Hoc Committee’s unanimous recommendation to entrust Thrive Performing & Visual Arts with programming and management of the Geauga Theater and the facilities at 106 Water Street. Thrive’s programming at the venue will be three-fold: live music, musical theater, and classic cinema complete with beer, wine, and snacks. Thrive will generate much of the entertainment staged at the Geauga Theater, but will also host outside acts: bands, orchestras, dance companies, comedians, and more.
Under Thrive's direction, the Geauga Theater is undergoing renovations and upgrades to make it into a top-notch destination for resident performing arts and regional entertainment.