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Performing Arts
Consortium
The Pantages Playhouse
Theatre is managed by the Performing Arts Consortium. The Consortium is governed
by a volunteer board of directors who serve a two-year term.
The mandate of the
Performing Arts Consortium is:
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To maintain the Pantages Playhouse Theatre as a performance venue for Manitoba based
not-for-profit organizations and other not-for-profit organizations;
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To promote the Pantages Playhouse Theatre as a suitable venue for commercial
presenters;
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To make the Pantages Playhouse Theatre available for a variety of community
and commercial uses;
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To upgrade the technical components of the Pantages Playhouse Theatre; and
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To restore the Pantages Playhouse to its original appearance and to enhance
the technical capacity of the theatre.
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Staff
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General
Manager
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Heather-Belle
Guest
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Front-of-House Manager
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Kym Caldwell
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Administrative Assistant
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Shawn Colpitts
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Facility Manager
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Andrew Drinnan
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Head Carpenter
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Ken Swain
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House Electrician
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Bernie Rondeau
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House Audio
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Gary Plouffe
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History of
the Performing Arts Consortium of Winnipeg Inc.
The Performing Arts
Consortium is a non-profit organization responsible for the management of the
Pantages Playhouse Theatre under the terms of a 20-year agreement with the
City of Winnipeg.
The theatre was opened in February 1914, and is designated as a historic
building by both the Government of Canada and the City of Winnipeg.
In the mid-90s the City
of Winnipeg
requested proposals for the Pantages Playhouse Theatre as a way to find cost
savings. The Performing Arts Consortium of Winnipeg, Inc. was established
in response to a proposal by Mr. Wayne Flett (Mr. Canada's
Touring Network) to the City of Winnipeg
for the Pantages Playhouse Theatre. At the time Mr. Flett announced his
"Nashville North" proposal, he advised many of Winnipeg's performing arts organizations -
that were regular users of the theatre - that they would no longer have
access to the theatre.
As it was general
knowledge that the City of Winnipeg was
prepared to close the theatre to reduce the deficit, a loose knit coalition
of Winnipeg's
Arts Organizations put together a counter-proposal intended to ensure that
the Pantages Playhouse Theatre continued to provide access to the local
performing arts community. When Mr. Flett's proposal failed, the
Consortium entered into a management agreement with the City of Winnipeg.
Since assuming
responsibility for the management of the Pantages Playhouse Theatre the
Consortium has more than doubled the number of nights that the theatre is
used. While the majority of the users are from Winnipeg's
performing arts community, the theatre has made a major breakthrough with
commercial presenters and is now used by all of Canada's leading
presenters. As a result, the Pantages Playhouse Theatre now has a good
balance between commercial and not-for-profit users, thus ensuring that the
Pantages once again takes its rightful place in the cultural life of this
City.
The consortium is now
preparing to undertake the last component of its mandate - to restore the
theatre to its original appearance and to upgrade the technical components of
the theatre. Winnipeg's Pantages
Playhouse Theatre is one of the few remaining theatres of its calibre from
the turn of the century in North America.
Designated as a national historic site, this restoration will adhere to the strict
standards set out in National, Provincial and Civic guidelines and
regulations. When completed the Pantages will be a national treasure.
The Performing Arts
Consortium of Winnipeg, Inc. was registered under the Corporations Act of the
Province of Manitoba on 11 June 1996.
Volunteering
We welcome volunteers
at the Pantages Playhouse! Please contact:
Pantages
Playhouse Theatre Administration Office
ph. (204) 989-2889
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