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TYBEE POST THEATER

*HOMEPAGE*

This site is currently a work in progress so please use the spotlights buttons on the left to navigate, and be sure to follow any additional "highlighted links" on each page to reach information on upcoming events and membership. 

In the near future, visitors  will be able to review the history of the Old Post Theater,
and learn about The Friends of the Tybee Theater and about our commitment to bring this beloved island entertainment venue back to life. 

We'll also have an online store.

If you're in the neighborhood,
be sure to stop by the building site at
 10 Van Horn - Tybee Island, GA.

We hope to raise the curtain in early 2010 and welcome your support.
BECOME A MEMBER OF FOTT NOW!

Meanwhile,
"THE SHOW GOES ON"
with 
fundraising activities, membership opportunities galore,
... plus special off-site theater programming, concerts and movies,
 

To Purchase Tickets Online to the Charlie Sherrill Concert - CLICK HERE!

For information on upcoming performances call the Tybee Post Theater Hotline at 912-323-7727, or Theater Productions at 912-655-0144.

 We welcome comments, suggestions, and links to other organizations.
Please, send everything to the webmaster below.
Also, be sure and visit our MySpace site at http://www.myspace.com/tybeeposttheater.
There are a number of links to area theaters, performing arts groups, and other associates in the "Friends Section."

To request that your e-mail address be added to our online programming broadcast list - CLICK HERE .

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          "A Star, Reborn!" Conceptual Rendering by Edward A. Pyrch

 Friends of the Tybee Theater

NEWS BRIEFS: 

Representative Burke Day Visits Tybee!

Presents State of Georgia Grant Award of $30,000 to FOTT on June 20th, 2008 at the Tybee Post Theater site on Van Horn, Tybee Island, GA.

Accompanying Rep. Day was Mrs. Sally Day. Also present were members and ex officio members of the Board of Trustees of the Friends of the Tybee Theater, Tybee Mayor Jason Buelterman, Tybee City Council Members Wanda Doyle, Eddie Crone, Paul Wolff and Dick Smith, Tybee Island Historical Society Director Cullen Chambers, City Planning Director Brannyn Allen, and several media representatives. 

During the ceremony, FOTT President Pamela Lappin presented Rep. Day with a Ltd. edition print of the 2008 commemorative artist rendering of the Old Post Theater shown above entitled "A Star, Reborn."

The artwork was donated to the 2008 Membership Drive by architect and former fellow FOTT board member, Edward A. Pyrch.

photos: Cyndi Kinkel

                       

 

More News - More Funds:

Tybee Arts Performing Society Presents FOTT with a check for $3,000

Local Tybee Arts Association group donates proceeds from their outstanding Spring production of "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas!" FOTT wishes to thank TAPS for the generous donation!  FOTT Treasurer Linda Gladin is pictured here with Tybee Arts Association President Brucie Westerman outside Tybee City Hall after the Council Presentation on June 12th, 2008.

 

MORE NEWS:

MOMENTUM BUILDS

As Artists Tour Site!

Performing Arts Groups Visit Theater!

The FOTT Programming Committee hosted an "Open House for Artists" on Thursday, June 19th from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM that brought Savannah area performers, students, directors and event planners out to Tybee to view the emerging venue.

Thanks to Chair Ken Carter and the Committee for organizing the event. On site FOTT personnel included board members  President Pamela Lappin, Vice President Gordon Mathews, Secretary Pam O'Brien, Programming Committee Chair Ken Carter, Infrastructure Committee Chair John Herdina, Capital Campaign Chair Cindy Meyer, PR Chair and Programming Committee member Cyndi Kinkel, as well as Richard Adams of TybeeFest and Renee DeRossett from Savannah Community Theatre - both Programming Committee members.

Visitors included Bridget Tunstall and Megan Walsh from the Lucas Theater, Paul Mazo and Jeff Heinz from Stage Front Presentation, Kirsten King and Ricardo Ochoa of New Arts Ensembles, DJ Queenan, Jim Prodger from the Lucas Theater, Jin Hi Rand of the Savannah Shakespeare Festival, Suzanne Braddy of the Savannah Danse Theater, Tybee businessman (and author) Billy Donielle and supporter Natalie Von Lowenfeldt of the Landings.

The enthusiastic response of event attendees was very encouraging!

photos: Cyndi Kinkel

                             

 

...More News - Last, but not least:

"HERE'S JOHNNY" Highlights!

May 31st Concert at Tybee Light

A gorgeous evening and a warm welcome greeted pianist and recording artist Johnny Herald and Savannah guitarist, John Banks as well as a record turn-out of nearly 350 on the Tybee Lighthouse lawn.

Special thanks go out to EVERYONE including our generous FOTT supporters, contributors and members of the Special Events Committee - Bonnie Gaster, Belinda Flannigan, ex officio FOTT board member Laurel Brady, and Past President Susie Morris, volunteers Kaye Dowell and Virginia Ward, and Maria Lancaster from FOTT's Marketing Committee.

We'd also like to express our appreciation to Paul Mazo of Stage Front Productions, Sound Technician Michael Gaster, Jay Burke, the Tybee Light Station Crew and Staff Member Sarah Jones, The City of Tybee Island, Jerry Rogers of WRHQ 105.3 FM, The Savannah Morning News Islands Close-Up, Spotted, The Tybee News, The Tybee Breeze, Nancy Heffernan Photography, local galleries and businesses including Atlantic Beacon Gallery, Irene Sullivan Gallery, Tybee Vacation Rentals, Kennickell Printing. 

Thanks also to FOTT President Pamela Lappin and Public Relations Chair Cyndi Kinkel for helping coordinate and advertise the effort, to Michael Bodine for aid in jumpstarting the new website, and all board members and local volunteers who worked to make this a truly memorable event.

Of course, we're indebted to Tybee's charming, multitalented "Bug Man" Johnny Herald, and his musical cohort John Banks for graciously donating the time and energy to create such a wonderful evening for our growing audience!

BRAVO, JOHNNY! You made us very proud!

 

Photo: Compliments of Nancy Heffernan 

Stay Tuned for more Tybee Post Theater Productions

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The Friends of the Tybee Theater, Inc. is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to rehabilitate the Old Post Theater in Tybee’s Fort Screven Historic District and operate the venue as a community cultural and performing arts center. All proceeds from off-site performances staged by Tybee Post Theater Productions benefit the Tybee Post Theater.