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October 1, 2021 -- Umbrella Collective is announcing today our intention to wind down operations as a company and sunset the organization. This process will take place over the next year, with a final play workshop to be presented, documentation produced of Umbrella Collective’s process and history, and a celebration in the summer of 2022, for what will be the company’s 15th anniversary.
“No one joins the board of a theater to close it down; we join because we love the magic of making plays,” says board chair Lori Castille. “But this is the right and responsible course of action for the company now. We’re going to celebrate our fifteen years of work, and lift up the people who have come through the collective and who continue to transform our lives. We always say that together is better, and that’s the way we will wind this project down.”
The effects of the pandemic have curtailed Umbrella Collective’s signature process for new work development, affording company members and collaborators time and space to test out ideas, play, and engage with the public through new works and works-in-progress showings. This, combined with the natural life-cycles of non-profit, passion-driven projects, have led to this decision. Fortunately, Umbrella Collective is not experiencing a financial crisis, and we are able to be thoughtful and intentional about how we use our funds to sunset our mission to create new works of theater that inspire vital conversations.
“No one joins the board of a theater to close it down; we join because we love the magic of making plays,” says board chair Lori Castille. “But this is the right and responsible course of action for the company now. We’re going to celebrate our fifteen years of work, and lift up the people who have come through the collective and who continue to transform our lives. We always say that together is better, and that’s the way we will wind this project down.”
The effects of the pandemic have curtailed Umbrella Collective’s signature process for new work development, affording company members and collaborators time and space to test out ideas, play, and engage with the public through new works and works-in-progress showings. This, combined with the natural life-cycles of non-profit, passion-driven projects, have led to this decision. Fortunately, Umbrella Collective is not experiencing a financial crisis, and we are able to be thoughtful and intentional about how we use our funds to sunset our mission to create new works of theater that inspire vital conversations.
