Georgia Ensemble Theatre (GET) announced today that it has received a $260,000 grant from the Thoresen Foundation.
GET Board President Carla Crowell said the "grant gives new life" to GET, North Fulton’s only professional theater company and one of only a handful of metro professional troupes operating outside I-285.
"It provides the stability we need to enter our third decade of fulfilling the theater’s mission of captivating the current generation of theater-goers while, at the same time, nurturing future generations,”Crowell said in a statement.
The grant marks a sharp reversal of fortunes for GET, which in July 2009 launched a n emergency fund-raising drive after running up a $100,000 deficit, the worst since its 1992 founding.
GET artistic director said the grant "enables us to plan for a bright and successful future. GET will continue to provide first-rate professional theater, arts education and community outreach throughout Georgia.”
The theater company did not release details about the Thoresen Foundation, which is listed at a Canton address and has a history of giving to environmental and educational causes.
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