Performance:
• Site-specific, union-affiliated production of As You Like It is mounted with professional actors and musicians from around the country (pilot);
• More than 3,500 patrons attend.
Education:
• In-school workshops, post-show discussions, and student matinees are offered (pilot);
• Show-specific Study Guides are created and distributed (pilot);
• Nearly 1,500 students attend As You Like It.
Training:
• One-third of the cast are locals, and partial rehearsals are devoted to teaching them to create and sustain their craft (pilot).
Administration and Board:
• A founding Board of Directors of 15 members is created, representing all of Shelby County;
• Two full-time administrators (Producing Artistic Director, Company Manager) are employed; two part-time administrators (Executive Director, Bookkeeper) donate expertise pro bono.
Facilities:
• City of Germantown rents empty historic train depot to TSC for $1/year, and TSC upgrades the facility and begins giving tours;
• The two-year proposal to build a unique outdoor amphitheatre in the heart of Germantown gains momentum and support; a partnership is forged between TSC and the City of Germantown to begin designwork.
Operating Budget:
• $371k

Performance:
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream is mounted at the Poplar Pike Playhouse with full production elements in the fall;
• Site-specific, all-female Julius Caesar is mounted in City Hall in the spring;
• More than 6,500 patrons attend – 55% of whom were 18 years and younger.
Education:

• Workshop, residency, camp, prelude curriculums are created (pilot);
• Elementary/Middle/High/College School age Camps (pilot);
• Local teacher-training (pilot);
• Two humanities-based, interactive Study Guides are developed and distributed (pilot);
• More than 6,500 students and teachers participate.
Training:
• Teacher-training intensive for top 12 Memphis area artists developed and executed (pilot) to accommodate future education expansion with educators practicing in TSC’s aesthetic.
Administration and Board:
• Board adds two new members;
• Staff adds part-time Bookkeeper, Education Director, Education Artist-Manager, and increases contract labor by approximately 200%.
Facilities:
• Four years after TSC first sited and lobbied for the area, ground is broken in the fall for the outdoor amphitheatre by the City of Germantown; a three-year capital investment plan is agreed upon by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
Operating Budget:
• $456k (+23%)

Performance:
• Othello is mounted in the fall;
• Mid-South Tour production of Romeo and Juliet is created for all schools and multiple public venues (pilot);
• Collaboration with Conductor Michael Stern and IRIS on A Midsummer Night’s Dream concert (pilot);
Education:
• Shelby County Education Tour of Romeo and Juliet (pilot);
• Expanded and increased in-school residencies and workshops around Romeo and Juliet (pilot);
• Summer Camps expand;
• More than 10,000 students projected to participate.
Training:
• Local teacher-training moves into Phase Two.
Southern Playwrights Series:
• Strategic planning begins for “Southern Exposure”
Administration and Board:
• Board adds two new Mid-South members;
• Staff adds Development consultancy and part-time administrative internship.
Facilities:
• New outdoor amphitheatre is projected to be useful in this first phase in the spring.
Operating Budget:
• $547k (+20%)

Performance:
• Macbeth mounted in extended run in the fall;
• The Tempest/Taming of the Shrew mounted in extended run in spring repertory (pilot);
• A modern classical playwright’s work mounted indoors (pilot);
• Collaboration with professional area arts organization.
Education:
• Mid-South Education winter tour of Romeo and Juliet/Julius Caesar in repertory (pilot);
• Playshops and residencies are administered year-round;
• More than 20,000 students participate.
Training:
• Professional, classical teaching consultant is retained;
• Possibility of creating the region’s first Classical Theatre MFA program with area college is explored.
Southern Playwrights Series:
• First call for plays in development (pilot);
• Ancillary events around modern classical play (pilot);
• Discussions begin with City of Memphis and area arts organizations to create seminal Story of Memphis cycle with event marketing for destination tourism.
Administration and Board:
• Board adds two members;
• Staff adds part-time Development support, General Manager, and Production/Tour Manager.
Facilities:
• Additional administrative office space is sought;
• Sceneshop, equipment, and storage facility are sought;
• Phase Two completed on outdoor amphitheatre.

Operating Budget:
• $683k (+25%)

Performance:
• King Lear mounted in the fall outdoors;
• Much Ado About Nothing/Richard III mounted in repertory for extended run in the spring;
• Modern classical play mounted indoors for extended run;
• Collaboration with professional area arts organization;
• “Southern Exposure” program launches (see below).
Education:
• Mid-South/TN Schools Winter Tour of repertory Henry V/Romeo and Juliet throughout the state (pilot);
• Residencies triple;
• Planning begins for “Students Armed with Shakespeare’s Canon,” a project that will bring TSC artists into schools to rehearse students for six weeks leading up to their own 90-minute Shakespeare production to be performed at both their school and at a site where all the productions are presented back-to-back on a Saturday.
Training:
• A university is identified and a curriculum presented to establish a two-year M.F.A. program in Classical Theatre.
Southern Playwrights Series:
• Call for works;
• One work is commissioned on Memphis history for development in association with City of Memphis and partner arts organizations;
• Phase One strategy and arts consortium in place for Story of Memphis cycle.
Administration and Board:
• Board adds two members (net);
• Staff adds administrative support and “Southern Exposure” Director.
Facilities:
• Additional administrative office space is secured;
• Sceneshop, equipment, and storage facility is secured;
• Costume Shop is sought;
• Final Phase Three completed on outdoor amphitheatre.
Operating Budget:
• $867k (+27%)

Performance:
• Hamlet mounted in the fall outdoors;
• Twelfth Night/Henry V mounted in repertory in the spring outdoors;
• 3-week indoor run of classical playwright (pilot);
• Modern classical play mounted indoors for extended run;
• Collaboration with professional area arts organization;
• “Southern Exposure” program expands (see below).
Education:
• Mid-South/TN Winter Schools Tour of Macbeth/Julius Caesar in repertory increases reach and frequency;
• “Students Armed with Shakespeare’s Canon,” doubles the number of participating pilot schools who create their own 90-minute Shakespeare productions with TSC artists both at their schools and in a collaborative Shakespeare Marathon open to the public;
• Playshops and Residencies continue.
Training:
• Certification is granted for the two-year M.F.A. program in Classical Theatre;
• Training Director begins teaching in current classes in first year of integrated curriculum (pilot).
Southern Playwrights Series:
• Multi-week run of developed plays is mounted;
• Phase One of commissioned Story of Memphis piece is developed (pilot);
• Playwrights’ Forum and VIP Speaker Series is launched (pilot);
• Phase Two development for arts consortium for Story of Memphis cycle.
Administration and Board:
• Board adds three members (net);
• Staff adds full-time Managing Director and three part-time artist-managers.
Facilities:
• Discussions begin with the City of Germantown to design and build a new green, multi-use, indoor theatre facility adjacent to the outdoor ampthitheatre.
Operating Budget:
• $1.04 million (+20%)

Performance:
• The Story of Memphis collaboration launches with all professional arts organizations, beginning with TSC’s world premiere play outdoors in the fall;

• A new Holiday Show is mounted indoors in December in repertory with The Comedy of Errors;
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream/Love’s Labor’s Lost mounted outdoors in repertory in the spring.
Education:
• Phase Two of planning made public regarding the development of a fine arts I.B. professional partnership with a local high school;
• “Students Armed with Shakespeare’s Canon” increases participants by 50% and expands marathon series to Friday night;
• Mid-South/TN Winter Schools Tour of Romeo and Juliet/Othello in repertory now expanded to three months.
Training:
• Two-year M.F.A. program in Classical Theatre begins with year one students.

Southern Playwrights Series:
• (See above for mainstage play);
• Supporting programming of mainstage play consists of 10-20 readings and staged reading of new southern plays, workshops, and Playwright’s Forums, expanded to two weeks.
Administration and Board:
• Board adds one member (net);
• Staff adds full-time production team and Marketing/P.R. Director.
Facilities:
• TSC and City of Germantown finalize Master Plan to build a new green, multi-use, indoor theatre facility adjacent to the outdoor amphitheatre, beginning next year;
• Costume Shop is secured.
Operating Budget:
• $1.29 million (+24%)