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The '''Red Mountain Theatre Company''' ('''RMTC''') is a non-profit theater group specializing in musical theater productions.
The '''Red Mountain Theatre Company''' ('''RMTC''') is a non-profit theater group specializing in musical theater productions.  


The company was founded as the '''Summerfest Musical Theatre''' in [[1979]] by [[UAB]] drama professor [[James Hatcher]] with [[Birmingham Mayor]] [[David Vann]] and ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]'' entertainment editor [[Emmett Weaver]]. It served as a summer stock company that would extend the [[Town & Gown Theatre]]'s repertoire to musical theater. As a non-profit, the group not only produces a full slate of public performances, but also provides training and education to area students. The company administers scholarships in honor of Hatcher and [[Fannie Flagg]] and operates several youth programs in the summer with visiting guest artists.
The company was founded as the '''Summerfest Musical Theatre''' in [[1979]] by [[UAB]] drama professor [[James Hatcher]] with [[Birmingham Mayor]] [[David Vann]] and ''[[Birmingham Post-Herald]]'' entertainment editor [[Emmett Weaver]]. It served as a summer stock company that would extend the [[Town & Gown Theatre]]'s repertoire to musical theater. As a non-profit, the group not only produces a full slate of public performances, but also provides training and education to area students. The company administers scholarships in honor of Hatcher and [[Fannie Flagg]] and operates several youth programs in the summer with visiting guest artists.


Over the years it has grown into a year-round professional musical theater with summertime "Mainstage" productions held at the [[Virginia Samford Theatre]] and smaller cabaret productions at its own [[RMTC Cabaret Theatre]] in the [[Kress Building]] at 301 [[19th Street North]].
Over the years it grew into a year-round professional musical theater with summertime "Mainstage" productions at the [[Virginia Samford Theatre]] and smaller cabaret productions at its own [[RMTC Cabaret Theatre]] in the [[Kress Building]] at 301 [[19th Street North]].


In [[2007]] the organization changed its name to the Red Mountain Theatre Company. The executive director is [[Keith Cromwell]] and the Board of Directors is headed by [[Charlie Haines]].
In [[2007]] the organization changed its name to the Red Mountain Theatre Company.


In [[2008]] the company received an anonymous gift of $250,000 per year for three years to be used as the basis for soliciting matching gifts toward a goal of $1.5 million by the end of [[2011]]. Over the next decade, [[Kathryn Harbert]] led a $25 million capital campaign to help establish the theater company as a regional institution. Major donors included her and her husband, [[Raymond Harbert|Raymond]], and [[Gillian Goodrich|Gillian]] and [[Mike Goodrich]]. Additional funding was provided by [[Medical Properties Trust]], the [[Alabama Power Foundation]], and the [[Alabama State Council on the Arts]].
In [[2008]] the company received an anonymous gift of $250,000 per year for three years to be used as the basis for soliciting matching gifts toward a goal of $1.5 million by the end of [[2011]]. Over the next decade, [[Kathryn Harbert]] led a $25 million capital campaign to help establish the theater company as a regional institution. Major donors included her and her husband, [[Raymond Harbert|Raymond]], and [[Gillian Goodrich|Gillian]] and [[Mike Goodrich]]. Additional funding was provided by [[Medical Properties Trust]], the [[Alabama Power Foundation]], and the [[Alabama State Council on the Arts]].
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In [[2018]] Harbert and attorney [[Tim Segers]] purchased the former [[Huston Biscuit Co. building]] / [[Huston Biscuit Co. building|Absco warehouse]] at 416 [[28th Street South]] with the intent of redeveloping it as an "Arts Campus" anchored by the Red Mountain Theater Company. Surveys of the existing structure convinced them that the redevelopment was impractical, and they eventually sold that property, which was demolished for a new 120-unit apartment complex.
In [[2018]] Harbert and attorney [[Tim Segers]] purchased the former [[Huston Biscuit Co. building]] / [[Huston Biscuit Co. building|Absco warehouse]] at 416 [[28th Street South]] with the intent of redeveloping it as an "Arts Campus" anchored by the Red Mountain Theater Company. Surveys of the existing structure convinced them that the redevelopment was impractical, and they eventually sold that property, which was demolished for a new 120-unit apartment complex.


In December [[2019]] ground was broken for the Arts Campus at the site of the former [[Wittichen Supply Co.]] at 1601–1615 [[2nd Avenue South]] in the [[Parkside District]]. [[LIVE Design Group]] was the architect for the project, which was constructed by [[Brasfield & Gorrie]] with management by [[Harbert Realty Services]]. Construction continued through the [[2020 Coronavirus pandemic]] and the new campus opened with limited seating in May [[2021]].
In December [[2019]] ground was broken for the Arts Campus at the site of the former [[Wittichen Supply Co.]] at 1600 [[3rd Avenue South]] in the [[Parkside District]]. [[LIVE Design Group]] was the architect for the project, which was constructed by [[Brasfield & Gorrie]] with management by [[Harbert Realty Services]]. Construction continued through the [[2020 Coronavirus pandemic]] and the new campus opened with limited seating in May [[2021]].
 
==Executive directors==
* [[Keith Cromwell]], 2007–


==Productions==
==Productions==
* [[2008]]: ''The Full Monty'' (February 21 - March 2), ''Godspell'' (May 8–18) ''Disney's Beauty & the Beast'' (July 10–August 3) and ''Tinyard Hill'' (world premiere, August 7–8)
===Summerfest===
* [[1979]]; ''Mame'', ''The Desert Song'', and ''Carousel''
* [[1980]]: ''Meet Me in St Louis'', ''Damn Yankees'', and ''Annie Get Your Gun''
* [[1981]]: ''Hello, Dolly!'', ''Bye, Bye, Birdie'', and ''Oklahoma!''
* [[1982]]: ''ShowBoat'', ''Lil’ Abner'', and ''Guys & Dolls''
* [[1983]]: ''The Music Man'', ''Annie'', and ''Barbary Coast''
* [[1984]]: ''My Fair Lady'', ''The Pajama Game'', and ''Peter Pan''
* [[1985]]: ''Kiss Me, Kate'', ''Sugar'', and ''Brigadoon''
* [[1986]]: ''The King & I'', ''Bells Are Ringing'', and ''South Pacific''
* [[1987]]: ''42nd Street'', ''No, No, Nanette'', and ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''
* [[1988]]: ''West Side Story'', ''The Wiz'', and ''George M!''
* [[1989]]: ''The Sound of Music'', ''Barnum'', and ''Gypsy''
* [[1990]]: ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown'', ''The Pirates of Penzance'', and ''Camelot''
* [[1991]]: ''Me and My Girl'', ''Into the Woods'', and ''Big River''
* [[1992]]: ''Kismet'', ''Annie'', and ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''
* [[1993]]: ''Mame'', ''A Chorus Line'', and ''The Music Man''
* [[1994]]: ''OLIVER!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'', and ''Bye, Bye, Birdie''
* [[1995]]: ''Peter Pan'', ''Damn Yankees'', and ''The King & I''
* [[1996]]: ''Phantom'', ''Guys & Dolls'', and ''Godspell''
* [[1997]]: ''ShowBoat'', ''Pippin'', and ''The Wizard of Oz''
* [[1998]]: ''The Will Rogers Follies'', ''Crazy for You'', and ''Cinderella''
* [[1999]]: ''All Night Strut'', ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', and ''The Music Man''
* [[2000]]: ''The World Goes ‘Round'', ''big, the musical'', and ''Oklahoma!''
* [[2001]]: ''I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change'', ''Jerry’s Girls'', ''Mame'', and ''Hello, Dolly!''
* [[2002]]: ''Swingtime Canteen'', ''My Way, a Tribute to Frank Sinatra'', ''Grease'', and ''Always...Patsy Cline''
* [[2003]]: ''Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill'', ''Moon River, a Johnny Mercer Cabaret'', ''Footloose'', and ''Smokey Joe’s Café''
* [[2004]]: ''Sentimental Journey: The Rosemary Clooney Songbook'', ''Forever Plaid'', ''Beehive'', and ''Annie''
* [[2005]]: ''Carousel'' with the [[Alabama Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[Alabama Ballet]], ''Ain’t Misbehavin’'', ''Spirit of Christmas'', ''The Look of Love'', ''Almost Heaven'', ''Respect! A Tribute to the Queen of Soul'', ''CATS'', and ''Gypsy''
* [[2006]]: ''Annie Get Your Gun'' with the [[Alabama Symphony Orchestra]], ''A Grand Night for Singing'', ''A Song for Christmas'', ''Honky Tonk Angels'', ''Doo-Wop'', ''Once on This Island'', and ''OLIVER!''
 
===Red Mountain Theatre Company===
* [[2007]]: ''The Music Man'' with the [[Alabama Symphony Orchestra]], ''Always...Patsy Cline'', ''BAT BOY - The Musical'', ''Joyful!'', ''Song & Dance'' with the [[Alabama Ballet]], ''Back to the Dream'', ''Sisters of Swing'', ''Damn Yankees'' (June 26 - July 14), ''The Wizard of Oz'' (July 19–August 5), ''[[Miss Vulcan 1939]]'' (September 8–9), ''Chicago'' (September 27–October 7), and ''Simple Gifts'' (December 6–16)
* [[2007]]: ''The Music Man'' with the [[Alabama Symphony Orchestra]], ''Always...Patsy Cline'', ''BAT BOY - The Musical'', ''Joyful!'', ''Song & Dance'' with the [[Alabama Ballet]], ''Back to the Dream'', ''Sisters of Swing'', ''Damn Yankees'' (June 26 - July 14), ''The Wizard of Oz'' (July 19–August 5), ''[[Miss Vulcan 1939]]'' (September 8–9), ''Chicago'' (September 27–October 7), and ''Simple Gifts'' (December 6–16)
* [[2006]]: ''Annie Get Your Gun'' with the [[Alabama Symphony Orchestra]], ''A Grand Night for Singing'', ''A Song for Christmas'', ''Honky Tonk Angels'', ''Doo-Wop'', ''Once on This Island'', and ''OLIVER!''
* [[2008]]: ''The Full Monty'' (February 21–March 2), ''Godspell'' (May 8–18) ''Disney's Beauty & the Beast'' (July 10–August 3) and ''Tinyard Hill'' (world premiere, August 7–8)
* [[2005]]: ''Carousel'' with the [[Alabama Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[Alabama Ballet]], ''Ain’t Misbehavin’'', ''Spirit of Christmas'', ''The Look of Love'', ''Almost Heaven'', ''Respect! A Tribute to the Queen of Soul'', ''CATS'', and ''Gypsy''
* [[2004]]: ''Sentimental Journey: The Rosemary Clooney Songbook'', ''Forever Plaid'', ''Beehive'', and ''Annie''
* [[2003]]: ''Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill'', ''Moon River, a Johnny Mercer Cabaret'', ''Footloose'', and ''Smokey Joe’s Café''
* [[2002]]: ''Swingtime Canteen'', ''My Way, a Tribute to Frank Sinatra'', ''Grease'', and ''Always...Patsy Cline''
* [[2001]]: ''I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change'', ''Jerry’s Girls'', ''Mame'', and ''Hello, Dolly!''
* [[2000]]: ''The World Goes ‘Round'', ''big, the musical'', and ''Oklahoma!''
* [[1999]]: ''All Night Strut'', ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', and ''The Music Man''
* [[1998]]: ''The Will Rogers Follies'', ''Crazy for You'', and ''Cinderella''
* [[1997]]: ''ShowBoat'', ''Pippin'', and ''The Wizard of Oz''
* [[1996]]: ''Phantom'', ''Guys and Dolls'', and ''Godspell''
* [[1995]]: ''Peter Pan'', ''Damn Yankees'', and ''The King and I''
* [[1994]]: ''OLIVER!'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'', and ''Bye, Bye, Birdie''
* [[1993]]: ''Mame'', ''A Chorus Line'', and ''The Music Man''
* [[1992]]: ''Kismet'', ''Annie'', and ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''
* [[1991]]: ''Me and My Girl'', ''Into the Woods'', and ''Big River''
* [[1990]]: ''The Unsinkable Molly Brown'', ''The Pirates of Penzance'', and ''Camelot''
* [[1989]]: ''The Sound of Music'', ''Barnum'', and ''Gypsy''
* [[1988]]: ''West Side Story'', ''The Wiz'', and ''George M!''
* [[1987]]: ''42nd Street'', ''No, No, Nanette'', and ''Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''
* [[1986]]: ''The King and I'', ''Bells Are Ringing'', and ''South Pacific''
* [[1985]]: ''Kiss Me, Kate'', ''Sugar'', and ''Brigadoon''
* [[1984]]: ''My Fair Lady'', ''The Pajama Game'', and ''Peter Pan''
* [[1983]]: ''The Music Man'', ''Annie'', and ''Barbary Coast''
* [[1982]]: ''ShowBoat'', ''Lil’ Abner'', and ''Guys and Dolls''
* [[1981]]: ''Hello, Dolly!'', ''Bye, Bye, Birdie'', and ''Oklahoma!''
* [[1980]]: ''Meet Me in St Louis'', ''Damn Yankees'', and ''Annie Get Your Gun''
* [[1979]]; ''Mame'', ''The Desert Song'', and ''Carousel''


==References==
==References==
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The Red Mountain Theatre Company (RMTC) is a non-profit theater group specializing in musical theater productions.

The company was founded as the Summerfest Musical Theatre in 1979 by UAB drama professor James Hatcher with Birmingham Mayor David Vann and Birmingham Post-Herald entertainment editor Emmett Weaver. It served as a summer stock company that would extend the Town & Gown Theatre's repertoire to musical theater. As a non-profit, the group not only produces a full slate of public performances, but also provides training and education to area students. The company administers scholarships in honor of Hatcher and Fannie Flagg and operates several youth programs in the summer with visiting guest artists.

Over the years it grew into a year-round professional musical theater with summertime "Mainstage" productions at the Virginia Samford Theatre and smaller cabaret productions at its own RMTC Cabaret Theatre in the Kress Building at 301 19th Street North.

In 2007 the organization changed its name to the Red Mountain Theatre Company.

In 2008 the company received an anonymous gift of $250,000 per year for three years to be used as the basis for soliciting matching gifts toward a goal of $1.5 million by the end of 2011. Over the next decade, Kathryn Harbert led a $25 million capital campaign to help establish the theater company as a regional institution. Major donors included her and her husband, Raymond, and Gillian and Mike Goodrich. Additional funding was provided by Medical Properties Trust, the Alabama Power Foundation, and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.

Arts Campus

In 2018 Harbert and attorney Tim Segers purchased the former Huston Biscuit Co. building / Absco warehouse at 416 28th Street South with the intent of redeveloping it as an "Arts Campus" anchored by the Red Mountain Theater Company. Surveys of the existing structure convinced them that the redevelopment was impractical, and they eventually sold that property, which was demolished for a new 120-unit apartment complex.

In December 2019 ground was broken for the Arts Campus at the site of the former Wittichen Supply Co. at 1600 3rd Avenue South in the Parkside District. LIVE Design Group was the architect for the project, which was constructed by Brasfield & Gorrie with management by Harbert Realty Services. Construction continued through the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic and the new campus opened with limited seating in May 2021.

Executive directors

Productions

Summerfest

  • 1979; Mame, The Desert Song, and Carousel
  • 1980: Meet Me in St Louis, Damn Yankees, and Annie Get Your Gun
  • 1981: Hello, Dolly!, Bye, Bye, Birdie, and Oklahoma!
  • 1982: ShowBoat, Lil’ Abner, and Guys & Dolls
  • 1983: The Music Man, Annie, and Barbary Coast
  • 1984: My Fair Lady, The Pajama Game, and Peter Pan
  • 1985: Kiss Me, Kate, Sugar, and Brigadoon
  • 1986: The King & I, Bells Are Ringing, and South Pacific
  • 1987: 42nd Street, No, No, Nanette, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  • 1988: West Side Story, The Wiz, and George M!
  • 1989: The Sound of Music, Barnum, and Gypsy
  • 1990: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Pirates of Penzance, and Camelot
  • 1991: Me and My Girl, Into the Woods, and Big River
  • 1992: Kismet, Annie, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
  • 1993: Mame, A Chorus Line, and The Music Man
  • 1994: OLIVER!, Fiddler on the Roof, and Bye, Bye, Birdie
  • 1995: Peter Pan, Damn Yankees, and The King & I
  • 1996: Phantom, Guys & Dolls, and Godspell
  • 1997: ShowBoat, Pippin, and The Wizard of Oz
  • 1998: The Will Rogers Follies, Crazy for You, and Cinderella
  • 1999: All Night Strut, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and The Music Man
  • 2000: The World Goes ‘Round, big, the musical, and Oklahoma!
  • 2001: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Jerry’s Girls, Mame, and Hello, Dolly!
  • 2002: Swingtime Canteen, My Way, a Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Grease, and Always...Patsy Cline
  • 2003: Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Moon River, a Johnny Mercer Cabaret, Footloose, and Smokey Joe’s Café
  • 2004: Sentimental Journey: The Rosemary Clooney Songbook, Forever Plaid, Beehive, and Annie
  • 2005: Carousel with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and the Alabama Ballet, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Spirit of Christmas, The Look of Love, Almost Heaven, Respect! A Tribute to the Queen of Soul, CATS, and Gypsy
  • 2006: Annie Get Your Gun with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, A Grand Night for Singing, A Song for Christmas, Honky Tonk Angels, Doo-Wop, Once on This Island, and OLIVER!

Red Mountain Theatre Company

  • 2007: The Music Man with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Always...Patsy Cline, BAT BOY - The Musical, Joyful!, Song & Dance with the Alabama Ballet, Back to the Dream, Sisters of Swing, Damn Yankees (June 26 - July 14), The Wizard of Oz (July 19–August 5), Miss Vulcan 1939 (September 8–9), Chicago (September 27–October 7), and Simple Gifts (December 6–16)
  • 2008: The Full Monty (February 21–March 2), Godspell (May 8–18) Disney's Beauty & the Beast (July 10–August 3) and Tinyard Hill (world premiere, August 7–8)

References

  • Harvey, Alec (September 9, 2008) "Birmingham's Red Mountain Theatre Company launches fund drive with $750,000 matching funds gift." The Birmingham News
  • Colurso, Mary (December 13, 2019) "Red Mountain Theatre Company breaks ground for $25 million arts campus in Birmingham." The Birmingham News
  • Colurso, Mary (May 8, 2021) "Alabama’s Red Mountain Theatre opens $25 million campus with new concert series." The Birmingham News

External links

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