The purpose of our organization is to produce and perform quality theatre for the citizens of Concord and the surrounding communities. Three major productions are mounted each season. The Players are proud of their continuous record of presenting quality theatre to the citizens of Concord and the surrounding communities. In 1975, 51 Walden was designated as a 'Permanent Bicentennial Memorial.' In addition to a music stage for the band and orchestra, a ballet studio was built to house day and evening classes for both children and adults. In 1972, the Players joined with the Concord Orchestra and the Concord Band to form the Friends of the Performing Arts in Concord ( FOPAC), and the town of Concord agreed to allow this organization to refurbish 51 Walden as a performing arts center. In 1921, the Players added the stage with fly space, scene dock, storage facilities, and Green Room to the town-owned building at 51 Walden Street, then used also as an armory. In 1872, the Union became the Concord Dramatic Club, and, ultimately, in 1919, the Concord Players. The Concord Players trace their history to 1856 and the Concord Dramatic Union, which Louisa May Alcott helped to found. COH fosters meaningful appreciation for, fruitful conversation about, and imaginative expression of thoughtful creations of art that speak truth about God’s world and ourselves. Thereby we will explore and respond to what it means to be human in the 21st century. Recognizing that Art is one of the many facets of our Creator, COH seeks to engage our culture through inspire our community to a more caring response. to promote artistic creations that honor and glorify Godģ. COH was established to promote the development of God-given talent, to engage culture through creative means, and to foster deeply spiritual responses, all the while bringing honor to God through artistic perspectives.Ĭity on a Hill has at its core a three-fold mission:ġ. Through the various disciplines, we will nurture a love for the creative as well as the Creator, and foster a positive and encouraging environment to explore our artistic side.Ĭity on a Hill (COH) is a community-focused, multidisciplinary ministry for the development and production of artistic expressions that foster consideration of and critical engagement with our culture, the arts and matters of faith. City on a Hill Arts exists to develop and deploy the God-given gifts in each and every one of us.

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