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HISTORY
Living Image Arts
was founded in 2003 and incorporated as a not-for profit organization
in 2005. LIA is dedicated to the advancement of new work,
nurturing craft and quality through production, workshops, and
developmental programs.
LIA's '04-'05 Season, began with our first full-length play, AWAKE by LIA Artistic Director, Peter Marsh. In the Spring, we presented our first Annual One-Act Festival, How to Lose Your Lover in Six Short Plays, which focused on the plays of emerging artists as well as the undiscovered work of more established playwrights. Since then, this audience favorite has featured the collaborative efforts of more than one hundred artists, numerous staged readings and the world premier of over a dozen new plays. This partnership of the Annual One-Act Festival and Full-Length MainStage has become the cornerstone of the LIA Theatrical Season. Beginning in our ’05-’06 Season, LIA instituted several programs to encourage growth and dialogue within the community such as our Workshop and Staged Reading Series. |
 Lindsay Goss, Director Boxes; photo G Roeker |
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The success of these projects, led us to expand our developmental work to include the LIA TheaterLAB, Artist Retreats and Workshop Productions, as well as our Associated Artist program and the Living Vision Initiative. Our ambitious program of script development culminated in the ‘06-’07 production of our first commissioned piece, Hello, My Name Is.... by New York playwright Stephanie Rabinowitz, and the Staged Reading series, Women in One Act, highlighting the important voices of female playwrights. Since its inception, LIA has showcased the talent of hundreds of diverse and distinctive voices and consistently produces compelling and innovative new work. As we move into the future, we will continue to bring you theater of the highest quality and hold true to our vision of artistic excellence and theater as a living and relevant art form. |