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Allied Theatre Legacy Artists and Supporters
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ATLAS Partnership is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, formed in Richmond, Virginia, in 2023 by Emily Cole-Jones, Bruce Miller and Phil Whiteway. ​
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ATLAS is new in name only. The partnership was built over decades of mutual respect and trust. “Partnership” doesn’t mean two or three people. It is a large, strong alliance of actors, artists, community leaders, donors, patrons, volunteers, and arts advocates, including YOU.
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Donations make our mission possible! Make a tax-deductible gift here. ​
Our Mission
The mission of ATLAS Partnership is to recognize and respect, honor and protect the legacy assets of professional theatre in Central Virginia.
Our Vision
Our vision is that current and future generations of leaders, artists, audiences, and communities will steward and benefit from Central Virginia's rich theatre history and important legacy projects, programs, ideas, and physical assets for decades to come.
Our Origins
Our region is saturated in a rich theatre history and tradition of which many of us are unaware, and/or take for granted. As exciting new approaches, ideas, and visions take shape, we feel a simultaneous sense of urgency to steward the work, stories, programs, and contributions of those who have gone before, on whose shoulders we all stand as we reach toward new innovations. In short, we seek to uphold a sheltering sky of protection over the precious and irreplaceable legacy of theatre in our region, because the past informs the present and shapes the future.
Get to know us.
Before we founded ATLAS Partnership, we were colleagues and friends who shared a belief that theatre has the power to change lives far beyond the stage. What led us here? Our shared passion for the performing arts and the incomparable cross-sector impact that theatre can have on our community, our region, and our world.
