Donate to Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis / St. Paul

Theatre has the power to transform us. When the lights go down and the curtain rises, we are transported to another world, and we experience stories and perspectives that may be different from our own. The messages in these stories stick with us, inspire us, and change us for the better.  

As the nation’s leading theatre for generational audiences, we truly believe these stories can help us create a better world with, for, and through young people. But we can only do it with your help.  

As a nonprofit organization, Children’s Theatre Company relies on our generous community to fund our mission throughout the year, and days like Giving Tuesday are critical to supporting our work on- and off-stage. Donations—big and small—make it possible to create extraordinary theatre experiences that educate, challenge, and inspire. On this day of giving, will you consider making a gift to CTC and support this important work?  

When you donate today, you may be able to double—or even triple—your impact. Many companies will match employees’ and retirees’ charitable contributions, making your impact go even further for thousands of children and families in our audiences. Visit our website and see if your gift is eligible for a corporate match!  

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As young people are surrounded by more and more noise in their world, it has never been so important to create art that speaks to and inspires them. Whether young people are seeing a show at the theatre or enrolling in camps in our classrooms, they can come away from every experience at CTC feeling braver, kinder, and more connected—all thanks to you.  

Thank you for believing in the power of the arts. We are so grateful to have you as part of our CTC community, today and every day.  

With gratitude,  

Katie Nelsen,  
Senior Director, External Relations   

P.S. As a demonstration of their passion and dedication to our work, CTC’s Board of Directors has put forward a commitment of $50,000 to help fund our work. We hope you will join them in matching that investment by making a gift to CTC. Every gift—of every size—ensures every child and family has access to life-changing theatre experiences.  

Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) is the nation’s largest and most acclaimed theatre for young people and serves a multigenerational audience. It creates theatre experiences that educate, challenge, and inspire more than 200,000 people annually. CTC is the only theatre focused on young audiences to win the Special Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre and is the only theatre in Minnesota to receive three Tony nominations (for its production of A Year With Frog and Toad). CTC is committed to creating world-class productions at the highest level and to developing new works, more than 200 to date, dramatically changing the canon of work for young audiences.

CTC is the most significant provider of theatre education opportunities in the region. Every year, thousands of children experience theatre for the first time at CTC. Our student matinees and education programs demonstrably benefit the community, from the intergenerational conversations sparked by our world premieres, to the sequential skill-building that happens in our Theatre Arts Training, to the pre-K focus of our Early Childhood Initiative. ACT One is CTC’s comprehensive platform for access, diversity, and inclusion in our audiences, programs, staff, and board that strives to ensure the theatre is a home for all people, all families, reflective of our community. childrenstheatre.org