The audience-friendly facility has a spacious lobby and a 147 fixed-seat auditorium.

Location: 4003 West FM 2147, (in Cottonwood Shores, TX, between Marble Falls and Horseshoe Bay) Marble Falls TX 78657

Contacts: Administration - 830-693-2474; Box Office - 830-798-8944

Website: www.hcct.org E-mail: hcct@hcct.org or director@hcct.org

Staff:Full-time, professional management includes Mike Morelli, Executive Director, and a Production Manager. Part-time employees include Bookkeeper Betsy Stephenson, and Eldred Morris through the Texas Workforce Commission. Guest directors are often engaged for plays at an honorarium fee.

Board of Governors (2006-2007):Gigi Fischer, Sandy Jenkins, Sallye Johnson – President, Wilda Meixner -Treasurer, Rick Mann, Brenda Morris, Wally Wright, and Gil Wulfson.

History: The Hill Country Community Theatre was co-founded in 1985 by GiGi Fischer and the late Phyl Holbert, with productions initially staged in an old firehouse. Since 1991, HCCT has provided entertainment in a 147-seat proscenium stage theatre developed within a former boat dealership. HCCT mounts five shows a year and a fundraiser, with more than 65 performances a season attended by audiences totaling more than 7,500 persons, including “Winter Texans” and tourists. In recent years formal partnerships with The Harmony School of Creative Arts and Faith Academy have led to the beginnings of a children’s Theatre program which continues to grow. HCCT, a chartered 501(c) 3 tax-exempt organization, is a member of The Texas Non-Profit Theaters Assn. and the American Assn. of Community Theaters. It has an annual operating budget of more than $175,000.

Memberships: Angel ($2,000); Platinum ($1,000); Gold ($750); Silver ($500); Bronze ($300), Couples ($150); Individual ($75) HCCT has 682 season ticket holders for its 2005-2006 Season The Horseshoe Bay and Marble Falls areas make up a majority of the membership, but nearby communities like Spicewood, Burnet, Kingsland, Granite Shoals and Llano account for growing percentages, with some from as far away as Austin and Houston.

Volunteers: About 250 (unpaid) persons volunteer their time and talent in areas from set construction, props, make-up and painting to box office, lobby decoration and hosting.

Involvement: In 2005-2006, 43 area firms and individuals advertised in HCCT programs. Businesses throughout the Hill Country also provide cash donations, production underwriting, free or discounted products for use in productions and group or client bookings that take advantage of HCCT’s full kitchen, large lobby and access to area catering firms.

Growth: HCCT has been producing a family summer musical and a Christmas production for the past three years. It has spent more than $25,000 in recent years upgrading its air conditioning, lighting, and electrical systems, improving its parking areas and sound system and purchasing a color laser print system to produce four-color posters, an electronic keyboard and a digital camera for use with publicity and documentation.

HCCT Objectives: To offer great family entertainment…to lift-up the community culturally…to educate youths and adults in the dramatic arts. Up to three annual scholarships of $500 each are awarded to qualifying graduating seniors from Burnet, Llano, and Marble Falls area schools.

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