WHEREAS, Porchlight Music Theatre has, for twenty-five years, established itself as an important part of Chicago's cultural scene, with more than seventy mainstage music theatre productions, fifteen Chicago premieres and five world premieres; and
WHEREAS, Porchlight Music Theatre, originally incorporated by founding Artistic Director Jill Moore, continues its programming excellence with a recent move to their new performance venue, the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, in Chicago's historic Gold Coast neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Porchlight Music Theatre brings people together from all corners of Chicago and the region, to explore the human experience through the art of music theatre to foster community, inclusion and empathy; and
WHEREAS, Porchlight Music Theatre's award-winning work features Chicago's finest performers and theatre-makers, enriching the lives of audiences and artists alike; and
WHEREAS, through live performance, youth education and community outreach, Porchlight Music Theatre celebrates and sustains the present, past, and future of the ail-American art form of music theatre; and
WHEREAS, Porchlight Music Theatre continues to offer community outreach partnerships to welcome youth from under-represented communities as guests to mainstage productions and special post-show conversations with the cast; and
WHEREAS, through the leadership of L. Walter Stearns, Michael Weber, and Jeannie Lukow, Porchlight Music Theatre continues to dazzle audiences with world-class, sophisticated, and engaging musical theatre productions; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago and the League of Chicago Theatres designated 2019 as the 'Year of Chicago Theatre'; NOW THEREFORE
BRIAN HOPKINS Alderman, 2nd Ward
BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Members ofthe City Council ofthe City ofChicago, assembled this October 16, 2019, do hereby declare that October 18, 2019, be commemorated as 'Torchlight Music Theatre Day" in Chicago.
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