28K FOR 28 YEARS FUNDRAISER

After 28 years of wearing a plethora of hats at Echo, Wendy Cohen is stepping into the role of Executive Director, and inviting our fabulous alumni and community to help us build a stable future for Echo.  Echo makes space for people of all ages, abilities and ways of being to explore circus, movement, creativity, dance, and collaborative physical theater in a supportive and inclusive environment.  And we need your help to keep that space vibrant and thriving!

Your contributions will:

✨ Help us pay our exceptional teaching artists and staff.

✨ Provide financial assistance to students who otherwise would not be able to attend classes. 

✨ Empower the next generation to create fearlessly!

Donations are a great way to help support our organization, but there are lots of ways to be involved! Taking a class, attending a show, volunteering with outreach, and sharing this link with your loved ones helps our community grow. 

We would also love to hear about any fond memories you have of Echo! If you’d like to submit a testimonial (written or video), please see our submission form!

Your support enables others to fly!

Please donate what you can, we have both one-time and monthly donation options:

✨ $28 will hire an ASL interpreter or aid for a student for a single class  

✨ $50 will cover the cost of one outreach class for p:ear students 

✨ $280 will provide financial aid for a student for full term

Halloween Thank You Party!

Join us Thursday, Oct 31, 4:30 - 7pm at the Echo Theater for a Family-Friendly Halloween Party with: 

✨ Mat Maze

✨ Goofy Games

✨ Spooky Snacks

✨ Radical Raffle

✨ Butt eyes, stilt-walkers and surprise performances

Let’s celebrate our FUNdraising effort, our amazing community and the best holiday of the year! Hope to see you there.

Testimonials

  • “Most of all, I remember how Echo Theater taught me to pursue what I love, and reassured me that the pursuit of love would be met with a warm, enthusiastic community of supporters and mentors who believed in my success.”

  • “Echo became a safe space for me to explore new possibilities and ideas through physical movement collaboration, and ensemble work with others. I was provided the space and guidance I needed to find my own voice. Letting go of my fear of failure was one of the most freeing things I have done in my life.”

  • “Time spent at Echo gave me cartwheels, stress management, how to craft a compelling story, mindfulness, tap dance, love for my body, and most of all the profound power of collaboration. As a young adult, I feel prepared to enter the world with the excitement, compassion and leadership skills I learned at Echo Theater. Echo relies on collaboration and input from many people. As a student and performer, Echo teachers are eager to hear, trust, and guide my ideas. This empowerment sticks with me even after moving across the country” -Sabina Oldham (Zig Zag alum)

  • “Echo made space for me. Physically- to learn and grow, get stronger and make connections, and mentally- to evolve, be creative, follow my passions, and seek out opportunities. I was encouraged to listen to and follow my impulses; that helped me to step into the identity of my authentic self.” -Liv Allison (current Zig Zag, youth board member)

  • "When I had to squeeze my entire experience as a student at Echo into 150 characters, this is what I wrote: I learned much of what I know from this group of people and teachers: teamwork, backflips, thoughtfulness, taking initiative, costuming, performing. Perhaps the most crucial thing underlying this description is the great trust and respect that I myself have been given, and that I’ve seen given to all students who are taught here. Echo Theater Company is not only the place I learned to be a professional performer and creator, it’s also the place I learned to be a compassionate and creative person." -Eloise Smith (Zig Zag alum)