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Executive Director

TOM BRIGGS (Executive Director) is a director, librettist, educator and administrator who, for 18 years, served as director of the theatrical division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization in New York City. He has served on the faculties of Union College, New York University, Nicholai College, the National Theatre Institute, and was a founding director of the National Theater Workshop of the Handicapped.

As the Producing Artistic Director of St. Bart’s Playhouse in New York City, Tom presented over 25 productions, many of which he also directed. His Broadway credits include creating the stage adaptations of State Fair, the final show produced by the legendary David Merrick, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Jamie-Lynn Sigler. He is currently writing the stage adaptation of the MGM motion picture Easter Parade.

Tom is proud to serve on the board of Phame Academy of Fine Arts in Portland, Oregon, a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of developmentally challenged citizens of all ages through participation in performing and fine arts. He currently serves as a Grants Consultant for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music and as Creative Consultant to The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.

Pat Hingle Scholarship

The Pat Hingle Scholarship in Theater Arts is administered annually by Thalian Association, the Official Community Theater of North Carolina.

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The scholarship is awarded to a deserving high school senior who has proven to be a serious student of the theater and plans to pursue a theatrical education after graduation.

Bluegrass Festival Nears!

Volunteers have already begun planning the 7th annual Southern Coastal Bluegrass Festival and sponsors are needed!

The Bluegrass Festival will be held at the scenic, waterfront Fort Fisher Military Recreation Area at Kure Beach, NC on September 19th & 20th, 2009. Featured along with great bluegrass and bluegrass gospel will be great food, arts, crafts, clogging & square dancing.

President's Greetings

Welcome to our 221st Year! This will be a year of “musical chairs”! Our beloved jewel, Thalian Hall will be closed for modifications and renovations to include new seating.

Thus, the Thalian Association’s main stage performances will be taking place at the 2nd Street Stage, at the Hannah Block USO Historic Building and Kenan Auditorium.

A Letter of Thanks

Thank you all for making our 2007/08 season one of our most successful ever. We were honored as Wilmington’s Best Theater Company by the readers of encore Magazine for the fourth consecutive year, for which we are deeply grateful.

I’m extremely proud of what we continue to accomplish and wildly enthused about our 2009/10 season of productions.