End of Season Review:

This year marks the beginning of what we hope will be many continuing positive trends and fresh new faces to the Idaho Repertory Theatre!  

Operationally, we have started a collaboration and partnership with Coeur D’Alene Summer Theatre to bring you contemporary professional musical theatre.   In addition, we continue to refine our season selection, offering, events, and presentation format to maximize your summer time and viewing pleasure.  

In order to better address our goals as an organization, we are expanding the Idaho Repertory Theatre for Youth touring program, and grant monies are already coming in to support this endeavor.   As an arts organization, we continue to uphold the most professional standards and work hard to excel.

Artistically, our location and the community, as well as our quality, continue to attract high-caliber company members, recognized both nationally and internationally as masters in their craft.  The incoming co-artistic directors Kelly Quinnett and Chris Duval have some great ideas to take the “Rep” even farther.   We will be announcing next years’ season and dates soon!

Finally, it was a great year for us financially as our perennial (and new) patrons, sponsors, and underwriters stepped up to support the theatre they love in these tough financial times.   What a great end to my last season as artistic director and a solid springboard into my role as producer of the Idaho Repertory Theatre!

Yours in theatre,

Dean Panttaja
Producing Artistic Director
Idaho Repertory Theatre