Flynn Center for the Performing Arts

A New Flynn for a New Century
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Following 10 years of strategic planning and
development throughout the 1990s, the Flynn
concluded a multi-phased expansion and renovation
project began in 1994 and completed in 2000,
and a comprehensive performing arts complex
—renamed the Flynn Center for the Performing
Arts—was born. The Flynn now incorporates two
performance spaces—the original theater, fully
restored to its Art Deco splendor, and FlynnSpace,
our intimate performance setting.
The center also includes education and
dance studios housing year-round classes
in music, theater, and dance for children,
teens, and adults; a visual arts gallery;
and administrative offices.
In 2005-06, the Flynn celebrated its
25/75-year anniversary and concluded
a $6 million endowment campaign setting the stage for building the
endowment through bequests and other planned gifts.
The Flynn received the 2007 Outstanding Historic Theatre Award as
"a compelling example of contemporary programming excellence in
a beautifully renovated space that thoughtfully engages its community… an inspiration to other cities."
The Flynn Today
In 2010, Founding Executive
Director Andrea Rogers
retired, and in her honor, the Board of Directors announced
Andrea’s Legacy Fund, which will be used to protect and
maintain the Flynn’s extraordinary performing arts and
education programs for years to come.
Now, with John Killacky at the helm, the Flynn begins a new
era, embarking on new directions with a concrete foundation.
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The 2007 Outstanding Historic
Theatre Award.
Close to 200,000 people annually attend performances at the great
vaudeville and film house built by J.J. Flynn and his partners 80 years
ago and in the increasingly popular FlynnSpace.
Thousands more people discover their creative selves in FlynnArts
classes and summer camps, teacher workshops, and other Flynn
educational programs.
Founding Executive Director Andrea Rogers with
her successor John Killacky.