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The Magik Theatre was created as a voice for young people and families throughout the region. It began in 1994 as an offshoot of The Commerce Street Stage, a professional theatre for both adults and youth. About a year after the Commerce Street Stage began, I decided the city needed a full time professional theatre for youth and their families. This was what we were meant to be, and so, the Magik Theatre was born. With a staff of actors who had little experience producing theatre for youth, we had the freedom to be completely unique in the work we did. Our canvas was blank and our creativity had no boundaries.

The Theatre is a miraculous place. Unlike electronic mediums, it activates all of our senses. Each night a play runs, it is a new experience. We bring together a different group of people which make up the audience. Most of them have never met, but for a brief moment in time, they are united in sharing an experience that will never happen just the same way again. The lights go out, and this particular group of people join hands and experience a once in a lifetime moment of play. Each performance is different because the audience sees the play differently; the actors react to the energy of the audience, thus making the performance different each night. Even though the playwright has written words which don’t change, the play changes because the tempo, rhythm, and intensity of the actors and audience change.