Coffee Alliance for the Arts
"Just as art is only half itself without us – its audience, its analysts, its scholars – so we are only half ourselves without it.”
- Helen Vendler, Arthur Kingley Porter University Professor Emerita, Harvard University
Missoula Children's Theatre and Coffee
Alliance for the Arts Celebrate Season 27
Mathis Performing Arts Center and Maley Theater Host Michael McGill's Rapunzel in 2023
Mattie Fussell, Lynnzey Wooten, and Sam Rodriguez star in the Michael McGill musical adaptation of Rapunzel.
Celebrating its 50th year of touring and its 27th in Coffee County, the Missoula Children’s Theatre International Tour (MCT) has fostered developmental life skills in more than a million kids. Thanks to Coffee Alliance for the Arts and its generous donors, MCT will continue to be the premiere summer program for children for decades to come.
Prior to Covid, the organization worked with 65,000 children in more than 1,100 communities in all 50 states and 17 countries each year. MCT's reach is increasing once again. One of the many ways the Missoula Children’s Theatre remains vibrant is through generous donors all over the world, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Montana Cultural Trust, the Montana Arts Council, and Cosmic Crisp.
Locally, Coffee Alliance for the Arts has been able to bring Missoula Children's Theatre to the Coffee County community each summer, which is made possible through generous donations from the local community. These donations help with everything from securing a performance venue to housing, room, and board for the tour directors.
If you would like to contribute to Missoula Children's Theatre or any of the programs sponsored by Coffee Alliance for the Arts, please see the Support / Contact tabs at the top of this page or email JoAnn Danna, Coffee Alliance for the Arts President, at joanndanna49@gmail.
From the Archives
Missoula Children's Theatre through the Years
Jack & the Beanstalk (2017) & Blackbeard the Pirate (2018) Cast and Crew Prepare for Opening Show