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ABOUT US
The Foppish Dandies is an independent theatre company in Southeastern Virginia. Celebrating it’s one year anniversary with an acclaimed stage adaptation of the German expressionist 1920 film ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’, the Dandies assimilate creatives who are inspired to collaborate on experimental projects that serve the Big ‘A’ - Art.
MISSION
COLLABORATE, CULTIVATE, CREATE
The primary goal of The Foppish Dandies is to provide the environment to celebrate and explore
the arts together by fostering the interests of developing artists. In accomplishing this goal:
We will bring together, enrich the lives, and entertain people of all ages, races, income
levels, and cultural interests.
We will serve a population residing and/or working in the entire Hampton Roads area and beyond.
We will manage our physical and financial resources in such a way as to maintain a
positive attitude regarding fiduciary responsibility from our patrons, our donors, the
vendors with whom we do business, and the community that we serve.
We will consistently seek new, innovative ways to build audiences
We will build a thriving artistic community.
VISION
EXPERIMENTING TO CREATE NEW EXPERIENCES
We provide the tools, environment and spirit to foster a non-pretentious creative breeding ground. In doing so, we envision that:
Each project we send out has high production value
Participants will have a happy, productive experience
We promote the skills and abilities of our performers and designers
We serve the audience's imagination and curiosity
We inspire others and ourselves to become lifelong experimenters
STRENGTHS
once a dandy, always a dandy
We continually strive to research and learn new methods and techniques to enrich our creative arsenal and to advance the interests of the production. To facilitate such growth, we:
Design the posters, film trailers and print collateral for our shows
Market heavily through social networking sites
Develop audiences through press releases and a mailing list
Coach performers, crew and designers throughout the run
Genuinely serve the artistic and professional advancement of all involved
Support our actors and crew in their personal artistic pursuits
meet the DANDIES
PHILIP ODANGO, co-producer
Philip is a twenty-six year old director and filmmaker from Norfolk and graduate of Old Dominion University. A generally autotelic autodidact, his work in various artistic fields has garnered him recognition as a conceptual designer with a flair for the unusual and experimental. Philip made his stage directing debut with Bat Boy The Musical and his recently written-directed short film Il Bambino screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
DONNA DICKERSON, co-producer
Donna has worked in theatre production since the 1970's when she started her career as an I.A.T.S.E. stagehand. Locally, she has worked at Virginia Stage Company (Properties Manager), Virginia Wesleyan College (Shop Manager) and has contributed back stage at Little Theatre of Norfolk, Little Theatre of Virginia Beach, Generic Theater and Actors Theatre. She served on the boards of Actors Theatre and Generic Theatre. She helps creative teams bring their vision to life.
