Echo Theater Company
Mission
To create space for collaboration and the joyful celebration of community using circus and ensemble theater traditions to empower people of all abilities discover their potential and create fearlessly.
Bottom Line for Portland
Echo's Outreach Program brings free circus and physical theater programs to underserved communities throughout the greater Portland area. Through sharing circus skills such as juggling, stilt-walking, acrobatics, physical theater and trapeze, Echo empowers students of all abilities to take supported risks, build trust and develop essential life skills such as collaboration, consent, and perseverance. These funds enable Echo to offer free programs, financial aid, and access aides while supporting our fabulous teaching artists.
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“Echo Theater has been graciously and faithfully coming to campus and working weekly with some of our most challenged and challenging kids for over five years now—even through the pandemic! I have seen the fun and growth in so many children as they experience movement in such an exciting inspiring new way.”
- Dave Jeffery, MD, Trillium Family Services
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Echo Theater has a 30 year tradition of inclusive and adaptable classes, supporting students of all ages, abilities, backgrounds, and ways of being as they learn new skills in community with diverse peers. With classes and camps on both sides of the river, Echo’s teaching philosophy emphasizes support and inclusion as well as bridging generational, cultural and economic differences while celebrating the collective potential of all.
Incentives
*$25: A gift card from The Fresh Pot.
*$50: An Echo beanie featuring our mascot, the ButtEyes!
*$150 one-hour private class for four (limited to 10): A private circus skill class taught by one of Echo's talented instructors.
*$250: A personalized plaque on one of the permanent theater seats at Echo Theater.
*$500: A private movie party for 100! Return to Echo Theater’s roots as a silent movie house with a private screening of your favorite film... including popcorn!
Echo Theater Company is in the Education category which is sponsored by Bank of America.
They're a medium-sized organization with activities in Multnomah Co.