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Article: A desert romance. (merger talks between Arizona Theatre Co and Childsplay)
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- American Theatre
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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A pair of Arizona companies investigate creative ways to join forces
Here are two theatre companies that don't need each other - but maybe in the long run they do. Here are two theatre companies that attempt to reach different audiences - but maybe it's really the same audience. These are some of the "maybes" being investigated by the 31-year-old Arizona Theatre Company, which performs in Tucson and Phoenix, and its Tempe-based neighbor Childsplay, a theatre for young audiences that is 10 years ATC's junior.
The attempt by these two theatres to join forces began several years ago when their respective leaders began toying with the idea of a merger. That did ...