Encore Theatre Group is a nonprofit educational theatre company that strives to build community and transform lives through the performing arts. ENCORE, through a range of theatrical learning experiences, cultivates an environment where people grow and thrive, both as individuals and as members of a cooperative community. ENCORE engages in a multi-faceted approach to theatre education. We emphasize not only the traditional elements of acting, singing, dancing, technical theatre, and arts appreciation, but make it our priority to help in the development of respectful, thoughtful, reflective, and aware people who are comfortable reaching out to help others and who see themselves as a positive part of their communities. ENCORE nurtures students in a home-away-from home atmosphere--a place where they are treasured as people. Our goal is to provide a setting where students feel free to be themselves, able to explore the unique creative elements that exist within them, where they feel encouraged, loved, wanted, and special, and where they can make lifelong friends.