About Us
Mission Statement
ENCORE is a non-profit educational theatre company that seeks to build community and transform lives by providing high quality, intensive musical and theatre training, as well as performances in the South Bay and Los Angeles Harbor areas. We recognize that our performers are more than the next big stars; they are the teachers, doctors, community leaders, entrepreneurs, police officers, and parents of today and tomorrow. It is our goal to ensure they carry into the world the openness, self-confidence, supportive attitudes and team mindset that they learn with us. Putting on great quality theatrical performances is but one happy by-product of our core effort and a natural outgrowth of the respect our performers have for themselves, their mentors and peers, as well as for the art of theatre. 
History of ENCORE
For years, Summer Dey Cacciagioni had dreamed of one day opening her own theatre company, having been inspired by her childhood director, Mr. Alex H. Urban who passed away in 2007. That year, Summer and her husband, Marcelo opened the doors of ENCORE for the first time and a wonderful whirlwind was started. Since then, we have had more than 3000 performers come through our programs and have provided thousands of school children the opportunity to experience live theatre for the first time through our charity outreach performances. We have expanded to include Shakespeare productions, One Act Plays, Dance Intensives, and Summer Camps. We have hosted Fundraiser Galas, Spaghetti Dinners, Golf Tournaments, and Casino Nights, all the while building a community of families whose bonds will last far beyond their time at ENCORE. The Centerpiece of our company is Leadership. Every performer is encouraged and mentored to be the best leader he or she can be, and our Student Leadership Program provides training to a select group of students each year, giving them the opportunity, through one-on-one mentorship with our Creative Team to learn skills that will provide many with their first employment, and also the opportunity to apply to receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award. 2015 was a banner year as we built and moved into our very own studios, combining all of our office, rehearsal, storage and set building venues under one roof. In addition, Tracy Schiller took over as Executive Director, freeing Summer to spend more time on the creative side as Artistic Director. Together Summer and Tracy, along with their dedicated staff, look forward to the next decade of training performers of all ages to become the leaders of tomorrow. |
Company Highlights ENCORE Main Stage Productions: Annie Beauty and The Beast Grease Guys & Dolls Hairspray How to Eat Like A Child Hunchback of Notre Dame Into The Woods Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Les Misérables Mary Poppins Music Man Oliver! Peter Pan Quilters Shrek The Musical Seussical the Musical The Drowsy Chaperone The Little Mermaid Wizard of Oz You're A Good Man Charlie Brown Other Productions: A Midsummer Night's Dream Evening of Student One-Acts Much Ado About Nothing Romeo and Juliet Safety Kids Taming of the Shrew Summer Camp Productions: Aladdin Jr. Alice In Wonderland Jr. Annie Jr. 101 Dalmatians Kids Guys & Dolls Jr. Hairspray Jr. Honk Jr. Lion King Jr. Little Mermaid Jr. Peter Pan Jr. Schoolhouse Rock Jr. Willy Wonka Jr. |
ENCORE is a non-profit corporation under IRS 501(c)3 dedicated to education in the performing arts.