Ford Theatre Foundation
Since its founding in 1994 by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Ford Theatre Foundation, an independent not-for-profit organization, has been dedicated to supporting the performing arts and education activities that are presented by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.
In addition to raising funds for the Ford's performing arts and education programs, one of the Foundation's most important functions is to present a growing number of innovative performing arts programs at the Ford, programs designed to address the specialized needs of local audiences.
The Foundation currently presents three annual series at the Ford: the BIG!WORLD!FUN! family series, the Vintage Evenings at the Ford, and The [Inside] Peformances.These series offer outstanding groups in a format designed to introduce new audiences to the performing arts.
BIG!WORLD!FUN!
One of the most popular series at the Ford Amphitheatre, Big!World!Fun! is the Ford Theatre Foundation's outstanding series of music, dance and theatre performances for Los Angeles County children and their families. Big!World!Fun! is presented on Saturday mornings throughout the summer and features performers representing the diverse cultural landscape of Southern California.
Big!World!Fun! is presented on summer weekends so that children and their parents can attend together. Big!World!Fun! is built on a programming strategy that brings the best dancers, musicians, actors, and storytellers from throughout the region to entertain Los Angeles families at the Ford. These exciting programs are free for children, and tickets are only $5.00 for the adults who accompany them.
Major support for the Big!World!Fun! series is provided by Macys and the Nissan Foundation.
Vintage Evenings at the Ford
Each year, the Ford Theatre Foundation presents a series of concerts featuring some of the world's finest chamber music ensembles. These evening concerts continue an illustrious tradition of chamber music at the Ford, most notably violinist Jascha Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky playing with their distinguished colleagues in the 1960s. Talented performers from around the world generate an enthusiastic and appreciative response from Ford audiences each summer. The series enjoys major support from The Colburn Foundation, the Edmund D. Edelman Foundation for Music and the Performing Arts and Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky.
The [Inside] Performances
The Ford continues its commitment to nurturing Latino theater in Los Angeles and expands it’s outreach to the Asian American community with its Ford Playreading Series. The readings take place every Saturday at 1:00 p.m. during the months of June through August in the [Inside] the Ford Theatre, an 87 seat theatre located in the John Anson Ford Theatre complex.
To be considered for the Ford playreading series in 2006, please see the guidelines and form below.
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