Hello Palms Theatre Friends and Family,
It is with our deepest and most sincere regrets that we must announce the closure of The Palms Theatre, effective immediately.
We have an enormous amount of gratitude for those who have supported The Palms over the years; our dedicated team gave it everything they had (financially, physically, and mentally) to try and make the theatre a success. As we've seen time and again both locally and nationally, it's become increasingly difficult for arts organizations to remain relevant in today's digital world. We gave it our very best, unfortunately the economic realities and enormous overhead required to maintain an operation of this magnitude proved to be more than the market could bear.
We exhausted every available option as we sought potential solutions to keep The Palms alive. Our hope was to make it through the summer and build momentum as we head into our 15th Season; to that end, we depleted all of our resources and acquired a substantial amount of debt to survive the difficult summer, which we simply are unable to repay. Regretfully, this leaves us in a position where we are financially unable to make a full or partial refund on advance orders; however, we are humbled and privileged to announce that another prominent Valley Arts Organization has offered to step up and honor outstanding tickets that were purchased for the upcoming 2015/16 Season (details coming soon).
We are saddened that we've come to the end of our journey, and we are grateful to everyone who believed in The Palms Theatre and contributed to its survival over the years: to The Palms Theatre team who always gave 110%, to The City of Mesa and surrounding communities, and to the core audience who was willing to support the theatre through thick and thin. We hope that you will continue to frequent theatre, dance, music, galleries, and museums; and that you will always fight to keep the arts alive.
With deepest gratitude and sincerest regrets,
The Palms Theatre Team
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