BPP Staff

Nick Avdienko - Artistic Director

Ann Tracy - Artistic Associate

Rayen Cayuqueo-Lowry - Office Managerr

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Mission Statement

Beyond the Proscenium Productions' (BPP) mission is to deepen the artistic connection between performer and audience by producing unconventional, disciplined, and highly stylized theatrical work.   Determined to re-define the experience of conventional theatre, BPP will strive for artistic excellence through experimental examinations of non-realistic dramatic structure using elements from dance, drama, movement, and music. 

BPP will adhere to the established stricture of not only staging new works that will challenge and invigorate audiences, but will also give local actors, designers, and playwrights an alternative artistic playground rich in creatively and expression.  

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About BPP

Beyond the Proscenium Productions (BPP) is a non-profit theatre company founded in 1994 by Ann Tracy as a way to challenge and expand the cultural climate of Sacramento. Ann not only had a background in modern dance, art and theatre but had taken a hiatus from the arts world to work in radio as a broadcast journalist and a theatre critic for KXPR and KGNR in Sacramento.

Since 1994 BPP has produced 30 regional premieres, 14 world premieres and many staged readings of new works by U.S. playwrights.

Some of the more notable productions were Angels in America (98-99), Orestes 2.5 (2002), Looking for Richard (2001) and The Al-Hamlet Summit 2006. In 1996, Tracy and BPP took Dancing with Desire to the Edinburgh Fridge Festival and in 2003 BPP participated in a day of worldwide dissent in staging Lysistrata. As a result of Tracy’s leadership and creative energy, BPP has established itself as a theatre company leading the way for innovative and cutting edge works of theatre in Sacramento.

In November of 2005, STE (Sacramento Theatre Experiment), an experimental performance art group founded by Nick Avdienko, was brought on board to assist BPP in their outreach efforts.

In May of 2006, BPP named Nicholas Victor Avdienko as the Artistic Director and Ann Tracy as Artistic Director Emeritus for the company. Rayen Cayuqueo-Lowry joined the team as the Office Consultant.

Over its ten years of existence BPP has been fortunate to receive generous financial support from the California Arts Council, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, The Rumsey Community Fund, The Sacramento Bee, Bank of American, Cure Brest Cancer and numerous private donations from the people living in the Sacramento Community.