About
Blue Butterfly
Productions
Blue Butterfly Productions, a nonprofit arts organization founded in June 2015, was set up to boost cultural enrichment in the local community by supporting local artists. It provides a platform to harness and utilize these talents for powerful philanthropic work. The organization consists of several entities, such as Porch Stories, Theatre eXceptional, and 4x6 Fest.
To broaden horizons and challenge misconceptions through the performing arts.
Our Vision
To broaden horizons and challenge misconceptions through the performing arts.
Our Mission
Blue Butterfly Productions strives to foster a sense of inclusivity using the power of the arts to bridge people together and positively impact lives through educational experiences and theatrical performances of the highest quality.
Our Mission
Blue Butterfly Productions is committed to inclusivity and diversity; upholding quality and sustainability; embrace risk taking and offering support; pushing boundaries while modeling dignity, respect and integrity, being provocative and empowering; educating and enlightening; promoting acceptance and accessibility; exercising fiscal responsibility; and aiming for long-term impact.
Our Values
Art is one true global language. It knows no nation, it favors no race, and it acknowledges no class. It speaks to our need to reveal, heal, and transform. It transcends our ordinary lives and lets us imagine what is possible.
- Richard Kamler, Artist
Projects
Theater eXceptional is a theatre company for, about, and including adults with disabilities. Theater eXceptional aims to address and eliminate the misconceptions and social stigmas often placed upon these communities. TheatreX aspires to create innovative theatre and performance art with, for, and about people with disabilities through a full season of theatrical performances and two semesters of theatre education classes open to adults with disabilities.
Society often excludes people with disabilities from playing a visible role in our communities, so TheatreX works to empower artists with disabilities to collaborate and create art that will show off their profound talent and potential. Through this collaboration, we hope to not only enrich the work we produce but also the experience of all who participate.
Porch Stories is a unique experience that takes local actors, musicians, and performers to homes in the Tampa Bay area that have been transformed into performance venues. These artists are warmly welcomed by creative individuals who come together to enjoy performances and social gatherings, with the proceeds going directly to the performers.
In 2015, Brianna Larson, the Artistic Director of Blue Butterfly Productions, reached out to her network of local Bay Area actors to put on a 24-hour play festival. In June of that same year, six freshly written plays premiered in Tampa, FL, which had all been written, produced, and performed within 24 hours. This challenge stirred the interest of many local artists from its debut and has since become an annual event. Along with a variety of other projects, it will continue to foster connections and collaborations with Tampa Bay’s theatre community.
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Our Mission
Blue Butterfly Productions strives to foster a sense of inclusivity using the power of the arts to bridge people together and positively impact lives through educational experiences and theatrical performances of the highest quality.
Our Vision
To broaden horizons and challenge misconceptions through the performing arts.
Our Values
Blue Butterfly Productions is committed to inclusivity and diversity; upholding quality and sustainability; embrace risk taking and offering support; pushing boundaries while modeling dignity, respect and integrity, being provocative and empowering; educating and enlightening; promoting acceptance and accessibility; exercising fiscal responsibility; and aiming for long-term impact.