On with the show: Lafayette theater company ups funding goal, keeps community arts alive

WHEN THE TOWN Hall Theatre Company of Lafayette announced its annual fiscal funding goal last August, the amount was $250,000 — nearly two-thirds more than the previous campaign. That sparked some concerns in the community that the popular playhouse was in financial trouble and might shut down.

But that isn’t the case. Rather, now that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, the theater wants to offer artists better pay, hire more staff, produce musicals, fix repairs, and confront the changing economics of running a nonprofit performing arts and education organization.