The Academy Mission is to be recognized as a center for the performing arts in Northwest Pennsylvania and an integral part of the regional arts community. To perform in a fully functioning, comfortable, historically faithful facility, and to develop artistic appreciation and serve the cultural, social and educational needs of an expanding audience.

 

The purpose of which the Academy Theatre Foundation is formed shall be educational and charitable in nature and shall be to promote the art of theatre and to advance the culture of the region in the field of theatrical arts; to present the opportunity to the community for the training and development of individuals in all phases of theatrical production; to produce plays having literary and artistic value and to produce performances of worthy new plays for the promotion of the arts.