Broadway Rose Theatre history

In 1993, the company produced Oklahoma! with no funds—putting the entire payroll on Dan's personal credit card.

In 1994, the company received a $4,000 grant from the Metropolitan Arts Commission.

In 1995, The Collins Foundation provided the company a $5,000 grant, allowing Sharon Maroney to become the company's first paid employee.

Also in 1997, Shoshana Bean, who would later become famous for portraying Elphaba on Broadway in the musical Wicked, starred in the Broadway Rose production of Bye Bye Birdie.

The company's offices moved from Dan and Sharon's home to a Platt Electric Supply branch office in 1999.

Overall attendance increased 33 percent from 2000, and the company presented its first holiday show at Tualatin High School.

In 2001, The Meyer Memorial Trust awarded Broadway Rose a $90,000 three-year grant, allowing the company to hire Alan Anderson as the marketing director.

In 2005, The National Alliance for Musical Theatre gave Broadway Rose $3,000 to support a developmental production of The Ghosts of Celilo.

In 2006, Broadway Rose approached the Tigard/Tualatin School District with plans to renovate an abandoned building on the C.F. Tigard Elementary School campus and turn it into a theater, and the school board approved.

Fundraising for the renovations began in 2007 and the company signed a twenty-year lease with the Tigard-Tualatin School District.

In December 2008, the new theater and administrative building, designed by Soderstrom Architects and built by Robert Gray Partners, was completed and aptly named The New Stage.

Broadway Rose also was selected as the 2009 "Business of the Year" by the Tigard Chamber of Commerce.

In 2012, Broadway Rose received their second NEA grant to produce The Drowsy Chaperone.

During the 2015 season, the company produced a nearly sold-out six-week run of Grease that broke New Stage ticket sales records.

2016 marked the company's 25th Anniversary Season, and their spring production of Church Basement Ladies sold out 25 of its 26 performances.

In 2019, the company officially launched a 3 million-dollar capital campaign to expand their New Stage facility, adding a new studio space, costume shop, larger scenic shop, and additional administrative offices.