Author: EvaCrawford

2010 - $415,000 -  In 2010, Greenway Arts Alliance revamped its Arts Education program and renamed it Greenway Institute for the Arts. Lions became journalists when Eye of the Lion, Fairfax High’s student news show, was produced and broadcast on campus. $165,000 went to the after-school and in-school...

2009 - $424,568 -  You know how every year, you read about the awesome after-school drama and film classes, and the cool in-school classes like film and Shakespeare?  This year, $174,568 funded those again, but Greenway also tried something new. The Arts Education program added dance and...

2008 - $512,273.94 -  Wow. That’s a big number. With only ten years under its belt, Greenway Arts Alliance has done a pretty great job so far, wouldn’t you say? In 2008, Good Bobby, a world premiere play about Bobby F. Kennedy by Brian Lee Franklin, opened at...

2007 - $303,842 -  Congratulations, Darin Dahms! Dahms directed Greenway Court Theatre’s production of Butterflies of Uganda: Memories of a Child Soldier, and received an NAACP award, Best Director, for his work. The play was lauded for its treatment of the emotional subject matter. After that strong start...

2006 - $230,456 -  Welcome to 2006! This year, Greenway continued their dedication to the dramatic arts. Do you remember Permanent Collection, the play detailed in the post about 2005? Wow, you have a great memory! Well, one year later, Greenway Court Theatre’s production of the show became...

2005 - $199,398.00 -       2005 was a big year for drama.  Greenway Court Theatre had a huge hit. They co-produced Tom Gibbon’s Permanent Collection with Robey Theatre Company. It was a critical and audience favorite, with Variety Magazine's review quoted as saying, “Based on the...

2004 - $184,098 -       In 2004, Student-produced Public Service Announcements (PSAs), were created by Greenway’s in-school film program, Voices Unheard. The PSAs were handpicked for national broadcast. In addition, the Melrose Trading Post started getting more recognition in the media. The flea market was featured...