About
WE ARE
STORYTELLERS
Imagine Theatre is Los Angeles’ Equity Theatre for Young Audiences. We were founded in 2016 – under the name Imagine Project – with the objective of creating a flagship professional theatre for families in the entertainment capital of the world. We want theatre-going to be a part of childhood in Los Angeles, as it is in many metropolitan cities around the world. Our productions are open to the public on weekends and to school groups on weekday mornings.
Our Mission
Imagine Theatre strives to build an empathetic and inclusive society, across cultures, by immersing young people in theatre that celebrates gender equity, diversity, and civic engagement.
Our Vision
The role of live theatre is indispensable to shaping the way our children connect to each other and the rest of society. Through the stories we tell and the communal experience of theater, we imagine a future guided by kind and courageous people who have the motivation and inner resources to make the world a better place.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory and homelands of the Chumash, Tataviam, and the Gabrieleno (Gabrielino, Tongva, and Kizh) people. They traveled here and built their homes here thousands of years ago. Ethnic cleansing has left all but a few thousand of these native peoples. We honor and respect the original inhabitants of this land who preceded the founding of Los Angeles.
Core Values
- We promise to tell relevant stories that spotlight female heroes.
- We promise to champion kids, especially girls, with the courage to find their own voices.
- We promise to create experiences accessible to kids from all economic backgrounds.
- We promise to hire local artists and commit to gender parity on and off the stage.
- We promise to produce plays that are inclusive of stories from LA’s diverse cultural fabric.
- We promise to be the vehicle for social change in a way that only professional theatre can be.
Board of directors
Board Member, Artistic Director, and Co-Founder
Armina LaManna
Armina has been working in the theatre since she was six. She believes that storytellers have a lot of power and thus the responsibility to use it to better the world.
Board Chair & Co-Founder
Alex Zonin
Alex is the Director of Business Development at Envivent and a Professor of Mathematics at Santa Ana College. A true altruist with thousands of hours of volunteer service under his belt, humbly working to make this world a better place one small deed at a time.
Board Member
Tamar Kevonian
Tamar is an entrepreneur and a mother of two. She applies her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and her Master's in Business Administration to change the world and leave it a slightly better place for her daughters.
Board Member
Anne-Marie Osgood
Anne-Marie is a part of the Roman/Osgood Real Estate team at Keller Williams World Media Center. She was a performing artist for thirty years & is passionately committed to exposing kids to theater to better the way they see the world.
Interested in joining our Board of Directors? Visit the Opportunities page for details.
Ambasador
Penny Johnson Jerald
Penny Johnson Jerald is Imagine Theatre’s official Ambassador. She is currently starring as Dr. Claire Finn on HULU’s science fiction comedy-drama series The Orville. Jerald is a graduate of The Juilliard School, and a NAACP Image Award and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated actress. “The only way to make real change in society is to visually see the possibilities. Theater allows for unfiltered intimacy between audience and performers. This intimate setting is the beginning of what can be.” -PJJ
Advisory Board
Karen Malina White
Monica Mitrani
Andrew Barnicle
Tom Buderwitz
Jack Megrabyan
Dr. Mary Mason
Laura Harrison
