Society for the Performing Arts’ mandate is to create opportunities for the discovery, development, and celebration of creative abilities in whatever form they may take. SPA seeks to provide a variety of learning experiences for adults and children and to develop bridges between the performing arts and other interests within the greater Houston community and throughout the state of Texas.

For more than 40 years, SPA has brought world-class performing and visual arts to the Houston community. Last season alone, SPA entertained and educated more than 40,000 students with performances, a visual arts contest, dance classes, workshops and much more. Volunteers help fulfill the goals of the education mission. During the 2008-2009 season, SPA Education Committee Volunteers contributed more than 122 hours of their time to assist with the following activities:
• Theatre District Educators Open House at Region 4 ESC
• H-E-B In the Know! Teacher Workshops
• Arts Talks!
• Student Matinees & Student Series
• IW Marks Dance Master Classes
• 11th Annual Wells Fargo Visual Art Contest
• Family Fun! at the Children’s Museum
• H-E-B Performance Prelude Series
 
Ms. Norah Adams Ms. Lynne Andel
Ms. Marcia Backus Ms. Jackie Bautista
Ms. Marilyn Bautista Mrs. Kipp Baxter
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff and Sandra Beno Ms. Iver Black
Ms. Chree Boydstun Ms. Katheryne Castellanos
Mr. Michael Chmiel Mrs. June Christensen
Ms. Youngmin Chung Ms. Jan Cohen
Ms. Vytara Cross Ms. Kim Du DCharme
Mrs. Ashley Hopfe Edwards Mr. and Mrs. Miguel "Mike' Espinosa
Ms. Mary Sapp Fischer Mrs. Georgia Foulard
Mrs. Holly Frank Ms. Danielle Frankel
Ms. Michelle Galindo Ms. Gloria Garza
Mr. Andrew Gordon Mrs. Shelley J. Gottschalk
Mr. Bill Haase Ms. Harriet Kaplan Howard
Ms. Uche Ilobi Mrs. Marie Jacinto
Mr. Shawn Jackson Mr. Jay H. Jones, II
Ms. Anita Kiperman Ms. Priscilla Larson
Ms. Lissette Lammars Ms. Felicia Lopez
Ms. Melinda Lopez Ms. Kathryn Lott
Ms. Clarice P. Lowe Mrs. Jennifer Machacek
Mrs. Theresa Mallett Ms. Angie Manes
Mr. Jaffar Milledge Ms. Betty Morgan
Ms. Kacey Moore Ms. Pamela Howells Paulk
Ms. Jan Plas Dr. Howard Pollack
Ms. Lisanne L. Rogers Ms. Alaina Schuster
Mrs. Maxine Silberstein Ms. Deborah Stewart
Ms. Ana Scuseria Mr. Mike Sultanik;
Wells Fargo Bank
Mr. James Trenchi Mr. Bobby Tudor
Ms. Kacie Wasserman Mr. Juan Vittone
Ms. Mary WeatheralL Ms. Karen Watassek
Mr. Ray Weathers Ms. Emily Williams
Ms. Elizabeth "Susie" Woodward;
Riviana Foods Inc.		  
 
For more information, call 713-632-8102.