Cultivating and bolstering our community by providing a premier artistic outlet, to educate and foster the artists of tomorrow through the collaboration and demonstrations of our artists today.
The Alban Arts Center is a small arts organization in the heart of downtown St. Albans, WV. Located within the historic Alban Theater, originally built in 1938 as a movie house, the Alban Arts Center provides a wide array of artistic opportunities for St. Albans and the surrounding community within its intimate 190 seat theater. Primarily focusing on the performing arts, the Alban produces 7 productions every year, in addition to hosting several other theatre companies and touring productions. The Alban, as a small and energetic organization, can segue from large, family oriented casts to intimate and intense dramas in the course of their season. The Alban also plays venue to concerts, movies, comedy shows, magicians, and recital performances throughout the year.
In addition to producing and hosting theatrical productions the Alban Arts Center also houses the Alban Arts Academy, a twice yearly extra-curricular academy that has provided artistic education to the greater-metro area, since 2010. Academy classes include Acting, Improv, Musical Theatre and much more. All classes are taught by local artists, and over 1,000 students from 7 counties have traveled to St. Albans for their arts education needs. Every spring and fall semester the Alban Arts Academy offers 15+ classes and awards scholarships to students that may need them.
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Our dedicated staff work tirelessly to make the Alban Arts Center a place where creativity and community flourish.
Managing Director
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Adam Bryan has been involved in the arts for over 30 years. He graduated from California University of Pennsylvania in 2005 with a BA in Theatre with a primary focus on performance. He has worked for professional theatres such as Tecumseh! and Theatre West Virginia, where he played Dave Morgan in Honey in the Rock and various roles such as Jim Vance and Devil Anse Hatfield in the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s. While at TWV Adam was a performer and road manager for their educational tours as well as a teacher of acting at their professional training academy. Adam has since taught a wide array of theatrical classes covering all aspects of theatre from acting to stage craft and makeup at many different schools and camps including the Alban’s own Alban Arts Academy. in 2009 he moved to St. Albans to take on the role of Director/Manager at the Alban Arts and Conference Center. In addition to his commitment to the arts he also serves the community with his involvement with the Chamber of Commerce, and several other community initiatives and committees. He spends his days trying to find a way to offer artistic experiences to the community and provide artistic opportunities for artists.
Business Manager
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Marlette is an extremely active participant in the community local theatre and artistic groups with experience as a volunteer and in technical positions since moving to WV in 1997. These WV companies include Kanawha Players, Charleston Stage Company, Theatre West Virginia, Academy of Arts at January’s, Limelight Theatre, Appalachian Artist Collective, the Angevin Players and others. As well as being the business manager, she enjoys directing local productions, and teaching aspiring thespians at the Alban Arts Academy. She has been an instructor with the Alban Arts Academy in Classical Acting, Technical Theatre Application, Directing and Adult Acting. Her directorial credits with the Alban are: Rock of Ages, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Bell, On the Worst Day of Christmas, Bell, Book & Candle, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antigone, and Richard III. Her favorite onstage roles include: Vanda Jordan – Venus in Fur with Alban Arts Center; Whitney – A Piece of My Heart with Fragile Works Theatre; Bertha Rochester – Jane Eyre, Helena – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Fool – King Lear, and Sally Bowles – Cabaret, all with Charleston Stage Company. Her affiliations include; President of Alpha Psi Omega WVSU 2002, member of the National Thespian Society, member of the National Rose Society
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