What People Are Saying

We have 8 people from our drama team coming for sure - & several more "maybes."  We're soooo excited that the conference is closer to us this year!  Our group has benefited so much from the past few conferences.  A couple of us attend - take tons of notes, then hold a "workshop" for the entire group back home.  It was really changed our group and given us a new vision!  We're excited for more of us to be able to attend! 

-Chris Poppelreiter Sunrise Community Church Fair Oaks, CA

“I’ve been writing professionally with newspapers and non-profits for more than 20 years, but I never made time to consistently do the creative writing that I’ve wanted to do. Attending my first CITA conference last summer in California (2004) was a great experience. The classes were outstanding, and the people were encouraging. I went away from it promising the Lord to make a serious commitment to my writing for the next 12 months. Three months later, I’ve been able to spend two or three evenings a week on my writing and just completed a first draft of my first full-length play. I’m looking forward to next summer.”

–Michael Leathers

I will always be thankful for CITA and the place it has had in getting us to where we are.  If I had not intersected with CITA, I would not have met Ron Reed and been encouraged to go on this path of solving the lack of scripts/writers out there.

-Bryan Coley, Art Within

When transitioning from professional theatre to my new responsibility as Arts Ministries Director for The Salvation Army Eastern Territory, CITA immediately provided me with a network of experienced people to provide support and advice. These people have now grown to be one of my strongest network of friends as well.  I could not have succeeded so readily without CITA.

-Carol Dilley Jaudes, The Salvation Army

The need for artists to connect with one another has always been important. Couple that with a vision for arts in service to the Kingdom of God and you have the reason for CITA’s existence.

-Debra Freeberg, Calvin College

For years now, CITA has been filling the gap by providing a place for Christian theatre artists from all sorts of ministry fields to come together and network.  Volunteers, professionals, students--there's a place for all of them with CITA which makes it an organization unlike any other out there.

 -Kim Messer, Freelance Consultant & Writer

“I am so thankful for the work of CITA and its ministry to me as a theatre professional. The workshops, lectures and performances of the conferences I've attended since 1994 have made an impact of eternal significance on my life and work. Just knowing that there are so many other believers out there with the same desire to use their Godgiven gifts and talents to build the kingdom and bless others is inspiring and encouraging. I look forward to this upcoming conference, confident that I will leave stirred-up, renewed, and ready to take more ground for His glory!”

–Dar Draper, founder of BEE Creative and Company