05/15/2026
Exciting to see ideas move from the page into practice. 🎭
When TheatreDNA partnered with the City of Surprise to develop a business planning study for their arts and entertainment operations, one of our core recommendations centered on scenario-based planning — giving the City the flexibility to think beyond programming a single building and instead build a team capable of generating value across multiple civic priorities.
The City of Surprise is now doing exactly that.
Their newly rebranded Sports, Entertainment and Cultural Division will serve as both the presenting arm for the Vista Center for the Arts and the live-entertainment producing arm for existing city festivals and events — including the Out of the Park Country Fest. This kind of structural thinking unlocks real cost recovery potential and gives the City options to deploy this team in ways that deliver measurable returns on community investment.
This is what we mean when we say business planning should create options, not just org charts. Congratulations to the City of Surprise on this forward-thinking move — we’re proud to have played a role in shaping the framework that got you here.
TheatreDNA
https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/surprise-music-festival-part-of-new-entertainment-division,668175