Independent Musical Productions

In 1993, a group of very talented professional theatre people formed a company in order to stage a production that co-founder Vivienne Atkins had long dreamed of bringing to the Huntsville stage. After viewing a riveting performance of Sweeney Todd at a cast party in 1985, Vivienne was motivated to pool the talent and creativity of Huntsville's finest actors and technical artists for the project. The curtain went up, and Independent Musical Productions was born with its premiere production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. There was a company, a fine production, and the potential for a great future.

IMPHuntsville provides high-quality theatre to the North Alabama area by putting world-class work on stage, but we're so much more than that: We share a partnership with the Performing Arts Magnet Program at Lee High School and the Academy for Academics and Arts, and we have an educational outreach program with the New Hope, Alabama, school system in partnership with The Care Center. We offer workshops during the season and partner with various arts, civic, and charitable organizations in program support and cooperative projects.

We're a community of artists, administrators, educators, and business and civic leaders devoted to theatre, arts, and arts education. We've won awards for our work and our advocacy. We are supported by the Alabama Council on the Arts and the City of Huntsville Arts and Cultural Grants as well as individual and business sponsorships. IMPHuntsville's status as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization means that your donations are 100% tax-deductible, and donations are always welcome! Producing large-scale musicals is an expensive operation!

We look forward to seeing YOU — at auditions, in the scene shop, in the costume shop, in our educational programs, or sitting in the audience.

Vivienne Atkins, Artistic Director
Vivienne Atkins is the Artistic Director and Founder of IMPHuntsville. She retired as the Coordinator of the Creative and Performing Arts Magnet Program at Lee High School. She was instrumental in founding the Huntsville City Schools Arts magnet Programs, as well. At Lee she taught Theater Performance, Technical Theater, Vocal performance, Choral Music, and ran the state-of-the-art theaters. Her honors include the prestigious Virginia Hamill Simms Award for Artistic Excellent, the Women’s Economic Development Council Award for Artistic Contribution, the Oakwood University Award for community Arts Leadership, and the Outstanding Arts Administrator Award from the Huntsville Youth Orchestra. She has won numerous accolades for her directorial abilities.

Peter-John Sligting, Co-Artistic Director
Peter-John, IMPHuntsville’s Co-Artistic Director is no stranger to Huntsville theatre, having performed, directed, produced and even written for almost all of Huntsville's community theatre companies. IMPHuntsville is his theater home. By day PJ is an IT Operations manager for an international Software Company in town. His scripts have been performed at various theatres throughout the country, and he has won several awards for his outstanding script writing.

Newt Johnson, Music Director
Newt Johnson holds a degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in Jazz Piano Performance with secondary studies in classical piano, bass, and voice. Newt is a professional musician in several local bands and spent a year as a touring member of the Skip Heller Trio, and appears on many recordings with various artists. Newt co-founded a modern jazz project and acts as music director for local theatre groups. He is the Music Director for IMPHuntsville , as well as resident accompanist for the Music Department at Calhoun Community College.

Independent Musical Productions, Inc.
P.O. Box 12838
Huntsville, AL 35815
(256) 415-SHOW
(256-415-7469)

Rehearsal studio located at:
520 Green Cove Road SE
Huntsville, AL 35803

Independent Musical Productions, Inc. was formed for the purpose of producing top quality musical theatre inthe Tennessee Valley area and to promote musical theatre arts in the active life of the community and the area.