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Transcendence Theatre Company is a professional regional theatre company founded in 2008 in Sonoma County, California. The company produces Broadway concerts and musicals.^[1][2]

Transcendence Theatre Company (TTC) was established in 2008 as a 501c3 non-profit performing arts organization.

On February 20th, 2010, TTC held a benefit performance at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles to formally announce "Project Knowledge," a research tour across the United States.^[3][4]

In 2011 TTC produced Broadway Under the Stars, a benefit concert for the Valley of the Moon Natural History Association, a 501c3 non-profit organization which takes care of Jack London, Annadel and Sugarloaf Ridge State Parks.^[6] 14 Performers donated their time to sing songs in the benefit.^[5]

In 2012 TTC produced its first full season of concerts in Jack London State Historic Park.^[7] A portion of the proceeds from each concert was donated to the Valley of the Moon Natural History Association.^[7] The season included four separate themed concerts with a total of 14 nights of performances, as well as a Broadway kids camp for kids ages 8-18.^[7]

In 2014 TTC's season theme was Paint the Universe.^[9][10] The company partnered with Benziger Family Winery^[9] to develop their own wine blend named Paint the Universe,^[9] partnered with singer/songwriter Carrie Manolakos on an "original season song" that was written by Carrie Manolakos with Andrew Allen and Robin Ghosh, called Paint the Universe,^[9][10] and partnered with artist Lindsay Manolakos on an original painting.^[9]

In the first two seasons, Transcendence gave over $72,000 to Jack London State Historic Park to help prevent the park from being closed. A portion of every ticket sale goes to the park.^{[citation needed]} As of the summer of 2017 Transcendence had given over $350,000 to Jack London State Park.^[11] As of January, 2020, Transcendence had given over $515,000 to Jack London State Park.^[12]

In February 2021 TTC Director of Education and Community Engagement Nikko Kimzin publicly announced that he had resigned, stating his reasons as “…the Transcendence Executive Team’s ongoing suppression of equity, diversity, and inclusion practices and inaction toward becoming an equitable theater” and for their creation of “a hostile work environment where I could no longer be successful in serving all of our diverse communities.”^{[13][14][15][16]} The organization received further coverage of their efforts to address the situation.^[17][18][19]

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