# Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-11-08. - **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/plaza-cinema-media-arts-center - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/plaza-cinema-media-arts-center.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/plaza-cinema-media-arts-center/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://plazamac.org - **Slug:** plaza-cinema-media-arts-center - **Categories:** media-entertainment ## Overview - **Tagline:** The Plaza Cinema & Media Arts Center is a nonprofit, community-supported art house cinema and media arts center in Patchogue, New York. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Description:** The Plaza presents mainstream, independent, and foreign films, live-captured operas and plays, film series, festivals, guest speakers, live performances, and media arts education. It also offers event rentals and supports its programming through admissions, tuition, donations, grants, sponsorships, and community contributions. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 ## Identity - **Mission:** To celebrate the power and magic of film as an art form and as a medium for multicultural exchange and social responsibility by screening quality mainstream, independent, and foreign films; presenting live-captured operas and plays, series, festivals, and guest speakers; offering field trips, classes, and workshops in filmmaking and animation; and contributing to the economic and cultural development of the community. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Founders & leadership:** Board of Trustees: James McPeak, President; Dr. Joseph Graskemper, Vice President & Treasurer; Isabella Rossellini, Honorary Trustee. Advisory Board: Tracy Todd Hunter, Martha Maffei, Jennifer Cotter, Isabel Sepúlveda-de Scanlon, and Regina Casale. Kelly-Ann Bohn is Director of Operations. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Website:** https://plazamac.org Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Voice & tone:** Community-oriented, mission-driven, cultural, educational, and arts-focused. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Founded:** 2010 Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Headquarters:** 20 Terry Street, Patchogue, NY 11772, United States Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Parent ownership:** Independent not-for-profit, 501(c)(3), community-supported organization with no shareholders. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 ## Offerings - **Problem solved:** Provides community access to art house cinema, independent and foreign films, multicultural film programming, media arts education, and cultural events outside the commercial multiplex model. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Core capabilities:** - Art house cinema screenings - Independent, foreign, and mainstream film programming - Live-captured opera and theater screenings - Film series and festivals - Guest speaker events and live performances - Filmmaking and animation classes and workshops - Educational field trips - Event rentals Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Products / SKUs:** - Film screenings - Film series and festivals - Live performances and cultural events - Filmmaking and animation classes and workshops - Educational field trips - Event and venue rentals Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Film, cinema, media arts, cultural programming, and arts education. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer base:** Community members, film audiences, students, educators, cultural organizations, and event organizers. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Ideal customer profile:** People and organizations in the South Shore Long Island community seeking independent and cultural film programming, media arts education, or event space. Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Use cases:** - Attending mainstream, independent, foreign, or live-captured film and theater screenings - Participating in film series, festivals, guest speaker events, or live performances - Taking filmmaking or animation classes and workshops - Joining educational field trips - Renting the venue for events - Supporting community-based cultural and educational programming through donations or sponsorships Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 - **Customer outcomes:** - Access to diverse, quality cinema and live-captured cultural performances - Opportunities for multicultural exchange and social responsibility through film - Film and animation education for students and community members - Contribution to local economic and cultural development - A venue for community events and programming Source: Brand's website (https://plazamac.org) · 2026-11-08 Page last updated 2026-11-08. ## Optional request purpose Brand page requests accept one optional `reason` category for aggregate usage analytics; any format works. 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