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All of  the companies listed below have websites containing complete information regarding seasons, current shows, and other programs and services. To access the website of a company, simply click on the company name.

Regional Theatres
Actors Theatre of Louisville/ Louisville, KY

Up close and intimate theatrical experiences is a popular trademark of Actors Theatre. Its home includes the Pamela Brown Auditorium, a 637-seat thrust arena named in memory of the actress and adventuress; the 159-seat Victor Jory Theatre, a modified three-quarter thrust named for the late veteran character actor; and the Bingham Theatre, named in recognition of the Louisville family's longtime support of the arts, with 318 seats in an arena setting.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival/ Montgomery, AL
Live theatre represents the most immediate and vital form of a remarkable human invention-the story. When we are stirred to joy or sorrow, laughter or tears, exhilaration or despair, we are able to better understand ourselves and be awakened to the wonder of human life. Good theatre gives us a release from daily routine and toil. The emotions that we experience watching a play can help us reevaluate and reaffirm the value of our own lives. The power and importance of theatre lies in the ability of these stories to affect us and to touch us deeply. Classical theatre is devoted to telling the greatest stories of humankind, with Shakespeare as the most profound and enduring storyteller of all time. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is dedicated to artistic excellence in the production and performance of the classics and the best of contemporary plays. ASF is committed to the challenge of repertory theatre created by a diverse ensemble of resident artists, and to the creation and production of new Southern plays that reach and touch all the people in this region. ASF aspires to be a major contributor and leader to the national theatre community and is committed to diversity in programming, staffing, and audiences. Fundamentally important to the mission of ASF are the Masters of Fine Arts programs that develop new theatre professionals. As the State Theatre of Alabama, the Festival serves as a major educational resource and lifelong learning center for the Southeast's citizens, from school children through adults, with publications, SchoolFest, and other educational programs. These efforts develop our capacity for language, thought, and imagination-vital skills for all areas of our lives.
Alley Theatre/ Houston, TX

Inside the Alley Theatre are two separate theaters – the 824-seat Large Stage and the Neuhaus Stage, with up to 310 seats. The chief aims of the Alley, under the direction of Artistic Director Gregory Boyd and Managing Director Paul Tetreault, are: to present a wide range of plays, embracing classic, new and neglected plays to produce these plays to the highest standards, and to serve the widest audience The Alley offers all kinds of other events and services: children's performances, special Monday night events featuring contemporary authors, special holiday performances, backstage tours, theatre classes for young people, and pre-show talks and post-show discussions where audiences can interact with the artists.

Alliance Theatre Company/ Atlanta, GA

The Alliance Theatre Company, the largest regional theatre in the Southeast, is a leader in producing exciting and diverse works for the stage. Now in its fourth decade, the Alliance has achieved critical and commercial recognition as one of the country's leading theatres, playing to more than 320,000 patrons each season. The theatre is led by Artistic Director Susan V. Booth and Managing Director Tom Pechar.

As a resident of the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, the Alliance Theatre Company offers 11 productions annually, with performances in the 800-seat Alliance Stage and the 200-seat Hertz Stage and Theatre for Young Audiences offerings in the 14th Street Playhouse. The Alliance Theatre is singular in its concurrent commitment to fully-produced programming designed for both adult and young audiences, producing an annual season of six plays on the Alliance Stage, three plays on the Hertz Stage, two Theatre for Young Audiences productions and a school touring production. The Alliance's education and outreach programs include audience enrichment activities, an acting program for youth and adults, strong relationships with area schools, and an ongoing teacher training institute.

The theatre is located in the heart of Atlanta's Midtown at the Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, 30309, at the corner of 15th and Peachtree Streets. For general information call 404-733-4650.

American Conservatory Theater/ San Francisco, CA

American Conservatory Theater nurtures the art of live theater through dynamic productions, intensive actor training in its conservatory, and an ongoing dialogue with its community. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Carey Perloff and Managing Director Heather Kitchen, A.C.T. embraces its responsibility to conserve, renew, and reinvent its relationship to the rich theatrical traditions and literatures that are our collective legacy, while exploring new artistic forms and new communities. A commitment to the highest standards informs every aspect of A.C.T.'s creative work.

American Repertory Theatre/ Cambridge, MA

The American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) occupies a unique place in the American theatre. It is the only not-for-profit theatre in the country that maintains a resident acting company and a training conservatory, and that operates in association with a major university. Over its twenty-two year history the A.R.T. has welcomed American and international theatre artists who have enriched the theatrical life of the whole nation. The theatre has garnered many of the nation's most distinguished awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award, and a Jujamcyn Award. Since 1980 the A.R.T. has performed in eighty-one cities in twenty-two states around the country, and worldwide in twenty-one cities in sixteen countries on four continents. It has presented one hundred and sixty productions, over half of which were premieres of new plays, translations, and adaptations.

The A.R.T. was founded in 1980 by Robert Brustein and Robert J. Orchard, and has been resident for twenty-two years at Harvard University's Loeb Drama Center. In August 2002 Robert Woodruff became the A.R.T.'s Artistic Director, the second in the theatre's history. Mr. Orchard assumed the new role of Executive Director, and Gideon Lester that of Associate Artistic Director. Mr. Brustein remains with the A.R.T. as Founding Director and Creative Consultant.

Arena Stage/ Washington D.C.

The core purpose of Arena Stage
is to produce huge plays of all that is passionate, exuberant, deep and dangerous in the American spirit. Arena has broad shoulders and a capacity to produce anything from vast epics to charged dramas to robust musicals. Our focus is on theater of the Americas; we produce American classics, premieres of new plays and contemporary stories.

Arizona Theatre Company/ Tuscon & Phoenix, AZ

Center Theatre Group/ Los Angeles, CA
Founded in 1967, Center Theatre Group (CTG), under the leadership of Gordon Davidson, is one of the nation's leading theatre companies, producing award-winning theatre year-round in both the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center, the Performing Arts Center in downtown Los Angeles. The Taper and Ahmanson have a combined subscription audience of over 70,000, with a total attendance expected to exceed 750,000 people each season.
Cincinnati Playhouse/ Cincinnati, OH

The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is a professional regional theatre committed to producing and presenting for diverse audiences the broadest range of theatre in an inviting theatrical environment. Our mission is accomplished through works of the highest caliber produced on stage in a fiscally responsible manner, and through stimulating educational and outreach programs.

Cleveland Play House/ Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Play House is America's first permanently established professional theatre company. We are an artist-inspired theatre that serves our community by bringing to life stories that are entertaining, relevant and thought-provoking; whose core company is comprised of many of the nation's most accomplished theatrical professionals.
The Cleveland Play House...
-Produces a wide-ranging repertoire that has particular relevance to this community.
-Develops important new work for the American Theatre.
-Celebrates the creative impulse of the artist.
-Delivers educational programs for all age groups.
-Provides comprehensive facilities to other community arts organizations.
Denver Center Theatre Company/ Denver, CO
See the full description on the "CTG Organizations" page.
Goodman Theatre/ Chicago

The Goodman Artistic Collective is a vibrant and diverse group of this country's most exciting directors, actors and writers. Artists with a national reputation, who make Chicago their home. Artists whose extraordinary work on the Goodman stage holds up a mirror to our hearts, our city, and our world.

Guthrie Theater/ Minneapolis, MN

The Guthrie Theater serves as a vital artistic resource for the people of Minnesota and the region. Its primary task is to celebrate, through theatrical performances, the common humanity binding us all together. The Theater is devoted to the traditional classical repertoire that has sustained us since our foundation and to the exploration of new works from diverse cultures and traditions. The Guthrie aspires to the highest levels of artistic achievement and to reaching the widest possible audience with our work. The Guthrie Theater sees itself as a leader in American Theater with both a national and international reputation.

Hartford Stage/ Hartford, CT

Founded in 1963, Hartford Stage is nationally and internationally known for challenging and entertaining its audiences with the best of world drama, ranging from the classics to provocative new works.

With one of the largest stages in the American regional theatre, housed in a 489 seat theatre designed by architect Robert Venturi, Hartford Stage enjoys the rare ability to present large-scale productions in an intimate setting. This has led to the development of a distinctive house style, and a sophisticated and discriminating audience.

Huntington Theatre Company; Boston, MA

The Huntington Theatre Company, in residence at Boston University and now in its 23rd season as Boston's leading professional theatre, is experiencing a period of robust artistic and institutional growth under the leadership of Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director Nicholas Martin and Managing Director Michael Maso. While maintaining its home base at the 890-seat Boston University Theatre, the Huntington expands its operations this Fall to include the new Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, housing the 360-seat Virginia Wimberly Theatre and the 200-seat Nancy and Edward Roberts Studio Theatre. For the 2004-2005 Season the Huntington will offer a seven-play subscription season and a number of special theatrical events for an expected annual audience of more than 200,000, including 17,000 subscribers.


The Huntington has received three Tony Award nominations for productions transferred to Broadway and six Elliot Norton Awards for Outstanding Production. With this season's production of Gem of the Ocean, seven major works by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson have now had productions on our stage prior to their New York premieres. In 2003, the Huntington production of Frank McGuiness' Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, directed by Nicholas Martin, completed a New York run at Lincoln Center Theater where it received two Lucille Lortel Awards and a total of six nominations. In 2001, our production of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, also directed by Nicholas Martin, enjoyed an acclaimed Broadway run and garnered a Tony nomination for Kate Burton in the title role. The Huntington has also reinvigorated classics by Shakespeare, Molèire, Chekhov, Turgenev, Shaw, O'Neill, Hellman, Miller, Williams, Baldwin, and Hansberry; as well as musicals by Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, and Stephen Sondheim.

The Huntington has produced nearly 50 New England, American, or world premieres, including most recently, the world premiere of The Blue Demon, written and directed by Darko Tresnjak, featuring music by Michael Friedman, and the musical Marty, by the creative team of Rupert Holmes (book), Charles Strouse (music), and Lee Adams (lyrics). Other premieres include works by Tom Stoppard, Brian Friel, Jon Robin Baitz, Christopher Durang, Donald Margulies, Richard Nelson, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Horton Foote. The Altman Fund for Artistic Diversity, founded in honor of former Producing Director Peter Altman, provides support for productions of plays written by and about people of color.

The Huntington's expanded efforts to develop new plays for the American theatre include the Breaking Ground Festival of new play readings and the Stanford Calderwood Fund for New American Plays, which allows the Huntington to commission new works from emerging and established writers. The two new theatres in the Calderwood Pavilion will serve as the home for the Huntington's new play development, beginning with the world premiere of Sonia Flew, by Calderwood Fellow Melinda Lopez.

The Huntington provides professional training and experience to students in the Boston University School of Theatre Arts. In addition, over the past two decades, the Huntington's nationally recognized education programs have served more than 200,000 middle school and high school students, and our community outreach programs bring theatre each year to the Deaf and blind communities, the elderly, and other underserved populations in the Greater Boston area.

Kennedy Center/ Washington D.C.

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts continues its efforts to fulfill his vision by producing and presenting an unmatched variety of theater and musicals, dance and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular and folk music, and multi-media performances for all ages. Each day the institution that bears his name brings his dream to fruition, touching the lives of millions of Americans through thousands of performances by the greatest performers from across America and around the world, nurturing new works and young artists, serving the nation as a leader in arts education and creating broadcasts, tours, and education and outreach programs.

La Jolla Playhouse/ La Jolla, CA

Under the inspired Artistic Direction of two-time Tony® Award-winner Des McAnuff, the La Jolla Playhouse has earned its place in the international theatre. The Playhouse’s brilliant and innovative productions of classics and new plays and musicals, including 23 world premieres, 24 West Coast premieres and four American premieres, have merited over 300 major honors including the 1993 Tony® Award as America’s Outstanding Regional Theatre.
From Broadway to Moscow, a long list of the Playhouse’s productions have gone on to stages around the world. These include Roger Miller and William Hauptman’s Big River, The Who’s Tommy, Lee Blesing’s A Walk in the Woods, Matthew Broderick in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Tony Kushner’s Slavs!, Lifegame, Lisa Kron’s 2.5 Minute Ride, Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters, Randy Newman’s Faust, the West Coast premiere of Rent, the American premiere of Jane Eyre and the world premiere Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Long Wharf Theatre/ New Haven, CT

Long Wharf Theatre was the creation of Jon Jory and Harlan Kleiman, two Yale alumni who shared the dream of starting a resident professional theatre company in New Haven. Assisted by an avid group of community leaders and patrons of the arts, they made that dream a reality in 1965 when Arthur Miller’s The Crucible opened for a two-week engagement.
Named for the Long Wharf port along New Haven Harbor, the theatre was built in a vacant warehouse space in a busy food terminal, with its Mainstage originally stocked with seats borrowed from a retired movie house. The first year’s budget was $294,000, and the theatre played to more than 30,000 patrons.

Now in its 37th season, Long Wharf is an organization of international renown with a $6.5 million budget and an annual audience exceeding 100,000.

Magic Theatre/ San Francisco, CA

Equity regional theatre in San Francisco.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater/ Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee Repertory Theater currently offers 16 productions each season, six in the Quadracci Powerhouse, four in the Stiemke, four or five in the Stackner Cabaret, and our annual revival of A CHRISTMAS CAROL in the 1,400 seat Pabst Theater. The Rep remains committed to producing new works for the stage. A relationship between the Rep and playwright Steven Dietz has produced two world premieres written with the Rep's acting company in mind. FORCE OF NATURE premiered at the Rep in 1999, PARAGON SPRINGS premiered in April of 2000. In the fall of 2000, the Rep premiered WORK SONG, a widely successful and highly technical play about Frank Lloyd Wright by Eric Simonson and Jeffrey Hatcher. Eric Simonson returned in 2002 to direct the World Premiere of MOBY DICK in the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater.
The Rep also has a history of international collaboration with Japanese and Russian theater companies. Rep productions toured Japan in 1981, 1983, 1995, and 1998, and Russia in 1992. In 1999, the Rep hired guest artists from Italy to mount Carlo Goldoni's SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS in authentic commedia dell'arte style.
Currently, the Rep supports a Resident Acting Company of 12 members whose work in large and small roles helps assure strong productions on our stages. The Rep is also home to one of the oldest internship programs in regional theater. Each season the Rep welcomes around 15 acting, directing, and literary interns who join the company full time in order to gain valuable experience in professional theater.

Missouri Repertory Theatre/ Kansas City, MO

The Rep is the premier fully professional resident theater company of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Founded in 1964, The Rep is a not-for-profit corporation producing six mainstage plays each season - employing more than 250 professional artists, technicians and administrators.

With as many as 190 main stage performances, the Rep serves as many as 100,000 patrons annually.

Missouri Repertory Theatre is a constituent of the League of Resident Theatres, the Theatre Communications Group, and operates under an agreement with Actor's Equity Association and the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

Old Globe Theatre/ San Diego, CA
The Globe Theatres is a non-profit regional theatre company located in San Diego's beautiful Balboa Park. The Globe Theatres comprise the Old Globe Theatre, Cassius Carter Centre Stage, and the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, - a destination for over 250,000 visitors each year. Producing 14 shows a year, the Globe is one of the largest producing theatres in the nation. World renowned for its productions, the Globe houses artists that build our costumes, sets, even wigs for each show.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival/ Ashland, OR

The mission of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is to create fresh and bold interpretations of classic and contemporary plays in repertory, shaped by the diversity of our American culture, using Shakespeare as our standard and inspiration.

PCPA Theatrefest/ Solvang, CA

The 700 seat, outdoor, Solvang Festival Theatre operates primarily from June through October providing a space for PCPA Theaterfest productions. The facility is maintianed by Solvang Theaterfest thanks to an energetic board of directors, active patron program, volunteers, and a supportative community.
Since 1974, summer productions in the outdoor theatre have entertained tens upon thousands of theatergoers who in large part travel to Solvang from all parts of California and the western United States expressley to experience live theatre. The relationship between Solvang Theaterfest and PCPA at Allan Hancock College is unique in the theatre world. For an entire community to wholeheartedly embrace live theatre as Solvang has done for the past 28 years is unequaled.

Pioneer Theatre Company/ Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake's major regional theatre is located appropriately enough at the top of Broadway (300 South) and 1400 East. A fully professional theatre in residence at the University of Utah, Pioneer Theatre Company produces a seven-play season running from September through May, including a mixture of classics, large-scale musicals and contemporary dramas and comedies. Over the past ten years the theatre has developed a reputation for Broadway-quality productions, particularly in its mounting of major musicals such as Into the Woods, Man of La Mancha, Cabaret and Fiddler on the Roof as well as classics and adaptations like The Three Musketeers, A Tale of Two Cities, Peer Gynt and The Grapes of Wrath. The theatre has also been the first in Utah to produce important works by contemporary playwrights such as August Wilson's Fences, Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport and Wendy Wasserstein's An American Daughter.

Playwrights Horizons/ New York City, NY

Playwrights Horizons is a writer's theater, and the only theater in New York City dedicated solely to the creation and production of new American plays and musicals. We provide an artistic home for playwrights, composers, and lyricists – from the emerging newcomer to the accomplished veteran – to work in an environment of trust, collaboration, support, and experimentation.

In our 30 years, Playwrights Horizons has presented the work of more than 300 writers, and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Plays like Christopher Durang's Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, A.R. Gurney's Later Life, Scott McPherson's Marvin's Room, Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles, and Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy, all debuted on our very own stages. We first gave voice to such critically acclaimed musicals as William Finn's Falsettos, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park With George, Lynn Ahrens and Steven Flaherty's Once On This Island, Adam Guettel and Tina Landau's Floyd Collins and Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley's Violet. And last season, we produced James Joyce's The Dead by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey, to both critical and popular acclaim.

Kevin Spacey and W.T. Martin in Right Behind the Flag
(Gerry Goodstein, 1988)

Playwrights Horizons was founded in 1971 at the Clark Center Y by Robert Moss, before moving to 42nd Street where it has become the cornerstone of Theater Row. André Bishop served as Artistic Director from 1981 to 1991, followed by Don Scardino who served through 1995.

Playwrights Horizons' auxiliary programs include the Playwrights Horizons Theater School, which is affiliated with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and Ticket Central, a central box office that supports the Off-Broadway performing arts community.

Now under the artistic direction of Tim Sanford, Playwrights Horizons continues every day to bring you the most exciting and fresh new voices in the American Theater.

Public Theater/ New York City, NY

Founded by Joseph Papp in 1954 as the Shakespeare Workshop and now one of the nation's preeminent cultural institutions, The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival is a theater where all the country's voices, rhythms, and cultures coverage. Under the leadership of Producer George C. Wolfe, The Public is a true American theater, embracing the complexities of contemporary society and nurturing both artists and audiences through it's commitment to the idea that The Public should be a place of inclusion and a forum for ideas.

Seattle Repertory Theatre/ Seattle, WA

Seattle Repertory Theatre, founded in 1963, is led by Artistic Director Sharon Ott and Managing Director Ben Moore. One of America's premier non-profit resident theatres, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of nine plays in its two stages along with educational programs and a new play workshop series.

South Coast Repertory/ Costa Mesa, CA

South Coast Repertory has established itself as a major force in American theatre and a leader in the booming arts scene in Orange County, California. Guided since 1964 by its Founding Artistic Directors, David Emmes and Martin Benson, it stands as a rare example of an arts organization that is both fiscally sound - it has never run a deficit - and artistically innovative - its Collaboration Laboratory for new play development has developed hundreds of plays, and premiered more than 80. In fact, SCR has gained a national reputation as a place writers choose to launch new plays.

The Broadway Theatre of Pitman/Pitman, NJ
The Broadway has operated continuously since it opened in May, 1926 as a fully equipped movie and vaudeville theater with 1,090 seats. This capacity includes the balcony and eight boxes.

The opulent theater was created in a French Revival motif by the Philadelphia firm of Eberhand, Magaziner, and Harris. Much of its original cast plaster detail remains intact and the original molds remain on the premises. Virtually all of the original decorative elements remain in the theater. However, the wall lighting sconces were replaced with Deco fixtures during the 1930s. Some of the original lighting fixtures remain and could be used as models for restoration.

There are also two crystal chandeliers in the house and one in the inner lobby. Approximately 60 percent of the original seats on the main floor were replaced in 1960, however, the balcony retained its original seating. The original fire curtain and other stage equipment have remained in the building and some remain in use today. There is also a small orchestra pit, four private dressing rooms, a common room, two bathrooms, and a pipe organ blower room in the basement.

In fact, the Broadway still has its original theatre pipe organ. The 3/8 Kimball in the Broadway is, for its size, a unique instrument. The Southern Jersey Theatre Organ Society is fully restoring the Kimball. The return of the Kimball to concert status will be an important event to theatre organ enthusiasts.

The Broadway, which at one point was also known as the Capitol, painted the inner lobby in the 1960s and 1970s with little regard for the original colors. The original vertical marquee with individual lamps spelling BROADWAY was also changed to the current neon lit canopy marquee at an undetermined date.

The theater continues on today as the pride of Pitman and continues to delight audiences from around the area with movies and live performances. the balcony was closed during the theater's restoration and reopened in late 2001.

The Broadway Theatre of Pitman is currently being revitalized and is set to reopen Fall 2006 with it's original 1926 3/8 kimball organ!

For show information and tickets visit www.TheBroadwayTheatre.org

Trinity Repertory Company/ Providence, RI

Trinity Repertory Company is firmly rooted in and dedicated to the life of its community. Through its principal aesthetic of great stories, well told, Trinity Rep aspires to the continuous creation of a theater that represents all that is Rhode Island, all that is American, all that is human. With the unique performance style of a resident acting company, Trinity Rep nurtures the development of new work while keeping the classics alive and relevant to the new generation of theater audiences.

We are a populist theater.
As the largest artistic organization in Rhode Island, Trinity Rep provides its audience with theater that is compelling, artistically exciting, and that touches the lives of all of our community. We present a broad, eclectic selection of classical, contemporary and original narrative work in a formally inventive, audience-engaging style. We seek to create an experience that is challenging for those who already love the theater, and inviting for those attending for the first time. We strive to represent the broadest possible diversity of lives on our stage, with particular emphasis on the issues and communities of our region.

We are a resident theater.
Trinity Rep's resident company of artists is our lifeblood; we make our artistic plans around them, support them, and continuously seek to elevate the excellence of the group as a whole. Theater is a collaborative art, and the greatest theater is made by artists who establish deep and permanent working relationships with one another. We aim to give artists a chance to live a life in the theater, rooted in a community, assured of continuity, in a fellowship of artists.

We are a theater of the new.
We function as creative as well as interpretive artists. Bringing new work into the world, work that is unique to our time and place, is central to our mission. Training and developing younger artists is also elemental to who we are. We work in an oral tradition, standing on the shoulders of those who have come before. Passing on the skills and passions of our field to a new generation of artists not only assures the continuity of the company, it is a constant reminder to us of the deepest principles and values of our art.

We are a theater of learning.
More than any other art form, the experience of live theater enriches young people's lives. It helps them realize that they have a role in the great stories of our civilization, a stake in the culture we all share. As arts curricula steadily vanish from our schools, Trinity Rep steps into the vacuum with comprehensive educational outreach programs. With unwavering commitment to the legacy of Project Discovery, we introduce young people to theater. Students and their teachers learn about empathy, conflict resolution, and the human experience through theater, using custom study guides, classroom workshops, professional development for teachers, and in-depth programs such as Theater Ambassadors.

Utah Shakespearean Festival/ Cedar City, UT

Festival Organization
Fred C. Adams founded the Utah Shakespearean Festival and is still at the helm as the Festival's executive producer. The managing director is R. Scott Phillips; Cameron Harvey is producing artistic director; and Kathleen F. Conlin and J. R. Sullivan are associate artistic directors. A twenty-four person volunteer regional board of governors oversees all long range planning, marketing, and development of the Festival and is chaired by Thomas A. Thomas of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Staff
The Festival employs 27 people year-round. The summer and fall production company consists of approximately 350 individuals. Approximately six non-acting positions are needed in areas such as production, marketing, management, and administration to support each performer seen on stage. Over 300 additional community members donate their time to support Festival activities. They perform such services as ushering, mailing, data processing, and acting as ambassadors.

Children's Theatre
Children's Theatre Company/ Minneapolis, MN

The Children's Theatre Company (CTC) is recognized as North America's flagship theatre for young people and families as well as a major cultural and artistic resource in Minnesota. CTC is rooted in the belief that early experiences with the arts will have a profoundly positive effect on the development of children and, ultimately, their participation in the life of their communities. CTC has been dedicated to advancing the art of theatre for families and young audiences since 1965. Today, the Theatre's public and school matinee mainstage performances, education classes, and tour shows are attended by 350,000 people annually.

The Theatre's reputation was built on a history of adapting classic children's literature (Little Women, The Wind in the Willows, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) and storybooks (Madeline's Rescue, Dr. Seuss' The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, The Story of Babar, the little elephant) in addition to its extraordinary accomplishments in the areas of scenic and costume design. CTC's full-time staff includes a resident acting company, performing apprentices, and 90 professionals who work with more than 300 technicians and adult and student actors each year.

Since 1997, artistic director Peter C. Brosius has broadened that artistic mission by adding nationally and internationally recognized plays (Mr. A's Amazing Maze Plays, Afternoon of the Elves, A Village Fable) as well as newly commissioned scripts (Starry Messenger: A Fantasia on the Life of Galileo, Wondrous Tales of Old Japan, Tremendously Tall Tales by Capt. Eddie B. Brown's Traveling All-Star Yokels, Mississippi Panorama) to the wonderful work in CTC's repertoire.

Under Brosius' leadership, new initiatives at CTC include THRESHOLD, a new play development lab created to generate new plays by gifted playwrights in new theatrical styles; and CITE, the Center for Innovation in Theatre and Education, a multi-faceted program dedicated to the premise that theatre arts must be integrated into classroom curriculum. The Theatre has also strengthened and expanded its Theatre Arts Training program, where students, ages 8-18, use theatre skills to develop their imaginations, voices, and bodies.

In 1999, Teresa Eyring joined CTC as its Managing Director. Her experience in theatre administration and management includes Woolly Mammoth Theater Company in Washington, D.C., The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, and The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia. Her leadership, enthusiasm, and love for live theatre serves CTC well.

The Children's Theatre Company began as The Moppet Players, a small company, which produced creative dramatics, dance and theatre for children. In 1965, The Moppet Players moved into Minneapolis Institute of Arts and in 1975 was incorporated as The Children's Theatre Company.

In 1972, the Rockefeller Foundation awarded CTC two substantial grants which encouraged the production of new plays for families and enlisted the talents of established theatre professionals. Rockefeller funding and local philanthropists underwrote the construction of a new state-of-the-art facility designed by the noted Japanese architect, Kenzo Tange. CTC was only the third organization to receive such funding after Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The new facility opened in 1974 on the campus, which also houses the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), and anchors the southern end of the city's newly-created Avenue of the Arts.

The Children's Theatre Company recently received the 2000 National Theatre Conference's Outstanding Achievement Award. CTC also received its fourth Artist-in-Residence grant in two years from Theatre Communications Group - an unprecedented accomplishment for any American theatre. In addition to other national awards and recognitions, CTC is also the only theatre for young people - and the only theatre in the Midwest - to receive the Margo Jones Award for Excellence in Regional Theatre.

Children's Theatre of Charlotte/ Charlotte, NC

Children's Theatre of Charlotte, located in Charlotte, NC, is a nationally recognized organization serving children 3-18 and their families with a variety of theatrical and educational programming. For over half a century, Children's Theatre of Charlotte has been opening young minds to the wonders of live theatre, creating what one local critic called "the most technically imaginative and resourceful theatre productions in the region."

We also use the power of theatre as an educational tool, through our MainStage Productions, in our Education Programs, and through our resident touring company, the Tarradiddle Players.

In addition, Children's Theatre of Charlotte works in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, with programs like Learning Through Drama Residencies, and through the Drama for Healthy Living Program, which addresses important issues in the lives of young people, like substance abuse and relationship violence. Through our Community Involvement Program, we're making sure every family in our community has access to our classes and productions.

In 2004, Children's Theatre of Charlotte will move into our new home at The Children's Learning Center, a joint venture with the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.

Those who have seen our work, or have children who come to our classes, come back for more. For those new to the region, Children's Theatre of Charlotte is a treasure waiting to be discovered. We hope your family will take advantage of the wonderful opportunities we offer, as we continue to open new windows on the world around us.

Childsplay/ Tempe, AZ

Childsplay is Arizona's award-winning professional theatre company for young audiences and families.

Coterie Theatre/ Kansas City, MO

The Coterie, a professional Equity theatre, is among the top five theatres serving families and young audiences in the United States. Travel & Leisure Magazine's top ten list of children's theatres described the Coterie as "a theatre that resolutely refuses to talk down to it's audience." The mainstage season consists of six full productions: three for older students (junior high and high school) and adults, and three for younger audiences and families. The emphasis is often on new or recent works.

Dallas Children's Theater/ Dallas, TX

Professional Children's Theatre serving the Dallas area.

First Stage Children's Theater/ Milwaukee, WI

Warm smiles. Inviting atmosphere. Engaging, enlightening, professional theatrical productions. Adults and young people creating, learning, and growing together. A place where children can support and empower each other.

First Stage Children's Theater is the premier family theater in southeastern Wisconsin. Since 1987, our mission has been to provide exceptional, professional theater experiences for young people and their families, plus we serve as an arts-in-education resource for area educators. This has earned First Stage a renowned reputation for artistic excellence and a tremendous audience following.

First and foremost, First Stage is about professional theater that speaks to the unique perspective of young people. But, First Stage is also about expanding those perspectives. Our comprehensive educational program is designed to provide educators with arts resources that will aid them in the classroom and enhance their students' regular curriculum.

First Stage is all about family. Committed to providing quality, thought-provoking theater that families can enjoy together, our productions are designed to stimulate as well as entertain. They reflect an ongoing belief that exposure to the arts at an early age sets the first stage of a child's entire life.

Honolulu Theatre for Youth/ Honolulu, HI

Honolulu Theatre for Youth (HTY) is Hawai`i’s only professional nonprofit theatre. Since 1955, HTY has produced theatre and drama education programs that make a difference in the lives of young people, families, and educators in the state of Hawai`i.

Omaha Theatre Co for Young People/ Omaha, NE

The mission of the Omaha Theater Company is to provide professional theater, dance and education programs that enrich the lives of young people and their families.

Seattle Children's Theatre/ Seattle, WA

Seattle Children's Theatre is proud to produce new works and classics of children's literature for the stage. Our mission is to provide professional theatre and theatre education experiences to children of all ages, with affordable public performances and classes, as well as student matinees. SCT reaches 260,000 patrons each season. You are a vital part of our success and we thank you for supporting our work.

Stage One/ Louisville, KY

The Mission of Stage One is to provide high quality, entertaining, professional theatre for young audiences that develops the whole child, supports the learning environment and builds strong family bonds.

Stage One is a company of professional actors, directors, designers, technicians, administrators and educators dedicated to bringing the finest quality live theatre to young people, their teachers and families everywhere. Stage One began in 1946, when the Junior League of Louisville founded The Louisville Children's Theatre, "to present such entertainment as will inspire children with love and appreciation for live theatre."

Under the artistic leadership of Moses Goldberg, who joined the theatre in 1978, Stage One achieved a highly respected reputation among its contemporaries. In keeping with the theatre's mission to contribute to the creative and social development of young people, every Stage One production is tailored for a specific age group. The company received numerous awards and commendations, including the Sara Spencer Award for Outstanding Contribution in the field of Theatre for Young Audiences.

During any given season, Stage One's company of professional adult actors performs for more than 130,000 young people, their families and teachers in Louisville and the region. Stage One has also toured across the United States and in 1988 performed in Moscow and Yaroslavl, Russia.

Stage One performs primarily in the multi-million dollar Kentucky Center for the Arts' Bomhard Theatrer in Louisville, Kentucky, which was designed especially for young audiences. Louisville Gardens' Armory Street Theatre has become home to Stage One's participation format plays.

Stage One is particularly responsive to the needs of its school audiences by offering post-performance discussions and distributing free study guides developed for each production. Stage One's Education Department provides extensive in-school residencies and drama core content workshops for students and teachers.

J. Daniel Herring takes over the reins as Artistic Director for the 2002-03 season. He will partner with Beth Conn who takes on the Managing Director responsibilities. Under their leadership Stage One will focus on its core competencies by targeting productions and services to the preK through 9th grade audience. With new play collaborations based on topics of human concern relevant to the Kentucky Education Reform Act standards, Stage One is poised for continued growth into the new century.

The Children's Theatre/ Cincinnati, OH

The Children’s Theatre is the only professional theater company in Greater Cincinnati with performances created specifically for children in a real theater space. The Children’s Theatre’s rich history began 77 years ago. In 1924, The Junior League of Cincinnati developed a plan to introduce tri-state area children to the magic of theater. Their plan evolved into The Children’s Theatre, which incorporated in 1947. In 1993, the Board of Trustees made a decision to revitalize and upgrade the organization – to take it to the next level. To do so, they hired the well-known, incredibly imaginative talent, Jack Louiso, as Artistic Director. Under his leadership, the organization has risen to a new level of professionalism.


Today, The Children’s Theatre continues to be unique. We introduce young audiences in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana to the performing arts, through professional, fully-staged productions that appeal to parents and educators while teaching morals and values. Each season, we present three one hour children’s productions as part of our Main Series, aimed at children ages 5-12. We stage one full-length production each year, targeted at high-schoolers, as part of our Young Adult Series. Weekday performances are held for local school students, while weekend shows are for the public.
But The Children’s Theatre is committed to providing more than just theatre to our patrons.

We strive to include dance, visual art, opera, and a variety of musical styles into our repertoire, helping children to understand all aspects of theatre – and expanding their awareness of all of the arts in the community, leading to more opportunities for self-expression and creativity. Our goal is to entertain and delight local audiences through quality, family-friendly arts entertainment at an affordable price, while helping our patrons grow through exposure to theater and the arts. It is our hope that all children in the tri-state area – many of whom have never experienced live theater – will have the opportunity to attend productions and incorporate the lessons they learn into their everyday lives. Whether it’s through the values in Aesop’s Fables or the beauty of American Sign Language featured in Beethoven by Heart, we believe that art, fun and education must work hand-in-hand to cultivate young minds.


The Children’s Theatre is also the only theater program in the tri-state that works in concert with educators to support and complement their existing curricula, through the shows we select and the study guides we create with the assistance of our exclusive Educational Advisory Boards, comprised of teachers. These study guides are provided to educators and are available for purchase by parents as a tool to assist learning before and after their visit, maximizing the theatre experience.

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