Community Theatre

In her study of gender parity in Northeast Ohio community theatre, Christine Wright defined community theatres as “nonequity theatres, those not affiliated with colleges or universities, and those that don’t pay their actors.” In content throughout this section, you’ll find different definitions of and intersections with the term, from a deep-dive into a cross-cultural theatre project in India to a personal reckoning with the term as an alternative to the toxicity of “professional.”

The Latest

Podcast

Nubian Theatre

by Marina Johnson, Nabra Nelson, Mazen Alaa

9 July 2024

Podcast

Championing Theatre for Development in Malawian Villages

by Fumbani Innot Phiri, Vitu Gwambaike Zgambo

17 January 2023

Video

2022 National Theater Project Regional Convening

Seeking to Build a Better Understanding of the Challenges and Triumphs of Theatremaking in New England

Wednesday 9 November and Wednesday 16 November

New England

Poster for The Encyclopedia Show Arizona.

Alice

Stanley Jr.

Essay

The Encyclopedia Show Arizona

A Successful Community Theater Model

18 June 2013

The Encyclopedia Show Arizona, an offshoot of a national project started in Chicago, brings professionals and amateurs together with an audience under one topic to educate, laugh, and share.

Alternate Roots

Video

Alternate ROOTS Annual Meeting

Tuesday 7 August through Sunday 12 August 2012

Arden, NC, United States

Alternate ROOTS presented their 36th Annual Business Meeting & Artists Retreat: "Traditions," livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv from Tuesday 7 August through Sunday 12 August 2012 in Arden, North Carolina.

Patty

Gone

Essay

Gender Futures

A Talk with Christian Appel and Renée Imperato of the TransGenerational Theatre Project

24 August 2017

Patty Gone interviews Christian Appel and Renée Imperato about how they used applied theatre, writing, and utopian world-envisioning to create the all-trans, ensemble- based TransGenerational Theatre Project in NYC.