Regional Theatre

Theatre is EVERYWHERE. From high schools, colleges, community theatres, small local theatres, and large regional houses - it is possible to find an opportunity to work on a show regardless of your location.

If you're not sure about theatres in your area, take some time to research!

PLEASE NOTE - the following list is a WORK IN PROGRESS! If you would like to have your theatre added, please go to the Contact page!

Theatre Cities in the United States

West

• Washington

  • A Contemporary Theatre (Seattle)

  • Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle)

  • The 5th Avenue Theatre (Seattle)

  • STG Presents (Seattle)

  • Taproot Theatre Company (Seattle)

  • Book-It Repertory Theatre (Seattle)

  • Intiman Theatre (Seattle)

  • Seattle Children’s Theatre (Seattle)

  • Seattle Public Theater (Seattle)

  • Seattle Musical Theatre (Seattle)

  • Seattle Shakespeare Company (Seattle)

  • The Seagull Project (Seattle)

  • Sound Theatre Company (Seattle)

  • Annex Theatre (Seattle)

  • The 14/48 Projects (Seattle)

  • The Village Theatre (Everett & Issaquah)

• Oregon

  • Portland Center Stage (Portland)

  • Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland)

  • Portland’5 Performance Art Venues (Portland)

  • Oregon Children’s Theatre (Portland)

  • Northwest Children’s Theatre (Portland)

  • Profile Theatre (Portland)

  • Third Rail (Portland)

  • Imago Theatre (Portland)

  • Portland Shakespeare Project (Portland)

  • Portland Revels (Portland)

  • Fertile Ground Festival (Portland)

  • TBA Festival (Portland)

  • Portland Opera (Portland)

  • Portland Ballet (Portland)

  • Broadway Rose Theatre Company (Tigard)

  • The Elsinore Theatre (Salem)

  • Enlightened Theatrics (Salem)

  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland)

  • Oregon Cabaret Theatre (Ashland)

• Northern California

  • American Conservatory Theatre (San Francisco)

  • San Francisco Playhouse (San Francisco)

  • Theatre Bay Area (San Francisco)

  • Magic Theatre (San Francisco)

  • New Conservatory Theatre Center (San Francisco)

  • SHN Golden Gate Theatre (San Francisco)

  • Fogg Theatre (San Francisco)

  • Ray of Light (San Francisco)

  • Cutting Ball Theatre (San Francisco)

  • Theatre Rhinoceros (San Francisco)

  • California Regional Theatre (Chico)

  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley)

  • Shotgun Players (Berkeley)

  • Aurora Theatre Company (Berkeley)

  • TheatreWorks (Redwood City)

  • San Jose Stage Company (San Jose)

  • California Shakespeare Theater (Orinda)

  • Marin Theatre Company (Marin)

  • Sacramento Theatre Company (Sacramento)

  • B Street Theatre (Sacramento)

  • San Francisco International Arts Festival (San Francisco)

• Southern California

  • Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles)

  • Geffen Playhouse (Los Angeles)

  • Deaf West (Los Angeles)

  • Impo Theatre (Los Angeles)

  • Hollywood Fringe Festival (Los Angeles)

  • Laguna Playhouse (Laguna Beach)

  • Pasadena Playhouse (Pasadena)

  • A Noise Within (Pasadena)

  • Boston Court Performing Arts Center (Pasadena)

  • South Coast Repertory Theatre (Costa Mesa)

  • Segerstrom Center for the Arts (Costa Mesa)

  • Musical Theatre West (Long Beach)

  • La Mirada Thatre (La Miranda)

  • La Jolla Playhouse (La Jolla)

  • The Old Globe (San Diego)

  • Pacific Conservatory Theatre (Solvang)

• Alaska

  • Perseverance Theatre (Douglas)

  • Alaska Center for the Performing Arts (Anchorage)

  • Cyrano’s Theatre Company (Anchorage)

• Hawaii

  • Hawaii Theatre Center (Honolulu)

  • Diamond Head Theatre (Honolulu)

  • Kuma Kahua Theatre (Honolulu)

• Idaho

  • Boise Contemporary Theatre (Boise)

  • Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Boise)

  • Actors’ Repertory Theatre of Idaho (Idaho Falls)

  • Music Theatre of Idaho (Nampa)

• Montana

  • Alpine Theatre Project (Whitefish)

  • Whitefish Theatre Co (Whitefish)

  • Grandstreet Theatre (Helena)

  • Bozeman Actors Theatre (Bozeman)

• Wyoming

  • Off Square Theatre Company (Jackson)

  • Mary Godfrey Playhouse (Cheyenne)

  • WYO Theatre (Sheridan)

  • Wyoming Theatre Festival (Sheridan)

• Colorado

  • Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Denver)

  • Denver Center Theatre Company (Denver)

  • Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (Colorado Springs)

  • Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Boulder)

• Nevada

  • Cockroach Theatre (Las Vegas)

  • Las Vegas Little Theatre (Las Vegas)

  • Las Vegas Philharmonic (Las Vegas)

  • Sin City Opera (Las Vegas)

  • Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company (Reno)

  • Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company (Carson City)

  • Henderson Theatre Company (Henderson)

• Arizona

  • Arizona Theatre Company (Tuscon & Phoenix)

  • Thespian Festival (Phoenix)

  • Arizona Broadway Theatre (Peoria)

• New Mexico

  • Theatre Santa Fe (Santa Fe)

  • Mother Road Theatre Company (Santa Fe)

  • Santa Fe Opera (Santa Fe)

  • Blackout Theatre (Albuquerque)

  • Tricklock Company (Albuquerque)

• Utah

  • Salt Lake Acting Company (Salt Lake)

  • Pioneer Theatre Company (Salt Lake)

  • Plan-B Theatre Company (Salt Lake)

  • Utah Shakespeare Festival (Cedar City)

Midwest

• Ohio

  • Mercury Theatre Company (Cleveland)

  • Ensemble Theatre (Cleveland)

  • Great Lakes Theater (Cleveland)

  • Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (Cincinnati)

  • Cincinnati Blake Theatre Company (Cincinnati)

  • Cincinnati Playhouse (Cincinnati)

  • Catco (Columbus)

  • Lebanon Theatre Company (Lebanon)

  • The Human Race Theatre Company (Dayton)

• Michigan

  • Matrix Theatre Company (Detroit)

  • The Detroit Actor’s Theatre Company (Detroit)

  • Shop Floor Theatre Company (Flint)

  • Purple Rose Theatre Company (Chelsea)

  • The Encore Musical Theatre Company (Dexter)

• Indiana

  • Indiana Repertory Theatre (Indianapolis)

  • Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis)

  • Actors Theatre of Indiana (Carmel)

  • Cardinal Stage (Bloomington)

• Illinois

  • Goodman Theatre (Chicago)

  • Court Theatre (Chicago)

  • The Second City (Chicago)

  • The iO Theatre (Chicago)

  • Collaboration’s Peacebook Festival (Chicago)

  • Northlight Theatre (Skokie)

• Wisconsin

  • Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (Milwaukee)

  • Acacia Theatre Company (Milwaukee)

  • Bartell Theatre (Madison)

  • American Players Theatre (Spring Green)

• Minnesota

  • Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis)

  • Hennepin Theatre (Minneapolis)

  • The Cowles Center (Minneapolis)

  • Brace New Workshop (Minneapolis)

• Iowa

  • Iowa Stage Theatre Company (Des Moines)

  • Tallgrass Theatre Company (Des Moines)

  • The Old Creamery Theatre Company (Amana)

• Missouri

  • Kansas City Repertory Theatre (Kansas City)

  • Kansas City Actors Theatre (Kansas City)

  • Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City)

  • Fishtank Theatre (Kansas City)

  • Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (St. Louis)

• Kansas

  • Depot Theatre Company (Dodge City)

  • Music Theatre Kansas City (Shawnee)

  • Olathe Civic Theatre Association (Olathe)

  • Theatre Lawrence (Lawrence)

• North Dakota

  • Empire Theatre Company (Grand Forks)

• South Dakota

  • Lewis and Clark Theatre Company (Yankton)

  • Historic Homestake Opera House (Lead)

  • Black Hills Playhouse (Custer)

• Nebraska

  • Nebraska Theatre Caravan (Omaha)

  • Bright Saint Brigit Theatre Co. (Omaha)

  • Bluebarn Theatre (Omaha)

  • Crane River Theater Company (Kearney)

Northeast

• Maine

  • Portland Stage Company (Portland)

  • Mad Horse Theatre (South Portland)

  • Maine State Music Theatre (Brunswick)

  • Penobscot Theatre Company (Bangor)

  • The Theater at Monmouth (Monmouth)

  • The Public Theatre (Lewiston)

• Vermont

  • Northern Stage (North River Junction)

  • Weston Playhouse Theatre (Weston)

  • Vermont Theatre Company (Brattleboro)

  • Vermont Stage (Burlington)

  • Lyric Theatre Company (South Burlington)

• New Hampshire

  • Hampstead Stage Company (Center Barnstead)

  • Majestic Theatre Studios (Manchester)

  • New Hampshire Theatre Project (Portsmouth)

  • Barnstormers Theatre (Tamworth)

  • Interlakes Summer Theatre (Meredith)

• Massachusetts

  • Huntington Theatre Company (Boston)

  • American Repertory Theatre (Boston)

  • Williamstown Theatre Festival (Williamstown)

  • American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge)

  • Merrimack Repertory Theatre (Lowell)

• Rhode Island

  • Trinity Repertory Company (Providence)

  • The Wilbury Theatre Group (Providence)

  • Burbage Theatre Company (Pawtucket)

  • The Contemporary Theater Company (Wakefield)

  • The Epic Theatre Company (Cranston)

• Connecticut

  • Yale Repertory Theatre (New Haven)

  • Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven)

  • Hartford Stage (Hartford)

  • Goodspeed Musicals (East Haddam)

  • Westport County Playhouse (Westport)

  • Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theater Center (Waterford)

• New York State

  • Capital Repertory Theatre (Albany)

  • Albany Civic Theater Inc. (Albany)

  • Park Playhouse (Albany)

  • Geva Theatre Center (Rochester)

  • Rochester Repertory Theatre (Rochester)

  • Syracuse Stage (Syracuse)

  • Kitchen Theatre Company (Itacha)

  • Fingerlakes Musical Theatre Festival (Auburn)

• New Jersey

  • New Jersey Repertory Company (Long Branch)

  • Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn)

  • George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick)

  • Crossroads Theatre Company (New Brunswick)

  • McCarter Theatre (Princeton)

  • Two River Theatre (Red Bank)

  • Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank)

• Pennsylvania

  • Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia)

  • Arden Theatre Company (Philadelphia)

  • Philadelphia Theatre Company (Philadelphia)

  • Wilma Theatre (Philadelphia)

  • City Theatre Company (Pittsburgh)

  • Pittsburgh Public Theatre (Pittsburgh)

  • Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (Center Valley)

  • People’s Light (Malvern)

• Delaware

  • Delaware Theatre Company (Wilmington)

  • Clear Space Theatre (Rehoboth Beach)

• Maryland

  • Round House Theatre (Bethesda)

  • Everyman Theatre (Baltimore)

  • Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Theatre (Baltimore)

  • Iron Crow Theatre (Baltimore)

  • Baltimore Theatre Project (Baltimore)

  • Maryland Ensemble Theatre (Frederick)

  • Compass Rose Theatre (Annapolis)

• Washington D.C.

  • The Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.)

  • Arena Stage (Washington D.C.)

  • Ford’s Theatre (Washington D.C.)

  • Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington D.C.)

  • Folger Theatre (Washington D.C.)

South

• Virginia

  • Virginia Stage Company (Norfolk)

  • Virginia Repertory Theatre (Richmond & Hanover)

  • Barter Theatre (Abingdon)

  • Signature Theatre (Arlington)

  • NextStop Theatre Company (Herndon)

• West Virginia

  • Theatre West Virginia (Beaver)

  • West Virginia Public Theatre (Morgantown)

  • Contemporary American Theatre Festival (Shepherdstown)

• South Carolina

  • Spoleto Festival USA (Charleston)

  • Theatre 99 (Charleston)

  • Dock Street Theatre (Charleston)

• North Carolina

  • PlayMakers Repertory Company (Chapel Hill)

  • North Carolina Theatre (Raleigh)

• Kentucky

  • Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville)

  • Kentucky Center for Performing Arts (Louisville)

  • Theatre Louisville (Louisville)

  • Kentucky Opera (Louisville)

• Tennessee

  • Nashville Repertory Theatre (Nashville)

  • Tennessee Repertory Theatre (Nashville)

  • Act I - Artists’ Cooperative Theatre (Nashville)

  • Street Theatre Company (Nashville)

  • Circle Players (Nashville)

  • Nashville Children’s Theatre (Nashville)

  • The Nashville Shakespeare Festival (Nashville)

  • Studio Tenn (Franklin)

  • Clarence Brown Theatre Company (Knoxville)

  • Playhouse on the Square (Memphis)

  • Theatre Memphis (Memphis)

• Georgia

  • Alliance Theatre (Atlanta)

  • Actor’s Express (Atlanta)

  • Horizon Theatre Company (Atlanta)

  • Atlanta Lyric Theatre (Marietta)

  • Stage Door Players (Dunwoody)

• Alabama

  • Alabama Theatre (Birmingham)

  • Virginia Samford Theatre (Birmingham)

  • Alabama Shakespeare Festival (Montgomery)

  • ACTA Theatre (Trussville)

• Mississippi

  • New Stage Theatre (Jackson)

  • Black Rose Theatre Company (Brandon)

  • Hub City Players (Hattiesburg)

• Louisiana

  • The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (New Orleans)

  • Southern Rep Theatre (New Orleans)

  • Cripple Creek Theatre Co (New Orleans)

  • Itinerant Theatre Inc. (Lake Charles)

  • Acandiana Repertory Theatre (Lafayette)

  • Lagniappe Theatre Company (Alexandria)

• Arkansas

  • Arkansas Repertory Theatre (Little Rock)

  • The Weekend Theater (Little Rock)

  • Arkansas Public Theatre (Rogers)

  • Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre (Conway)

  • TheatreSquared (Fayetteville)

  • The Artist’s Laboratory Theatre (Fayetteville)

• Oklahoma

  • American Theatre Company (Tulsa)

  • Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)

  • CityRep (Oklahoma City)

  • Pollard Theatre Company (Guthrie)

• Texas

  • Theatre Under the Stars (Houston)

  • The Alley Theatre (Houston)

  • Ensemble Theatre (Houston)

  • Taletno Bilingue de Houston (Houston)

  • Theatre Suburbia (Houston)

  • Dallas Theatre Center (Dallas)

  • Lyric Stage (Dallas)

  • Undermain Theatre (Dallas)

  • Second Thought Theatre (Dallas)

  • Austin Playhouse (Austin)

  • ZACH Theatre (Austin)

  • Penfold Theatre Company (Austin)

• Florida

  • Mad Cow Theatre (Orlando)

  • American Stage (St. Petersburg)

  • Florida Repertory Theatre (Fort Myers)

  • Asolo Repertory Theatre (Sarasota)

  • Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota)

  • Maltz Jupiter Theatre (Jupiter)

SOURCES: The New York Times - 15 Summer Theatre Festivals (and More), Arts America, Top Value Reviews - 30 Great Small Towns for Theatre Lovers, LORT Member Theatres, Mic - Amazing Theatre Cities that Aren’t New York or London, SFist - The 12 Best Local Theaters in the Bay Area, Performing Arts in Orange County, LAist - 12 Best Local Theater Companies in Los Angeles, Utah Theatre Scene, Best Theatre Companies in Atlanta, Nashville Theatre, Los Vegas Theatres of the Performing Arts, South Dakota’s 10 Best Live Theater Venues!, 11 New Jersey theater companies you should know about