Our Mission

The Private Theatre is a not-for-profit group of artists committed to raw, intimate and startling productions of classical, contemporary and devised work.

We believe that authorial initiative in the theater can emerge from any theatrical discipline; that deeper collaborations create better theater; and that those collaborations may be forged across cultures, aesthetics and disciplines.

In common with all of the arts, theater should aspire to work that affects its audiences deeply, engaging them in encounters that make a profound and enduring impression. We embrace this mission, and devote ourselves to finding the texts, stagecraft and collaborators to support us in its pursuit.

A statement from The Private Theatre

The legacy of slavery and colonization pervades our national soul; it persists within each of us. But to declare that fact is easier than to change it. 

The members of The Private Theatre begin with an acknowledgment of that fundamental truth and follow by committing individually to self-scrutiny and as a company to making the eradication of racism part of our culture and our work. We dedicate ourselves to becoming better people, making better art, and improving our nation. Morality demands both individual and collective struggle. We, the members of The Private Theatre, commit ourselves to both.