Theater Companies

The National Endowment for the Arts, in cooperation with Arts Midwest, selected the following theater companies from across the country through competitive review processes. The companies are all exemplary, professional, not-for-profit groups with substantial performing experience.

The selected companies for the 2011-2012 season of Shakespeare for a New Generation are:

Companysort icon Location
A Noise Within Glendale, CA
Actors' Shakespeare Project Somerville, MA
African-American Shakespeare Company San Francisco, CA
American Players Theatre Spring Green, WI
Aquila Theatre Company New York, NY
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Bloomsburg, PA
California Shakespeare Theater Berkeley, CA
Dallas Theater Center Dallas, TX
Denver Center Theatre Company Denver, CO
Epic Theatre Ensemble New York, NY
Folger Theatre Washington, DC
Guthrie Theater Minneapolis, MN
Idaho Shakespeare Festival Boise, ID
Indiana Repertory Theatre Indianapolis, IN
Lantern Theater Company Philadelphia, PA
Marin Theatre Company Mill Valley, CA
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks Bozeman, MT
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Ashland, OR
Orlando Shakespeare Theater Orlando, FL
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival at DeSales University Center Valley, PA
PlayMakers Repertory Company Chapel Hill, NC
Portland Center Stage Portland, OR
Saint Louis Black Repertory Company Saint Louis, MO
Seattle Shakespeare Company Seattle, WA
Shakespeare & Company Lenox, MA
Shakespeare Theatre Company Washington, DC
The Acting Company New York, NY
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival Nashville, TN
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Saint Louis, MO
The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Madison, NJ
The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Topanga, CA
Theatre for a New Audience New York, NY
Trinity Repertory Company Providence, RI
Utah Shakespeare Festival Cedar City, UT
Yale Repertory Theatre New Haven, CT