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Round House Theatre, now in its 30th season, is one of the leading professional theatre companies in the Washington, DC-metropolitan area. The Montgomery County-based company stages over 200 performances each season at its main stage theatre in Bethesda and its black box space in Silver Spring. Blake Robison joined the company in June 2005 as Producing Artistic Director, succeeding Jerry Whiddon, who held that position for more than 20 years.
The company began as in the late 1970's as Street '70, a program of the Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Recreation. Round House remained part of that department until 1993 when it became a separate and independent professional theatre company and staged productions at a 200-seat theatre located on Bushey Drive in Silver Spring. The company moved into a new 400-seat theatre in Bethesda in 2002. The following year the company opened a 150-seat black box theatre in downtown Silver Spring. In 2004, Round House's new education center opened in Silver Spring.
OUR MISSION
Round House Theatre produces literary adaptations and contemporary works for the stage, conducts community-based education programs, and provides a home to diverse artists and arts organizations. Our work is expansive: we make art to explore big ideas, broaden minds, move hearts, exercise imaginations, and—ultimately—to build community through the shared experience of live theatre.
OUR VALUES
There is sheer joy to be found in making and sharing theatre.
We commit ourselves to the unrelenting pursuit of excellence in both process and product.
We place art at the center of our organization. Art unites our program initiatives, guides our community engagement, and ensures our continued success.
The best theatre experiences are graphic and eloquent, visceral and articulate, provocative and celebratory. We embrace these qualities in our work and endeavor to share them with our audience.
Live theatre is a unique catalyst for nurturing and strengthening community bonds. Watch, listen, think, feel, question, challenge, empathize, and change. These activities unite us as a community.
There is a transformative power of theatre for all participants. As soon as audience and artist engage in a collective act of imagining, lives are changed—the world is changed.
We strive to share the artistic experience with our entire community by providing multiple points of entry to the Round House experience. In this way, we make our work accessible to all ages, cultural backgrounds, and economic groups.
We are a family of artists. From the stage, to the office, to the shops and the board room—we embrace a collaborative and creative environment.
Individual commitment and a generosity of spirit are essential ingredients to good artistic, management, and business practices. |
