MISSION & VISION

Mission
Theatre Charlotte is a volunteer-based community theatre dedicated to creating outstanding theatre opportunities relevant to the people of the Charlotte region.

Vision
In the next five years, Theatre Charlotte will set a new standard for community theatre, using our past as a springboard to our future.

Theatre Charlotte will strive to increase the relevance of theatre in the lives of more people by demonstrating that theatre can uplift, educate and unite communities.

Theatre Charlotte will create alliances, partnerships and collaborations with organizations that share our vision, as we continue to present outstanding theatre by the community for the community.

HISTORY
1927-2009
82 Years of Excellence

With a production history dating from 1927, Theatre Charlotte is Charlotte's oldest arts organization as well as the oldest continually producing theatre in the state.  As a non-professional venue, this theatre is heavily dependent upon community support from the Metrolina area and the talents of our volunteer force. During the past 78 years these factors have combined to create a reputation for excellence unrivalled in the Southeast.   

In 1927, the Charlotte branch of the American Association of University Women decided to study the Little Theatre movement.  This grassroots effort to mount amateur theatricals swept the country during and after the First World War. 

That group performed it's first production in 1928, a reading of "Outward Bound", in the Carnegie Library downtown.  Since 1941, the theatre has been housed at 501 Queens Road, located in the heart of  the historic Myers Park district of Charlotte.

With over 2600 performances of 420 mainstage productions, an annual participation of approximately 500 volunteers, and education outreach programs that serve the schools and the community at large, we are your community theatre!

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