League of Resident Theatres
The League of Resident Theatres is the largest professional theater association of its kind in the United States, with 75 member theaters located in every major market in the U.S., including 29 states and the District of Columbia. LORT members collectively issue more Equity contracts to actors than Broadway and commercial tours combined.
LORT is also a forum for sharing information regarding all aspects. According to the organization's website, their semi-annual meetings provide opportunities for members to study, discuss, and exchange information on such non-labor management issues as development, marketing, public relations, education, and technology, as well as provide a forum for developing professional relationships. LORT is also committed to the continued training of current and future LORT managers.
LORT serves as a way for member resident theaters, also called regional theaters, to bargain collectively with Actors' Equity Association, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and United Scenic Artists, as well as other major labor unions in the entertainment industry.
Objectives
- To promote the general welfare of resident theaters in the U.S. and its territories;
- To promote community interest in and support of resident theaters;
- To encourage and promote sound communications and relations between resident theaters in the U.S. and between resident theaters and the theater-going public;
- To afford resident theaters an opportunity to act for their common purpose and interest;
- *To act in the interest and on behalf of its members in labor relations and related matters;
- *To serve as bargaining agent for its members in bargaining collectively with unions representing employees of its members;
- *To establish and maintain stable and equitable labor relations between its members and unions representing employees of its members;
- *To provide guidance and assistance to its members in administering collective bargaining agreements;
- *If requested by a member, to handle disputes between members and their employees and/or union representatives; and
- *To represent members before government agencies on problems of labor relations.
- To carry on all lawful activities which may directly or indirectly contribute to the accomplishment of such purposes; and
- To communicate with the Federal Government through the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Arts Alliance and to keep those agencies apprised of the needs and status of LORT's membership.
History
Categories
Theaters are categorized into tiers A through D. Tiers B+ through D are determined by the weekly actual box office receipts averaged over the last three complete fiscal years. No theaters can move in or out of Tier "A".- Categories and box office receipts are as follows:
- *"B+” $110,000.00 and above
- *"B" $70,000.00 to $109,999.99
- *"C" $45,000.00 to $69,999.99
- *"D" $44,999.99 and below
Member theatres
There are 75 member theatres listed on the 2018 LORT website:Theatre Name | City | State |
ACT Theatre | Seattle | WA |
Actors Theatre of Louisville | Louisville | KY |
Alabama Shakespeare Festival | Montgomery | AL |
Alley Theatre | Houston | TX |
Alliance Theatre | Atlanta | GA |
American Conservatory Theater | San Francisco | CA |
American Repertory Theatre | Cambridge | MA |
Arden Theatre Company | Philadelphia | PA |
Arena Stage | Washington | DC |
Arizona Theatre Company | Tucson/Phoenix | AZ |
Arkansas Repertory Theatre | Little Rock | AR |
Artists Repertory Theatre | Portland | OR |
Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sarasota | FL |
Barter Theatre | Abingdon | VA |
Berkeley Repertory Theatre | Berkeley | CA |
Capital Repertory Theatre | Albany | NY |
Centerstage | Baltimore | MD |
Center Theatre Group | Los Angeles | CA |
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | Cincinnati | OH |
City Theatre Company | Pittsburgh | PA |
Clarence Brown Theatre Company | Knoxville | TN |
The Cleveland Play House | Cleveland | OH |
Court Theatre | Chicago | IL |
Dallas Theater Center | Dallas | TX |
Delaware Theatre Company | Wilmington | DE |
Denver Center Theatre Company | Denver | CO |
Florida Studio Theatre | Sarasota | FL |
Ford's Theatre | Washington | DC |
Geffen Playhouse | Los Angeles | CA |
George Street Playhouse | New Brunswick | NJ |
Geva Theatre Center | Rochester | NY |
The Goodman Theatre | Chicago | IL |
Goodspeed Musicals | East Haddam | CT |
Great Lakes Theater | Cleveland | OH |
The Guthrie Theater | Minneapolis | MN |
Hartford Stage Company | Hartford | CT |
Huntington Theatre Company | Boston | MA |
Indiana Repertory Theatre | Indianapolis | IN |
Kansas City Repertory Theatre | Kansas City | MO |
Laguna Playhouse | Laguna Beach | CA |
La Jolla Playhouse | La Jolla | CA |
Lincoln Center Theater | New York | NY |
Long Wharf Theatre | New Haven | CT |
Maltz Jupiter Theatre | Jupiter | FL |
Manhattan Theatre Club | New York | NY |
Marin Theatre Company | Mill Valley | CA |
McCarter Theatre | Princeton | NJ |
Merrimack Repertory Theatre | Lowell | MA |
Milwaukee Repertory Theater | Milwaukee | WI |
Northern Stage | White River Junction | VT |
Northlight Theatre | Skokie | IL |
The Old Globe | San Diego | CA |
Pasadena Playhouse | Pasadena | CA |
People's Light and Theatre Company | Philadelphia | PA |
Philadelphia Theatre Company | Philadelphia | PA |
Pittsburgh Public Theater | Pittsburgh | PA |
PlayMakers Repertory Company | Chapel Hill | NC |
Portland Center Stage | Portland | OR |
Portland Stage Company | Portland | ME |
The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis | St. Louis | MO |
Roundabout Theatre Company | New York | NY |
Round House Theatre | Bethesda | MD |
Seattle Repertory Theatre | Seattle | WA |
Second Stage Theater | New York | NY |
Shakespeare Theatre Company | Washington | DC |
Signature Theatre | Arlington | VA |
South Coast Repertory | Costa Mesa | CA |
Syracuse Stage | Syracuse | NY |
Theatre for a New Audience | New York | NY |
TheatreWorks | Palo Alto | CA |
Trinity Repertory Company | Providence | RI |
Two River Theater Company | Red Bank | NJ |
Westport Country Playhouse | Westport | CT |
The Wilma Theater | Philadelphia | PA |
Yale Repertory Theatre | New Haven | CT |