Main Street Theater Today
In 2001, after several years of presenting Equity actors under a special agreement, Main Street Theater has become an Equity Professional Company. It now operates under contract as an AEA Small Professional Theater.
In the Summer 2006, Main Street Theater was chosen as one of only 36 theaters nationwide to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts ("NEA") as part of "Shakespeare for a New Generation," a national theater initiative sponsored by the NEA and Arts Midwest. The grant allowed the Main Street Youth Theater, to tour a production of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew throughout Houston-area middle schools and high schools during the Fall 2006 season.
In the 2011-2012 season, Main Street Theater was proud to produced The Coast of Utopia trilogy by Tom Stoppard. This was the fifth production of the full trilogy in the world and the second production in the United States.
Also in 2012, Main Street Theater was profiled in American Theatre Magazine.
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