A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE INC

MISSION: ACT IS A CONTEMPORARY THEATRE WHERE ARTISTIC AMBITION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT UNITE. VISION: ACT ENVISIONS A WORLD WHERE THE POWER OF THEATRE EXPANDS OUR COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY AND OUR OWN HUMANITY. ACT IS A SEATTLE LANDMARK. SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1965, THE THEATRE HAS MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE VITALITY OF SEATTLES DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND ARTS COMMUNITY; IT HAS VALUED AND ELEVATED THE WORK OF LOCAL ARTISTS FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS; AND IT HAS TRANSFORMED INDIVIDUAL LIVES THROUGH THE POWER OF STORYTELLING. ACT IS COMMITTED TO CONNECTING AUTHENTICALLY WITH NEW AUDIENCES, PARTNERS AND PEOPLE, BRINGING THEM INSIGHT INTO OUR SHARED CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THEATRE AS AN ACT OF CITIZENSHIP TO ENGAGE AUDIENCES IN UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES OF OUR TIME.