Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Arkansas Repertory Theatre is Arkansas' largest non-profit professional theatre company. Known as "The Rep", the company has produced more than 280 productions, including 40 world premieres, since it was founded in 1976. The company's historic building contains a 354-seat MainStage and 99-seat black box SecondStage and is located in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. The company is led by Robert Hupp, who has been Producing Artistic Director since 1999 when founder Cliff Fannin Baker retired. Hupp leads staff, artists and a 28-member Board of Directors, who serve as ambassadors to the community and govern The Rep’s fiduciary growth and operations. With an operating budget of $3.1 million, The Rep relies on season subscriptions, special events, foundation support, corporate and individual donations, and National Endowment for the Arts and Arkansas Arts Council funding.
Past season
- Always...Patsy Cline by Ted Swindley (September 11 – October 4)
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lyrics by Tim Rice (December 4 – January 3)
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (February 5 – February 21)
- Glorious! by Peter Quilter (March 12 – March 28)
- Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan (April 23 – May 9)
- Smokey Joe's Cafe, Music and Lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (June 4 - June 27)
Past seasons
2007-2008
- It Happened in Little Rock by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
- Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon
- Hello, Dolly! Book by Michael Stewart, Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman, based on The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
- Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
- Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure by Steven Dietz, based on the original 1899 play by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle
- Fire on the Mountain by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman
2008-2009
- Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer, based on the novel by Victor Hugo
- It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play by Joe Landry, based on the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra and Jo Swerling
- Looking Over the President’s Shoulder by James Still
- The Foreigner by Larry Shue
- The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance
- The Who's Tommy Book by Des McAnuff and Pete Townshend, Music and Lyrics by Townshend (with additional music and lyrics by John Entwistle and Keith Moon)
External links
- Arkansas Repertory Theatre website
- LORT website
- Theatre Communications Group website
- Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, based in Conway, is the state's only professional Shakespeare company.
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