Olney Theatre Center

Olney Theatre Corporation
Founded1938; 86 years ago (1938)
52-1149571[1]
Legal status501(c)(3) nonprofit theater[1]
Purpose20th-century American classics and experimental plays
Location
ServicesPromotion and production of theatrical works, through the presentation of original, classical, and experimental plays in public and private theatres and auditoriums.[2]
Jason Loewith[3]
Deborah Ellinghaus[4]
Linda E. Rosenzweig[5]
Revenue (2017)
$7,541,789[2]
Expenses (2017)$6,125,750[2]
Employees (2016)
229[2]
Volunteers (2016)
330[2]
Websitewww.olneytheatre.org

Located in Olney, Maryland, the Olney Theatre Center offers a diverse array of professional productions year-round that enrich, nurture, and challenge a broad range of artists, audiences and students. One of the two official state theaters of Maryland, Olney Theatre Center is situated on 14 acres (57,000 m2) in the middle of the Washington–Baltimore–Frederick "triangle." There are three indoor venues: the Historic Theatre, the Roberts Mainstage, and the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab. There is also an outdoor venue, the Root Family Stage at Omi’s Pavilion.

The Roberts Mainstage seats 429 patrons, with a small theatre lab added in 1999.[6]

As of November 2023, Olney Theatre Center has won 28 Helen Hayes Awards since the award's founding in 1985 and received 208 nominations.[7][8][needs update] It is one of only two theaters in the country to operate under an Actors' Equity Association Council of Stock Theaters (COST) contract.

  1. ^ a b "Olney Theatre Corporation". Publication 78 Data. Internal Revenue Service.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Olney Theatre Corporation. Guidestar. July 31, 2017.
  3. ^ "Olney Theatre Center Names Jason Loewith New Artistic Director". Olney Theatre Center. February 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Olney Theatre Center Appoints Deborah Ellinghaus to the Post of Managing Director". Olney Theatre Center. July 25, 2014.
  5. ^ "Board of Directors". Olney Theatre Center. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  6. ^ Pressley, Nelson (February 12, 2016). "Olney swings for the fences with Moisés Kaufman's jazzy 'Carmen'". The Washington Post.
  7. ^ "HHA Nominees & Recipients". theatreWashington. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "Nominees & Recipients Database". TheatreWashington. Retrieved 2023-11-25.