New Threads Theatre Company exists to tell provocative and entertaining stories, and create innovative theatrical events, that start inclusive conversations and build community. We accomplish this through five exciting programs:
NEW WORKS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: Identifies and works with local and national playwrights to develop new scripts from rough to final draft. IN-DIALOGUE PROGRAM: Uses a
unique format to present scaled-down “staged readings” of established plays that are immediately followed by forums, or “talk-backs” that engage audiences and theatre workers in a discussion of the work and themes presented. T-SHIRT SHAKESPEARE: Is the education and outreach program of New Threads Theatre Company. The program will be made up of 6-8 New Threads Theatre Company associate members, who will tour schools (K-12) and perform scaled down productions of classical and academically required texts (i.e: Macbeth, The Crucible.) FUNDAMENTALS REGIMEN: New Threads Theatre Company members and associate members will meet for physical acting training every other week for three hours. The Fundamentals Regimen will provide the company with a weekly time to grow as individual artists and as a company, while creating a shared theatrical vocabulary. PRODUCTION PROGRAM: Mounts full-scale productions of material that has already been “work-shopped” through the New Works Development Program as well as material that has been “work-shopped” through the In-Dialogue Program. The Production Program relies on both New Works and In-Dialogue, which generate content and build audiences (respectively) to achieve the New Threads primary objective of starting conversations and building community through theatre. OUR FIRST PRODUCTION
The last weekend of July we will be launching our Production Program with David Mamet’s Oleanna. Back in January, we used this piece to launch our In-Dialogue Program by producing a staged reading of Oleanna in a living room in Corona, California to an enthusiastic audience of 21 people. This reading was followed by an audience talk-back which made it clear that we should pursue this piece to full production. WHAT MAKES NEW THREADS THEATRE COMPANY DIFFERENT? The Inland Empire region of Southern California where we are based has a rich tradition of professional level musical theatre, however, non-musical theatre is almost exclusively produced on the amateur or community theatre level. New Threads Theatre Company has the potential to build a vibrant theatre company dedicated to straight (non-musical theatre) plays and therefore become an important professional voice in the southern California theatre ecosystem. We seek to build community through inclusive conversations, which is the soul of democracy; we will do this by facilitating post-show talk-backs after every show or reading between audience and cast. We are hoping that our audience will come for the show, stay for the conversation, and become part of the community.
