Our Mission
The Strand Theater Company champions challenging and provocative theater that especially celebrates women’s diverse voices and
perspectives while bringing together the creative talents of both women and men as artists, technicians, and administrators. We invite
patrons to experience some of the region’s best contemporary and reinterpreted works for the stage in our intimate midtown theater in
Baltimore, Maryland.
perspectives while bringing together the creative talents of both women and men as artists, technicians, and administrators. We invite
patrons to experience some of the region’s best contemporary and reinterpreted works for the stage in our intimate midtown theater in
Baltimore, Maryland.
Meet the Strand Theater Company
Theater has long been considered a male pursuit, particularly when it comes to leadership. Shakespeare, who is still considered the most influential playwright ever, wrote during an age when women were not permitted to perform. Throughout the centuries, women writers have not been offered the same publishing opportunities as men. Theater has been saturated with male voices. Plays often focus on the struggles men face; women characters are secondary. The result is fewer roles for women, and even fewer roles of significance. The 1990's offered a dramatic influx of female voices to the stage. The male standbys were replaced by progressive women, willing to explore theater in a revolutionary way. We wish to celebrate these trailblazers and pledge to bring these voices to the forefront.
Theater is part of our past and embedded in our culture. We believe it has remarkable power to affect change in the human spirit. Theater is alive. The audience participates in a way that is unique to any art form. For two hours, a room full of people dedicate themselves to listening to a story of the human experience. Sometimes an audience will walk away changed with a new set of ideas, and sometimes they will walk away upset, completely disagreeing with the playwright's point of view. Either way, the performance has provoked emotion. This is how theater is meant to function.
The Strand dedicates itself to throwing out the book of old conventions. Our productions bear relevance in today's world. We seek to equalize the balance of power in society with more roles for women artists: as actors, playwrights, directors, designers, and managers.
Welcome to the Strand Theater Company!
Theater is part of our past and embedded in our culture. We believe it has remarkable power to affect change in the human spirit. Theater is alive. The audience participates in a way that is unique to any art form. For two hours, a room full of people dedicate themselves to listening to a story of the human experience. Sometimes an audience will walk away changed with a new set of ideas, and sometimes they will walk away upset, completely disagreeing with the playwright's point of view. Either way, the performance has provoked emotion. This is how theater is meant to function.
The Strand dedicates itself to throwing out the book of old conventions. Our productions bear relevance in today's world. We seek to equalize the balance of power in society with more roles for women artists: as actors, playwrights, directors, designers, and managers.
Welcome to the Strand Theater Company!
