# League of Resident Theatres

The League of Resident Theatres (LORT) is a collective bargaining association with over 70 non-profit theatre members in the U.S. LORT members. LORT serves as a way for member resident theaters, also called regional theaters, to bargain collectively on behalf of theater management with Actors' Equity Association, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and United Scenic Artists.
LORT was formed by the largest of regional theatres to combat unions.$^{:244}$ Membership is restricted to US theatres considered as "non-profit" by the Internal Revenue Service

## History

The League of Resident Theatres was formally established on 18 March 1966 by Peter Zeisler, managing director of the Minnesota Theatre Company (a.k.a. the Guthrie Theater), Thomas Fichandler, general manager of Arena Stage, and Morris Kaplan, an attorney. Peter Zeisler was appointed the first president, with Thomas Finchandler as vice president and William Bushnell, manager of Baltimore's Center Stage, as secretary. There were 26 member theaters at the organization's founding. Until then resident theater troupes negotiated individual contracts with Equity; most of them used modifications of commercial theater contracts. In some instances the theaters operated under the terms of Equity's new stock contract, however, resident theater managers have long felt burdened by what they call Equity's "one production" type of contract used on Broadway.

## List of Current Member Theaters

| Theatre | City | State |
| ACT Theatre | Seattle | WA |
| Actors Theatre of Louisville | Louisville | KY |
| Alabama Shakespeare Festival | Montgomery | AL |
| Alley Theatre | Houston | TX |
| Alliance Theatre | Atlanta | GA |
| American Conservatory Theater | San Francisco | CA |
| American Repertory Theater | Cambridge | MA |
| Arden Theatre Company | Philadelphia | PA |
| Arena Stage | Washington | DC |
| Arizona Theatre Company | Tucson/Phoenix | AZ |
| Artists Repertory Theatre | Portland | OR |
| Asolo Repertory Theatre | Sarasota | FL |
| Baltimore Center Stage | Baltimore | MD |
| Barter Theatre | Abingdon | VA |
| Berkeley Repertory Theatre | Berkeley | CA |
| Capital Repertory Theatre | Albany | NY |
| Center Theatre Group | Los Angeles | CA |
| Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | Cincinnati | OH |
| City Theatre Company | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Clarence Brown Theatre Company | Knoxville | TN |
| Cleveland Play House | Cleveland | OH |
| Court Theatre | Chicago | IL |
| Dallas Theater Center | Dallas | TX |
| Delaware Theatre Company | Wilmington | DE |
| Denver Center Theatre Company | Denver | CO |
| Ensemble Theatre Company | Santa Barbara | CA |
| Everyman Theatre | Baltimore | MD |
| Florida Studio Theatre | Sarasota | FL |
| Ford's Theatre | Washington | DC |
| Geffen Playhouse | Los Angeles | CA |
| George Street Playhouse | New Brunswick | NJ |
| Geva Theatre Center | Rochester | NY |
| Goodman Theatre | Chicago | IL |
| Goodspeed Musicals | East Haddam | CT |
| Great Lakes Theater | Cleveland | OH |
| Gulfshore Playhouse | Naples | FL |
| Guthrie Theater | Minneapolis | MN |
| Hartford Stage | Hartford | CT |
| Huntington Theatre Company | Boston | MA |
| Indiana Repertory Theatre | Indianapolis | IN |
| Kansas City Repertory Theatre | Kansas City | MO |
| La Jolla Playhouse | San Diego | CA |
| Laguna Playhouse | Laguna Beach | CA |
| Lincoln Center Theater | New York | NY |
| Long Wharf Theatre | New Haven | CT |
| Maltz Jupiter Theatre | Jupiter | FL |
| Manhattan Theatre Club | New York | NY |
| Marin Theatre | Mill Valley | CA |
| McCarter Theatre | Princeton | NJ |
| Merrimack Repertory Theatre | Lowell | MA |
| Milwaukee Repertory Theater | Milwaukee | WI |
| Northern Stage | White River Junction | VT |
| Northlight Theatre | Skokie | IL |
| Pasadena Playhouse | Pasadena | CA |
| People's Light | Malvern | PA |
| Philadelphia Theatre Company | Philadelphia | PA |
| Pittsburgh Public Theater | Pittsburgh | PA |
| PlayMakers Repertory Company | Chapel Hill | NC |
| Portland Center Stage | Portland | OR |
| Portland Stage Company | Portland | ME |
| Repertory Theatre of St. Louis | St. Louis | MO |
| Round House Theatre | Bethesda | MD |
| Roundabout Theatre Company | New York | NY |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | Seattle | WA |
| Second Stage Theater | New York | NY |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | Washington | DC |
| Signature Theatre | Arlington | VA |
| South Coast Repertory | Costa Mesa | CA |
| Steppenwolf Theatre | Chicago | IL |
| Studio Theatre | Washington | DC |
| Syracuse Stage | Syracuse | NY |
| The 5th Avenue Theatre | Seattle | WA |
| The Old Globe | San Diego | CA |
| Theatre for a New Audience | Brooklyn | NY |
| TheatreWorks | Redwood City | CA |
| Trinity Repertory Company | Providence | RI |
| Two River Theater | Red Bank | NJ |
| Utah Shakespeare Festival | Cedar City | UT |
| Westport Country Playhouse | Westport | CT |
| Wilma Theater | Philadelphia | PA |
| Yale Repertory Theatre | New Haven | CT |