Prospect Theater Company is a non-profit organization, composed of theater artists from all disciplines who share an interest in pursuing excellence and innovation. The company was founded in 1998 by five graduates of Princeton University, and now the membership includes a network of more than 700 emerging and established artists.

Prospect Theater Company’s goal is to connect communities of artists and audiences to each other and to theatrical history by re-interpreting classic plays and musicals, and to use these connections to collaboratively create new works. We strive to connect theater’s present to its past—in order to build its future.

While our productions are eclectic in genre and style, usually our work shares the following characteristics:

• Heightened language:  whether it’s song lyrics, a classic verse play, or contemporary writing with a poetic feel.
• Ensemble-based performance:  Prospect shows tend to have large casts and tell stories involving many characters.
• Historical context:  a strong grounding in a specific period, or a contemporary writer in dialogue with a historic voice or style.
• And, we use all elements of performance — text, music, movement, and design values — to fully create a theatrical world.