League of Resident Theatres


The League of Resident Theatres is the largest professional theater association of its kind in the United States, with 75 member theaters located in every major market in the U.S., including 29 states and the District of Columbia. LORT members collectively issue more Equity contracts to actors than Broadway and commercial tours combined.
LORT is also a forum for sharing information regarding all aspects. According to the organization's website, their semi-annual meetings provide opportunities for members to study, discuss, and exchange information on such non-labor management issues as development, marketing, public relations, education, and technology, as well as provide a forum for developing professional relationships. LORT is also committed to the continued training of current and future LORT managers.
LORT serves as a way for member resident theaters, also called regional theaters, to bargain collectively with Actors' Equity Association, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and United Scenic Artists, as well as other major labor unions in the entertainment industry.

Objectives

The League of Resident Theatres was formally established on 18 March 1966 by Peter Zeisler, managing director of the Minnesota Theatre Company, 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.

Categories

Theaters are categorized into tiers A through D. Tiers B+ through D are determined by the weekly actual box office receipts averaged over the last three complete fiscal years. No theaters can move in or out of Tier "A".
For some purposes, the "C" category is split into "C-1" and "C-2" based on seating capacity.

Member theatres

There are 75 member theatres listed on the 2018 LORT website:
Theatre NameCityState
ACT TheatreSeattleWA
Actors Theatre of LouisvilleLouisvilleKY
Alabama Shakespeare FestivalMontgomeryAL
Alley TheatreHoustonTX
Alliance TheatreAtlantaGA
American Conservatory TheaterSan FranciscoCA
American Repertory TheatreCambridgeMA
Arden Theatre Company PhiladelphiaPA
Arena StageWashingtonDC
Arizona Theatre CompanyTucson/PhoenixAZ
Arkansas Repertory TheatreLittle RockAR
Artists Repertory TheatrePortlandOR
Asolo Repertory TheatreSarasotaFL
Barter TheatreAbingdonVA
Berkeley Repertory TheatreBerkeleyCA
Capital Repertory TheatreAlbanyNY
CenterstageBaltimoreMD
Center Theatre GroupLos AngelesCA
Cincinnati Playhouse in the ParkCincinnatiOH
City Theatre CompanyPittsburghPA
Clarence Brown Theatre CompanyKnoxvilleTN
The Cleveland Play HouseClevelandOH
Court TheatreChicagoIL
Dallas Theater CenterDallasTX
Delaware Theatre CompanyWilmingtonDE
Denver Center Theatre CompanyDenverCO
Florida Studio TheatreSarasotaFL
Ford's TheatreWashingtonDC
Geffen PlayhouseLos AngelesCA
George Street PlayhouseNew BrunswickNJ
Geva Theatre CenterRochesterNY
The Goodman TheatreChicagoIL
Goodspeed MusicalsEast HaddamCT
Great Lakes TheaterClevelandOH
The Guthrie TheaterMinneapolisMN
Hartford Stage CompanyHartfordCT
Huntington Theatre CompanyBostonMA
Indiana Repertory TheatreIndianapolisIN
Kansas City Repertory TheatreKansas CityMO
Laguna PlayhouseLaguna BeachCA
La Jolla PlayhouseLa JollaCA
Lincoln Center TheaterNew YorkNY
Long Wharf TheatreNew HavenCT
Maltz Jupiter TheatreJupiterFL
Manhattan Theatre ClubNew YorkNY
Marin Theatre CompanyMill ValleyCA
McCarter TheatrePrincetonNJ
Merrimack Repertory TheatreLowellMA
Milwaukee Repertory TheaterMilwaukeeWI
Northern StageWhite River JunctionVT
Northlight TheatreSkokieIL
The Old GlobeSan DiegoCA
Pasadena PlayhousePasadenaCA
People's Light and Theatre CompanyPhiladelphiaPA
Philadelphia Theatre CompanyPhiladelphiaPA
Pittsburgh Public TheaterPittsburghPA
PlayMakers Repertory CompanyChapel HillNC
Portland Center StagePortlandOR
Portland Stage CompanyPortlandME
The Repertory Theatre of St. LouisSt. LouisMO
Roundabout Theatre CompanyNew YorkNY
Round House TheatreBethesdaMD
Seattle Repertory TheatreSeattleWA
Second Stage TheaterNew YorkNY
Shakespeare Theatre CompanyWashingtonDC
Signature TheatreArlingtonVA
South Coast RepertoryCosta MesaCA
Syracuse StageSyracuseNY
Theatre for a New AudienceNew YorkNY
TheatreWorksPalo AltoCA
Trinity Repertory CompanyProvidenceRI
Two River Theater CompanyRed BankNJ
Westport Country PlayhouseWestportCT
The Wilma TheaterPhiladelphiaPA
Yale Repertory TheatreNew HavenCT