Theatre Bay Area

About Theatre Bay Area

Founded in 1976, Theatre Bay Area (TBA) is known for its innovative programs and services and counts as its members nearly 300 theatre companies and some 2,000 individual artists across the region. Theatre Bay Area’s mission is to unite, strengthen, promote and advance the Bay Area theatre community working from its conviction that theatre and all the arts are an essential public good, critical to a truly prosperous and democratic society, and invaluable as a source of personal enrichment and growth. At Theatre Bay Area we assert the particular power of theatre to inspire empathy and understanding, enrich individual lives, and create community.