League of Resident Theatres

The League of Resident Theatres (LORT) is a collective bargaining association in the United States with over 70 non-profit theatre 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 negotiate with theater unions. 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 March 18, 1966 by Peter Zeisler, managing director of the Minnesota Theatre Company (a.k.a. the Guthrie Theater), Thomas Fichandler, general manager of D.C.'s 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.

On June 7, 2026, the American Theatre Wing awarded a Special Tony Award to the League of Resident Theatres at the 79th Tony Awards held at Radio City Music Hall.

List of Current Member Theaters +Theatre CityStateActors Theatre of LouisvilleLouisvilleKYAlabama Shakespeare FestivalMontgomeryALAlley TheatreHoustonTXAlliance TheatreAtlantaGAAmerican Conservatory TheaterSan FranciscoCAAmerican Repertory TheaterCambridgeMAArden Theatre CompanyPhiladelphiaPAArena StageWashingtonDCArizona Theatre CompanyTucson/PhoenixAZArtists Repertory TheatrePortlandORAsolo Repertory TheatreSarasotaFLBaltimore Center StageBaltimoreMDBarrington Stage CompanyPittsfieldMA Barter TheatreAbingdonVABerkeley Repertory TheatreBerkeleyCACapital Repertory TheatreAlbanyNYCenter Theatre GroupLos AngelesCACincinnati Playhouse in the ParkCincinnatiOHCity Theatre CompanyPittsburghPAClarence Brown Theatre CompanyKnoxvilleTNCleveland Play HouseClevelandOHCourt TheatreChicagoILDallas Theater CenterDallasTXDelaware Theatre CompanyWilmingtonDEDenver Center Theatre CompanyDenverCOEnsemble Theatre CompanySanta BarbaraCAEveryman TheatreBaltimoreMDFlorida Studio TheatreSarasotaFLFord's TheatreWashingtonDCGeffen PlayhouseLos AngelesCAGeorge Street PlayhouseNew BrunswickNJGeva Theatre CenterRochesterNYGoodman TheatreChicagoILGoodspeed MusicalsEast HaddamCTGreat Lakes TheaterClevelandOHGulfshore PlayhouseNaplesFLGuthrie TheaterMinneapolisMNHartford StageHartfordCTHuntington Theatre CompanyBostonMAIndiana Repertory TheatreIndianapolisINKansas City Repertory TheatreKansas CityMOLa Jolla PlayhouseSan DiegoCALaguna PlayhouseLaguna BeachCALincoln Center TheaterNew YorkNYLong Wharf TheatreNew HavenCTMaltz Jupiter TheatreJupiterFLManhattan Theatre ClubNew YorkNYMarin TheatreMill ValleyCAMcCarter TheatrePrincetonNJMerrimack Repertory TheatreLowellMAMilwaukee Repertory TheaterMilwaukeeWINorthern StageWhite River JunctionVTNorthlight TheatreSkokieILPasadena PlayhousePasadenaCAPeople's LightMalvernPAPhiladelphia Theatre CompanyPhiladelphiaPAPittsburgh Public TheaterPittsburghPAPlayMakers Repertory CompanyChapel HillNCPortland Center StagePortlandORPortland Stage CompanyPortlandMERepertory Theatre of St. LouisSt. LouisMORound House TheatreBethesdaMDRoundabout Theatre CompanyNew YorkNYSeattle Repertory TheatreSeattleWASecond Stage TheaterNew YorkNYShakespeare Theatre CompanyWashingtonDCSignature TheatreArlingtonVASouth Coast RepertoryCosta MesaCASteppenwolf TheatreChicagoILStudio TheatreWashingtonDCSyracuse StageSyracuseNYThe 5th Avenue TheatreSeattleWAThe Old GlobeSan DiegoCATheatre for a New AudienceBrooklynNYTheatreWorks Silicon ValleyPalo AltoCATrinity Repertory CompanyProvidenceRITwo River TheaterRed BankNJUnion Arts CenterSeattleWAUtah Shakespeare FestivalCedar CityUTWestport Country PlayhouseWestportCTWilma TheaterPhiladelphiaPAYale Repertory TheatreNew HavenCT

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