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Overview

Founded in 1976 and enjoying its 31st season, Arkansas Repertory Theatre is Arkansas’ largest non-profit professional theatre company. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT D), "The Rep" has produced more than 280 productions including 40 world premieres on its 354-seat MainStage and 99-seat black box SecondStage located in its historic building in downtown Little Rock. Robert Hupp, Producing Artistic Director since 1999 when founder Cliff Fannin Baker retired, leads staff, artists and a 28-member Board of Directors, who serve as ambassadors to the community and govern The Rep’s fiduciary growth and operations. With an operating budget of $3.1 million, The Rep relies on season subscriptions, special events, foundation support, corporate and individual donations, and National Endowment for the Arts and Arkansas Arts Council funding. Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Largest metro area Little Rock Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... Repertory or rep, called stock in the U.S., is a term from Western theatre. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Little Rock redirects here. ... Regional theatres (also called resident theatres) in the United States are professional theatre companies that produce their own seasons. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded program that offers support and funding for projects that exhibit artistic excellence. ...

Current Season

• It Happened In Little Rock by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (September 14 — September 30)

• Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon (October 26 — November 11)

• Hello, Dolly! Book by Michael Stewart, Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman, based on The Matchmaker by Thorton Wilder (December 7 — January 6)

• Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (February 8 — February 24)

• Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure by Steven Dietz, based on the original 1899 play by William Gillette and Arthur Conan Doyle (April 11 — April 27)

• Fire on the Mountain by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman (May 30 — June 22)

Barefoot in the Park is a 1963 Tony-nominated comedy play by Neil Simon, about a young couple and their odd neighbors in their small apartment building in Greenwich Village, New York. ... Neil Simon (1966) Neil Simon (born Marvin Neil Simon July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is a Jewish American playwright and screenwriter. ... Hello, Dolly! is a Broadway musical with a book by Michael Stewart and a score by Jerry Herman. ... Michael Stewart (1924 New York City- 1987), Jewish-American playwright and librettist. ... Jerry Herman Jerry Herman (born Gerald Herman on July 10, 1933 in New York City) is an American composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical theater. ... The Matchmaker is a play by Thornton Wilder based on an 1842 play by the Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy titled Einen Jux will er sich machen. ... Thornton Wilder (April 17, 1897 - December 7, 1975) was an American writer. ... Doubt book cover Doubt: A Parable is a 2004 play by John Patrick Shanley (ISBN 1-55936-276-6) set in a Bronx Catholic school during the fall of 1964. ... John Patrick Shanley (born in 1950) is a playwright from the Bronx. ... Steven Dietz is an American playwright whose work is largely performed regionally, i. ... William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes William Hooker Gillette ( July 24, 1853, Hartford, Connecticut; April 29, 1937, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American actor, playwright and stage-manager; recognized as one of the greatest actors in the history of the United States. ... Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859–7 July 1930) was a British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. ...

External links

• Arkansas Repertory Theatre website
• LORT website