The Endangered Species theatre Project officially began on May 1, 2018, and presented our first summer programming with "Ten by Tennessee" - a production of ten short plays by Tennessee Williams which played at Sky Stage in July and August of that year.

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ESPtheatre’s mission is to bring enjoyment and understanding through live theatre that proactively focuses on diverse representation. We do this by: a) giving voice to forgotten plays and playwrights; b) producing and sponsoring local artists who stage/promote/celebrate productions that increase representation of women over age 40 and other historically excluded artists on the stage; and c) making vital connections between people of all generations.

​Our goal is to engage our artists and our community in the universal human experience.

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We promise to:

a) Hire at least 50% cis or trans women both on our stages or backstage,

b) educate ourselves on anti-racism and be actively involved in color-aware and anti-racist casting, and

c) opening roles to actors of all genders, and to actively work and train to be as inclusive as possible.

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At ESP, we believe that art can provide a way for engaged citizens to better understand and more competently navigate difficult times such as these. We will continue to tell the stories that need to be told as a part of an ongoing struggle to make this society all that it can and should be.

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"Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable." -- Anna Julia Cooper 1919
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