The Aurora Theatre Company

Auroras productions receive many accolades from audiences and critics, and have garnered many regional awards, including best of accolades in every major bay area daily newspaper. In 2012, sf weekly named Aurora The best Theatre Company in its 2012 best of list. The wall street journal has nothing but praise for The Aurora, while The contra costa times stated, perfection is probably an unattainable ideal in a medium as fluid as live performance, but The Aurora Theatre comes luminously close.originate+generate is Aurora Theatre companys new works initiative, including commissions, workshops, readings, and full productions of new plays. This incubator for forward-looking new work has seen tremendous growth since its inception in 2015. With a primary focus and investment in works generated by bay area artists, o+g

Auroras process, spaces, audience, and resources. By sharing resources between Aurora Theatre Company and our partner organizations, we build lasting relationships that further our mission and yours while strengthening our community in berkeley, The east bay, and The bay area. Previous partnerships include berkeley high school, mills college theater department, bay area womens Theatre festival, and California college of The arts.

Provides extensive developmental support to playmakers. Aurora is proud to contribute bay area voices to The national Theatre repertoire, and hopes to continue providing a space for playwrights to craft The stories that will inspire and illuminate a new world. Previous o+g artists include jonathan spector (award-winning eureka day), christopher chen (The ruler), beth wilmurt (olga), as well as britney frazier and margo hall (laveau).aurora Theatre companys new community partners program connects each of our productions to a partner organization, grounding Aurora into The life, work, and culture of our community. Auroras artists learn from our partners about The cultural and historical context of The stories we tell, and in return, we offer access to