Sound Theatre Company

About

Sound Theatre Company empowers artists to give voice to

the dignity and diversity of the human experience

– moving audiences toward a more just and compassionate world.

History: Founded in Seattle, WA in 2006 with an experimental performance of

Shakespeare’s The Tempest in the water and on the shore of Lake Sammamish.

Today: A small-to-mid-sized ($500,000) theatre company, operating through shared

artist leadership, offering year-round public programming.

Core Work: Known for engaging emerging artists and producing challenging, authentic

stories that spark conversation and ignite social change.

Year-Round Programming: Live mainstage and workshop performances for diverse

audiences and professional development opportunities for artists.

Rooted in Artists and Community: One of few theatres in the Puget Sound constantly

investing in creating new plays and transformative storytelling that centers disabled

artists, queer artists, and artists of color historically excluded from traditional theatre.

Audiences: In a typical year, Sound Theatre reaches 4,000 people. As of 2022, 17% of

audiences were BIPOC.

Partnership-Driven: To create more equitable theatre, co-produces and shares

resources with other disabled theatres and theatres of color like The Hansberry Project,

Seattle Native Artists Group, LANGSTON, Deaf Spotlight, eSe Teatro, BrownBox Theatre,

and Pratidhwani.

Accessible: Reduces barriers for artists and audiences with Radical Hospitality

Choose-Your-Own ticket prices and a dedicated on-staff Accessibility Coordinator.

Performances offer ASL Interpretation, CART/Open Captioning, large print materials,

Sensory-Friendly shows, tactile tours, and flexible, barrier-free seating. Support for artist

well-being includes paid training, mentorship, and professional development, childcare

reimbursement, sick leave, anti-oppressive rehearsal practices, and affinity groups.

Award-Winning: Recognized for many years by Theatre Puget Sound’s Gregory Awards,

including most recently, a 2024 People’s Choice Nomination. Sound Theatre’s first film

project, Changer: A Hand Telling, produced in the pandemic, has won dozens of local,

national, and international film festival laurels.

Growing: Beginning in 2020, even while responding to the pandemic’s impact, new

grants and contributions ignited significant growth, transforming the company from a

small, volunteer-led project to a staffed, professional theatre company, working to

expand audiences, artistic capacity, and operations.

In 2024, after 18 years moving among rented performance venues in Seattle, Sound

Theatre became one of four resident theatre companies through Theatre Puget

Sound’s Space4Arts Program, sharing dedicated performance and rehearsal space

in the Centre Theatre at the Seattle Center Armory with other resident theatres:

The 14/48 Projects, Latitude Theatre, and Parley.

Learn More and Join Us:

contact Kooper Campbell at development@soundtheatrecompany.org