Olney Theatre Center
Interior | |
| Founded | 1938 |
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| 52-1149571 | |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit theater |
| Purpose | 20th-century American classics and experimental plays |
| Location | |
| Services | Promotion and production of theatrical works, through the presentation of original, classical, and experimental plays in public and private theatres and auditoriums. |
| Jason Loewith | |
| Deborah Ellinghaus | |
| Linda E. Rosenzweig | |
| Revenue | $7,541,789 (2017) |
| Expenses | $6,125,750 (2017) |
| Employees | 229 (2016) |
| Volunteers | 330 (2016) |
| Website | www |
Located in Olney, Maryland, the Olney Theatre Center is one of the two official state theaters of Maryland. Olney Theatre Center is situated on 14 acres (57,000 m2) in the middle of the Washington–Baltimore–Frederick "triangle." There are three indoor venues: the Historic Theatre, the Roberts Mainstage, and the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab. There is also an outdoor venue, the Root Family Stage at Omi's Pavilion.
The Roberts Mainstage seats 429 patrons, with a small theatre lab added in 1999.
As of November 2023, Olney Theatre Center has won 28 Helen Hayes Awards since the award's founding in 1985 and received 208 nominations. It is one of only two theaters in the country to operate under an Actors' Equity Association Council of Stock Theaters (COST) contract.