Theater nonprofits in the U.S.

Organizations whose primary activity is the production of plays. (Organizations that present the productions of others should be classified as presenters. (A61). 6,973 theater file a Form 990 in the United States. Together they report $3.8 billion in revenue and hold $8.3 billion in assets. Browse the largest below, or drill in by state. Also called Amateur Theaters, Broadway Shows, Burlesque, Childrens Theaters, Childrens Performances, Childrens Plays, Childrens Theater, Comedies, Community Theaters, Community Theatrical Groups, Drama, Dramatic Arts, Dramatic Productions, Marionette Shows, Mimes, Musical Plays, Musical Theater, Musicals, Plays, Playwriting, Puppet Shows, Shakespeare Festivals, Shakespearean Festivals, Stage Plays, Storytelling, Summer Stock, Theater Companies, Theater Festivals, Theater Performances, Theater Troupes, Tragedies, Traveling Theaters.

The largest are Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare, and Roundabout Theatre Company Inc.

Largest theater

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Top 100 by revenue · 6,973 theater nationwide

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Organization	State	Revenue	Assets	Follow
Royal National Theatre New York	NY	$176.9M	$184.5M	+ Follow
Royal Shakespeare United Kingdom	—	$104.3M	$216.7M	+ Follow
Roundabout Theatre Company Inc New York	NY	$83.2M	$195.4M	+ Follow
Vivian Beaumont Theater Inc New York	NY	$71.3M	$179.2M	+ Follow
Washington Drama Society Inc Washington	DC	$63.9M	$123.2M	+ Follow
New York Shakespeare Festival New York	NY	$61.1M	$211.1M	+ Follow
Center Theatre Group Of Los Angeles Los Angeles	CA	$51.8M	$78.3M	+ Follow
Fractured Atlas Inc New York	NY	$42.0M	$37.9M	+ Follow
Hale Centre Theatre Sandy	UT	$41.6M	$143.9M	+ Follow
Municipal Theatre Association Of St Louis Saint Louis	MO	$39.4M	$138.9M	+ Follow
Hennepin Theatre Trust Minneapolis	MN	$38.9M	$33.1M	+ Follow
Alley Theatre Houston	TX	$36.3M	$113.7M	+ Follow
Guthrie Theater Foundation Minneapolis	MN	$36.1M	$164.3M	+ Follow
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc Milwaukee	WI	$34.8M	$126.7M	+ Follow
Old Globe Theatre San Diego	CA	$33.2M	$69.6M	+ Follow
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Ashland	OR	$32.7M	$47.7M	+ Follow
Austin Theatre Alliance Austin	TX	$32.5M	$39.5M	+ Follow
The American Theatre Guild Kansas City	MO	$32.3M	$39.8M	+ Follow
Paper Mill Playhouse Millburn	NJ	$31.4M	$60.4M	+ Follow
Chicago Theatre Group Inc Chicago	IL	$29.4M	$68.0M	+ Follow
The Second Stage Theatre Inc New York	NY	$28.7M	$54.3M	+ Follow
Theatre & Arts Foundation Of San Diego County La Jolla	CA	$26.7M	$104.5M	+ Follow
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc New York	NY	$26.3M	$100.5M	+ Follow
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc Garrison	NY	$26.2M	$0	+ Follow
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc Cambridge	MA	$25.9M	$40.4M	+ Follow
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Chicago	IL	$25.6M	$119.1M	+ Follow
5Th Avenue Theatre Association Seattle	WA	$23.9M	$16.5M	+ Follow
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation San Francisco	CA	$22.0M	$70.7M	+ Follow
Berkeley Repertory Theatre Berkeley	CA	$21.2M	$86.5M	+ Follow
The Shakespeare Theatre Washington	DC	$20.4M	$65.5M	+ Follow
Auditorium Theatre Of Roosevelt University Inc Chicago	IL	$20.2M	$18.4M	+ Follow
Florida Studio Theatre Inc Sarasota	FL	$18.5M	$71.4M	+ Follow
Huntington Theatre Company Inc Boston	MA	$17.8M	$128.9M	+ Follow
Theatre Under The Stars Inc Houston	TX	$16.9M	$10.9M	+ Follow
Atlantic Theater Company New York	NY	$16.7M	$30.3M	+ Follow
Signature Theatre Inc Arlington	VA	$16.6M	$17.4M	+ Follow
Gulfshore Playhouse Inc Naples	FL	$16.5M	$86.9M	+ Follow
Children'S Theatre Company And School Minneapolis	MN	$16.5M	$34.5M	+ Follow
Asolo Theatre Inc Sarasota	FL	$16.3M	$52.9M	+ Follow
Ford S Theatre Society Washington	DC	$16.3M	$95.9M	+ Follow
Village Theatre Issaquah	WA	$15.5M	$19.8M	+ Follow
Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle	WA	$15.5M	$11.1M	+ Follow
State Theatre Regional Arts Center At New Brunswick Inc New Brunswick	NJ	$15.0M	$34.4M	+ Follow
San Diego Theatres Inc San Diego	CA	$14.8M	$29.3M	+ Follow
Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc East Haddam	CT	$14.1M	$31.9M	+ Follow
Playwrights Horizons Inc New York	NY	$14.1M	$46.6M	+ Follow
Olney Theatre Corporation Inc Olney	MD	$13.9M	$39.9M	+ Follow
Geffen Playhouse Inc Los Angeles	CA	$13.8M	$20.2M	+ Follow
Riverside Theatre Inc Vero Beach	FL	$13.6M	$56.5M	+ Follow
Walnut Street Theatre Corporation Philadelphia	PA	$13.6M	$32.8M	+ Follow
Hartford Stage Company Hartford	CT	$13.6M	$28.2M	+ Follow
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Chicago	IL	$13.1M	$56.8M	+ Follow
Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park Cincinnati	OH	$13.1M	$70.6M	+ Follow
The Cleveland Play House Cleveland	OH	$12.6M	$15.4M	+ Follow
The Phoenix Theatre Company And Subsidiary Phoenix	AZ	$12.3M	$59.2M	+ Follow
Northlight Theatre Inc Evanston	IL	$12.0M	$31.0M	+ Follow
American Players Theatre Of Wisconsin Inc Spring Green	WI	$11.7M	$26.3M	+ Follow
Storyville Center For The Spoken Word Inc New York	NY	$11.3M	$11.7M	+ Follow
The Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre Of California Inc Pasadena	CA	$11.2M	$18.1M	+ Follow
Theatreworks Silicon Valley Redwood City	CA	$10.9M	$12.3M	+ Follow
Bucks County Playhouse Theater Inc New Hope	PA	$10.8M	$18.9M	+ Follow
Round House Theatre Inc Bethesda	MD	$10.6M	$12.5M	+ Follow
The Children'S Theatre Of Cincinnati Cincinnati	OH	$10.4M	$57.7M	+ Follow
Latino Theater Company Los Angeles	CA	$10.3M	$13.8M	+ Follow
Trinity Repertory Company Providence	RI	$10.1M	$24.5M	+ Follow
I Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc Indianapolis	IN	$10.0M	$43.4M	+ Follow
South Coast Repertory Inc Costa Mesa	CA	$10.0M	$78.4M	+ Follow
Pabst Theater Foundation Inc Milwaukee	WI	$9.8M	$14.6M	+ Follow
Cape Fear Regional Theatre At Fayetteville Inc Fayetteville	NC	$9.6M	$24.3M	+ Follow
Alabama Shakespeare Festival Inc Montgomery	AL	$9.5M	$10.5M	+ Follow
Zachary Scott Theater Center Austin	TX	$9.3M	$9.5M	+ Follow
Significant Productions Inc The Villages	FL	$8.9M	$3.1M	+ Follow
Portland Center Stage Portland	OR	$8.9M	$3.6M	+ Follow
Manhattan Class Company Inc New York	NY	$8.9M	$29.3M	+ Follow
Stella Adler Studio Of Acting New York	NY	$8.7M	$17.8M	+ Follow
Rialto Theatre Foundation Tucson	AZ	$8.7M	$8.6M	+ Follow
Abt Performing Arts Association Inc Peoria	AZ	$8.6M	$8.8M	+ Follow
Theatreworks Usa Corporation New York	NY	$8.3M	$4.2M	+ Follow
Springfield Little Theatre Inc Springfield	MO	$8.3M	$13.3M	+ Follow
Flynn Center For The Performing Arts Ltd Burlington	VT	$8.1M	$27.8M	+ Follow
New York Theatre Workshop Inc New York	NY	$8.1M	$14.7M	+ Follow
Keith Albee Performing Arts Center Inc Huntington	WV	$8.0M	$13.6M	+ Follow
Casa Manana Inc Fort Worth	TX	$8.0M	$12.1M	+ Follow
Signature Theatre Company Inc New York	NY	$7.9M	$48.6M	+ Follow
Northern Stage Company White Riv Jct	VT	$7.7M	$21.0M	+ Follow
Cygnet Theatre Company San Diego	CA	$7.6M	$6.3M	+ Follow
Traditional Culture Reviving Center Inc New York	NY	$7.6M	$6.0M	+ Follow
Music Theatre Wichita Wichita	KS	$7.5M	$15.6M	+ Follow
Arizona Theatre Company Tucson	AZ	$7.4M	$3.9M	+ Follow
Dallas Theater Center Dallas	TX	$7.4M	$4.2M	+ Follow
Writers Theatre Inc Glencoe	IL	$7.4M	$36.8M	+ Follow
Su Theatre Corporation D/B/A Syracuse Stage Syracuse	NY	$7.2M	$6.9M	+ Follow
Two River Theatre Company Red Bank	NJ	$7.0M	$134.2M	+ Follow
The Repertory Theatre Of St Louis Webster Grvs	MO	$7.0M	$2.1M	+ Follow
Carolina Theatre Of Durham Inc Durham	NC	$7.0M	$8.5M	+ Follow
Maine State Music Theatre Brunswick	ME	$6.9M	$11.8M	+ Follow
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co Washington	DC	$6.9M	$8.0M	+ Follow
Studio Theatre Inc Washington	DC	$6.7M	$33.2M	+ Follow
Tampa Theatre Inc Tampa	FL	$6.7M	$15.4M	+ Follow
San Francisco Playhouse San Francisco	CA	$6.7M	$2.1M	+ Follow

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