OUR MISSION
Roustabout Theater’s mission is to build a vibrant regional theater in Sonoma County producing Masterworks of the 20th Century and new plays in their West Coast premieres, while also sustaining an unparalleled actor training program for all ages.
Roustabout Theater is the resident theater company of the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California and our Apprentice Program is one of the leading theatrical training and performance programs in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Roustabout Theater has served thousands of the community’s families and theater lovers through professional productions, classes for all ages and scholarship programs.
Your support is welcome and all donations are tax-deductible.
Our programs are made possible, in part, with funds from Creative Sonoma and the National Endowment for the Arts. Thank you!
OUR VISION
To Build a Professional Regional Theater in Sonoma County
To Produce Masterworks of the 20th Century and new plays in their West Coast premieres
To Create a home for local, professionally-trained adult performers with a commitment to excellence
To Train young performers in the skills needed for an extraordinary performance, and to make them to feel at home in any performance situation
To Forge an indelible link between our performing artists and our apprentices
We’ve been a federally recognized nonprofit since 2005. Our number is 43-2082815.
All donations are tax-deductible. Talk to your tax advisor for details.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Roustabout Theater actively affirms the wide diversity of our community and actively supports all who are working to eradicate inequity, injustice, and marginalization.
In response to ongoing social and professional inequities, Roustabout Theater is dedicated to:
- actively acknowledging all racial and gender identifications;
- asserting itself as an advocate for justice and equity;
- affirming Roustabout’s intolerance for oppressive language, actions, and behavior, and standing against hate, injustice, and inequity;
- engaging in honest self-assessment of equity, diversity, and inclusion as reflected in all operations;
- implementing criteria for production, casting, and staffing that support a true and robust equity;
- practicing inclusion on our Board of Directors that respects our community’s diversity;
- encouraging personal growth among Roustabout’s artists, audiences, students and administrators to become potent advocates for equity, diversity, inclusion, and change;
- facilitating anti-racist and anti-oppression training for staff and board, including the drafting of an anti-racist/anti-oppression values statement and updating any policies to acknowledge and abandon any exclusionary or harmful practices.
