Our Mission
Connecting you to excellent and entertaining storytelling and creative artistic opportunities.
Our Vision
To enrich our community through the shared experience of live performing arts as North Alabama’s premier regional theatre company.
We Believe…
in Ambition. We create artistic, innovative performances, and empower artists to evolve and flourish.
in Community. We enrich North Alabama’s quality of life and benefit the local economy.
in Stewardship. We cultivate and manage our financial, physical, and human resources with intention and transparency.
in Inclusivity. We remove barriers to attendance and participation - theatre is for everyone.
in Celebration. Theatre is super fun.
Our History
Theatre Huntsville was formed in 1997 by the merger of Huntsville Little Theatre and Twickenham Repertory Company. Huntsville Little Theatre began in the 1950s, as Huntsville’s very first theatre group and only its second performing arts group (Huntsville Community Chorus was the first). Its first play was “Dear Ruth,” and its last was “I Remember Mama” in 1997. During its first decade, HLT presented one play for children each season. Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theatre was born in the early 1960s, when a group of Little Theatre folks and others decided one play per year for children wasn’t enough.
Twickenham Repertory Company (TRC) was initially funded by an arts grant; its core was a handful of paid, trained theatre people. When the grant ran out, TRC became a community theater group. Its final play, in 1997, was “God’s Favorite.” By then, it was evident that the two groups shared common goals and were using many of the same actors and tech personnel, so they merged and formed what is known today as Theatre Huntsville.
Now in it’s 25th season, Theatre Huntsville is recognized as a valued member of the Huntsville arts community, presenting a wide array of theatrical offerings.
“I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theatre is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.”