3-591: Northern Stage is a regional non-profit LORT ( League of Resident Theatres )-D professional theater company located in White River Junction, VT . Founded in 1997 by Brooke Ciardelli . Northern Stage launched New Works Now in 2014. Northern Stage is part of the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, with Carol Dunne being the founder of the cohort. League of Resident Theatres The League of Resident Theatres ( LORT )
6-501: Is a collective bargaining association with over 70 non-profit theatre members in the U.S. LORT members. LORT serves as a way for member resident theaters, also called regional theaters , to bargain collectively on behalf of theater management with Actors' Equity Association , the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society , and United Scenic Artists . LORT was formed by the largest of regional theatres to combat unions. Membership
9-754: Is restricted to US theatres considered as "non-profit" by the Internal Revenue Service The League of Resident Theatres was formally established on 18 March 1966 by Peter Zeisler, managing director of the Minnesota Theatre Company (a.k.a. the Guthrie Theater ), Thomas Fichandler, general manager of Arena Stage , and Morris Kaplan, an attorney. Peter Zeisler was appointed the first president, with Thomas Finchandler as vice president and William Bushnell, manager of Baltimore's Center Stage , as secretary. There were 26 member theaters at
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