Awaken. Delight. Challenge. Innovate.

“Artists are a special sort of culture bearer, the people most immediately responsible for articulating and carrying forward the many messages and great possibilities of our region. Aesthetic democracy is the key to this exciting cultural exchange. We believe the contemporary performing arts include work from classical, culturally specific, and traditional forms, as well as emerging fields and all other modern idioms. In offering support to artists in these genres, we represent a belief in innovation, cultural diversity, and progressive social values.”
–Rob Bailis,
  ODC Theater Director

Since 1976 ODC Theater has been dedicated to the full life-cycle of artistic careers and the creative process. Our programs are predicated on long-term relationships with artists and a commitment to artistic excellence across a broad range of aesthetics. Central to our vision is the idea that artists of all levels need a place to start, a house of risk willing to incubate new ideas, equally able to carry them to fruition.