COMPANIES THAT USE ATX THEATRE TICKETS 

Austin Rainbow Theatre focuses on creating belonging, reducing stigma, honoring diverse LGBTQIA+ history and stories, and amplifying LGBTQIA+ artist and community voices.

Bandwagon Arts is Austin’s newest theatre company, specializing in colorful, musical new works and modern adaptations of classic plays.

Beyond August Productions unites Austin’s artists and audiences through high-quality and entertaining contemporary plays. 

Cold Frame Collective is dedicated to growing healthy art that is good for both viewers and company members by refreshing the old and creating brand new.

Color Arc Productions is a non-profit artistic production company dedicated to shining a light on diverse and inclusive stories through theatre, film, and music.

Filigree Theatre is a woman-led theatre company committed to producing high-level, professional theatre by creating thoughtful, innovative, and challenging work for the stage.

Gilbert & Sullivan Austin is dedicated to spreading the topsy-turvy humor and joyful music of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.

Leela, an Indian Community Theatre, provides an avenue for individuals to explore and express their creativity through collaborative productions, workshops, and play readings.​

Star Bandit Foundation’s annual theater festival to enrich our cultural tapestry with fresh perspectives and innovative creations.​

Teatro Vivo’s theatre uplifts historically underrepresented voices and celebrates the complexity, resilience, and joy of the Latinx and Indigenous experience.
The Archive Theatre develops exquisitely detailed, extensively researched, and historically informed productions. 

The Stage Austin produces full seasons of professional theater, including a dynamic mix of dramas, musicals, original works, American classics, Shakespeare, and more.

The Weird Sisters Women’s Theatre Collective explores feminism through theater productions, readings, lectures, salons, and parties throughout the year. 

The Zahir creates obsession-worthy theater that draws people out of isolation and back into conversation. We produce original work, pay artists fairly, and build a sustainable creative home.

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COMPANIES THAT HIRE UNIONIZED ACTORS, MUSICIANS, AND/OR STAGE MANAGERS

Austin Opera: Moving into its beautiful new facility shortly, this professional opera company began in Austin in 1987.

Austin Playhouse: At 22nd & San Antonio St. in West Campus; Actors Equity* Small Professional Theatre (SPT) contracts, also hires non-union

Austin Shakespeare ^ $: Performs at The Rollins Theatre/Long Center, Austin Scottish Rite Theatre, and Zilker Hillside Theatre; Equity SPT & non-union

Mary Moody Northen Theatre: At St. Edward’s University; University Resident Theatre Association (URTA) and/or Guest Artist Agreement contract

ZACH Theatre ^: A three-venue complex on the west side of Lamar just south of the river; Equity Letter of Agreement (LOA), also hires non-union

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*Approximately 200 of Austin's 2500 theatre workers are members of Actors Equity Association (AEA). This union represents actors and stage managers. Theatres hiring through AEA contracts must maintain union-specified working conditions, schedules, and pay, and must contribute to health & pension funds for union members. Find more information about AEA in Austin, the “How To Hire Me” letter for Union actors, and all the unions for performers here. ​​
 

AUSTIN’S TOURING/EXPORTING THEATRE ORGANIZATIONS

Glass Half Full Theatre ^#

Holden & Arts Associates ^

Texas Comedies ^

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VENUES THAT IMPORT TOURING SHOWS INTO AUSTIN ~ present and generally do not produce:​

Texas Performing Arts (TPA): Led by the magnanimous Bob Bursey, TPA is Austin’s cornerstone performing arts organization. Its multi-venue complex on the UT campus includes the 2,900-seat Bass Concert Hall. TPA partners generously with local artists and orgs (including ATX Theatre, Summer Stock Austin, and Fusebox Festival). Thanks to its status as a Broadway League theatre, TPA is Austin’s home for Broadway Across America tours, and hosts the Heller Awards for Young Artists (HAYAs), enabling the winners to attend “The Jimmies” in NYC.
The Paramount Theatre ^: Historic venue on Congress Avenue; brings in touring theatre productions for children/families, but most often hosts festivals, music, and films. Does produce Story Wranglers, a hilariously fun Literacy to Life theatre company featuring Austin actors performing stories written by local 3rd graders in schools. This theatre is under renovation for 2026-2027, but its sister theatre, The State Theatre, forges on, awaiting its own state-of-the-art renovation.

The Long Center: This iconic campus's 2,442-seat Dell Hall is home to Austin’s civic Symphony/Opera/Ballet companies (which raised the money to build it). Between events produced by those Big Three, Long Center programmers fill in with touring comedy, celebrity speakers, musicians, etc. Unfortunately, only a few local theatre companies can afford to rent the smaller black box venue on this campus, The Rollins Theatre.

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