Theatre Puget Sound

Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to supporting the performing arts in the Puget Sound area of Washington. It was founded in 1997.

Both individuals and organizations can be members of Theatre Puget Sound. Currently, there are over 1500 individual members and over 140 organizations, including large LORT theatres such as Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, Intiman Playhouse, 5th Avenue, and ACT Theatre, as well as small professional companies and community theatres throughout the region.

TPS connects talent with organizations by providing theatre, film and video audition notices to members via an online audition listing service. Members can also request to be emailed audition announcements automatically as they become available.

Arts Crush is a monthlong festival throughout the Puget Sound region, featuring hundreds of events in theatre, dance, literature, music and visual arts. It is managed by Theatre Puget Sound in cooperation with a consortium of arts organizations from across Western Washington.

Since 2004, Theatre Puget Sound has run a stage at Seattle's annual Bumbershoot festival, highlighting local companies and providing an outlet for them to showcase their productions before an audience of thousands.

TPS holds yearly general auditions, which are attended by a large number of theatres throughout the area. Auditioners must meet one of the following conditions: (a) be members of Actors' Equity Association, (b) have attended a professional training program, (c) be a recent graduate from an undergraduate program, or (d) have at least 4 non-academic stage credits.

The Gregory Awards are a set of honors dedicated to theatre in Western Washington State. The Gregory Awards present an opportunity for the professional theater community to come together to celebrate theatre in the region, honor the outstanding achievements of the region's theatre practitioners, and to raise the visibility of the local theatre scene as a whole.

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