ABOUT
ABOUT US
Urbanite Theatre is an award-winning professional theater located in the heart of downtown Sarasota, FL. We produce thrilling new works in a fully flexible black-box theater, the most intimate venue in the region.
Urbanite Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
STAFF
Administration
Producing Artistic Director: Summer Wallace
Director of Advancement: Travis Ray
Marketing Cordinator: Alexa Evans
Patron Services Manager: Emily Damsel
Production
Production Stage Manager: Tori Heikenfeld
Technical Director: Alex Pinchin
Master Carpenter: Gene Alcorn
Founders
Summer Dawn Wallace
Harry Lipstein
Brendan Ragan
MISSION
Urbanite Theatre is committed to creating visceral, shared experiences by fearlessly lifting up the boldest new voices in theatre. We believe in inclusive, artist-first storytelling, daring honesty, and the powerful connectivity of an intimate space.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Len Goldberg, Board President
Jeffery Stevens, Board Treasurer
Jaime Still, Board Secretary
Georgia Higgins
Diego Villada
Frank Maggio
Summer Dawn Wallace
Board Emeritus
Emilie Robinson
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Urbanite Theatre strongly believes that an effective workforce includes employees from different and diverse backgrounds and experiences that together form a more creative, innovative, and productive environment.
Urbanite Theatre recognizes that building an equitable, anti-racist and inclusive environment is the key ingredient to its relevance and sustainability in the community. Urbanite Theatre respects diversity within human qualities and these qualities include but are not limited to: ethnicity, race, color, and country of origin, sex, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, beliefs, political affiliations, socioeconomic status, experiences and any form of disability.
Urbanite Theatre strives to create a culture of inclusion where employees of diverse human qualities can thrive and succeed and are able to participate in, and contribute to, the progress and success of the theatre, while growing both professionally and personally.
Discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated in Urbanite Theatre, and any reported instances will be grounds for immediate refusal of service.
At Urbanite Theatre, we believe in radical acceptance, relentless inclusion, and the unwavering support of vulnerable communities.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Urbanite Theatre would like to acknowledge the indigenous communities native to this region by recognizing that we gather today on the unceded ancestral land of the Calusa and Seminole people, past and present. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations.