ABOUT | Urbanite Theatre

A photo of the front entrance of Urbanite Theatre, which is a modern, angular, minimalist structure that reflects the theatre's focus on producing modern plays in a black box setting.

MEET OUR TEAM

Summer Wallace

Producing Artistic Director
She/Her

Box Office Associate: Gabi Zimmerman
Front of House Associates: Cat Turner and Jamie Saunders

Board of Directors

Len Goldberg, Board President
Jeffery Stevens, Board Treasurer
Jaime Still, Board Secretary
Georgia Higgins
Frank Maggio

Barbara Jacob
Summer Dawn Wallace

Founders

Summer Dawn Wallace

Harry Lipstein

Brendan Ragan

Board Emeritus
Emilie Robinson

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.

A photo from the Urbanite Theatre production, AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN, by playwright Terry Guest. A Black drag queen is smiling, wearing her hair long in loose waves and a middle part. She is wearing an orange dress with cut out detailing and a blue pattern. Behind her on one side is a red curtain, and she holds a microphone in both hands.

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, 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.

A photo from Myakka State Park in Sarasota, Florida, set as the background for the section of the website that holds the Land Acknowledgement.

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.