Note: The actual budget a show receives is tailored to fit that particular project.

Holmdel Theatre Company Mission

The mission of the HTC is to provide artistic/theatrical opportunities for students, alumni and community residents to perform and create in a professional environment. Each season the Holmdel Theatre Company strives to improve artistic standards, quality and arts education by hiring professional artistic and technical personnel in efforts to cultivate and encourage the growth of the artistic community, educate performers, and to provide high quality theater productions to the community. The HTC seeks to integrate professional actors, technicians, designers and directors with non-professionals and young people in a synergistic artistic and educational exchange. In addition, the artistic philosophy of the HTC is based on the commitment to presenting classical plays as well as rarely presented drama and comedy. The HTC is one of the only, if not the only non-professional theater company in the area that is committed to presenting classical plays and little known works. This commitment brings something different to the region in terms of variety and artistic opportunity. The HTC may be the only theater in the area that gives the non-professional actor, designer and technician the opportunity to perform in the works of Stoppard, Shaw, Shakespeare and Arthur Miller on a regular basis.

Since 1985 the HTC has served the community with a diverse selection of theatrical productions. After incorporating in 1987 the HTC has presented two to three productions per season in addition to workshops, coffeehouses, theater arts instruction, new play readings and art shows. The original membership of the HTC sought to create an educational and alternative theater experience for community residents. The diversity of the productions, which goes from Sartre's No Exit, Eric Overmyer's On The Verge, Eugene Ionesco's "The Lesson", Shaw's Arms and the Man,  Ibsen's Peer Gynt and Shakespeare's  Romeo and Juliet, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and As You Like It to Lies and Legends: The Harry Chapin Musical, The Miracle Worker, Craig Lucas' Reckless and Godspell has provided a tremendous experience for the performers, technicians and audiences alike. The HTC has grown from 1985 to 1997 and has continued to broaden the base of interest and support by pursuing eclectic production choices, as well as integrating more and more professional artists into an originally non-professional group. This commitment has proven to be beneficial to the constituency on a multitude of levels and has become the focus of our growth in the pursuit of artistic excellence. The benefit of this extends from a commitment to theater education and vocational training of young performers to the encouragement and employment of New Jersey artists to the contribution of eclectic and diverse theater productions to New Jersey audiences.

Proposals can be submitted by emailing kelly@holmdeltheatrecompany.org