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 There’s no doubt about it: change can be difficult. When one looks to change work practices that span numerous decades, the task may feel insurmountable at first. But is that actually the case? Upon further investigation, many organizations are discovering that change is not only possible, it’s actually a lot easier than they might have expected. To be clear, the answer to this is NOT simply cutting hours, but rather a reallocation of hours, like the schedule presented in the details of Arizona Theatre Company below, as an example. Of course, there’s no one-size-fits-all for every situation, as each organization has specific needs and circumstances. But there’s a lot of great ideas and inspiration to be found in those who have begun the process of changing their work environments. The following is a list of theaters known to have abolished 10 out of 12’s, six day workweeks or both.

A Red Orchid Theatre, Chicago, IL – details

American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA – details

Alley Theatre, Houston, TX – details

Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA

American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA – details

Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson, AZ – sample tech schedule

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO – details

Baltimore Center Stage, Baltimore, MD – detailssample tech schedule

Broken Nose Theatre, Chicago, IL – details

Brown University Theatre Arts & Performance Studies, Providence, RI

The Bushwick Starr, Brooklyn, NY

Capital Repertory Theatre, Albany, NY

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA – details

Chicago Children’s Theatre – Chicago, IL

Childsplay, Phoenix, AZ

Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park, Cincinnati, OH – details

Clarence Brown Theatre, Knoxville, TN – details

Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland, OH

City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA – details

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Theatre Company, Colorado Springs, CO

Colt Coeur, Brooklyn, NY – details

Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

Creede Repertory Theatre, Creede, CO

Cygnet Theatre, San Diego, CA

Delaware Theatre Company, Wilmington, DE – details

Denver Center Theatre Company, Denver, CO

DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Detroit Public Theatre, Detroit, MI – details

Emerson College, Boston, MA

Everyman Theatre, Baltimore, MD – details

5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, WA

First Stage Children’s Theater, Milwaukee, WI

Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY

Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT

Horizon Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Garrison, NY – details

Human Race Theatre, Dayton, OH – details

Indiana Repertory, Indianapolis, IN 

Iowa State University, Ames, IA 

Jungle Theatre, Minneapolis, MN – details

Kansas City Repertory, Kansas City, MO – details

Kennedy Theatre, Honolulu, HI

Kirk Douglas Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA – details

Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Boston, MA – details

Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT – details

Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA – details

Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA – details

Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire, IL

Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Ma-Yi Studios, NYC, NY – details

Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA

The McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, NJ

Merrimack Repertory, Lowell, MA

Mill Mountain Theatre, Roanoke, VA – details

Mosaic Theatre Company, Washington, DC – details

New Rep, Watertown, MA – details

New York Stage And Film, New York, NY – details

Next Stop Theatre, Herndon, VA – details

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL

Northern Vermont University – Johnson, Johnson, VT

Northlight Theatre, Skokie, IL – details

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 

The Old Globe, San Diego, CA – details

Olney Theatre Center, Olney, MD – details

Opera House Arts, Stonington, ME

Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR – details

Orlando Shakes, Orlando, FL

Perseverance Theatre, Douglas, AK

PCPA, Santa Maria, CA – details

Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA – sample tech schedule

Pillsbury House + Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA – details

Playwrights Horizons, New York, NY – details

Playwrights Realm, New York, NY – details

Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR – details

The Public Theater, New York, NY – details

The Public Theater of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Remy Bumppo Theatre, Chicago, IL – details

Resident Ensemble Players, Newark, DE

Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD – details

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco, CA – details

Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA – details

Second Stage, New York, NY

Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC – details

Shaking The Tree Theatre, Portland, OR – details

Signature Theatre, New York, NY – details

SoHo Rep, New York, NY

South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA

Stanford University Department of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford, CA

Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL

Studio Theatre, Washington, DC – details

Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol, The Villages, FL

SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY

SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY

Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Theatre Exile, Philadelphia, PA

Theatre Horizon, Philadelphia, PA – details

Theater J, Washington, DC – details

Theatre Latté Da, Minneapolis, MN – details

Theatre Prometheus, Washington, DC – details

Trinity Rep, Providence, RI – details

Two River Theatre, Red Bank, NJ

University of California, Berkeley, CA

University Of Chicago Theater and Performance Studies, Chicago, IL

University of Maine, Orono, ME

University Of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

University Of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Unto These Hills, Cherokee, NC

Urbanite Theatre, Sarasota, FL – details

Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, IL

Village Theatre, Issaquah & Everett, WA

Vineyard Theatre, New York, NY – details

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA

Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia, PA – details

Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC – details

WP Theatre, New York, NY

Young Playwrights Theatre, Washington, DC

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