Its 150-seat auditorium is used for concerts and by the resident theater and opera companies.

Remember also, resident theater outside of New York is a whole lot different.

What you're doing in a resident theater is making artistic homes for people and enhancing the quality of life in a community.

It was founded in 1968, as the East Bay's first resident professional theatre.

An important goal is to encourage black playwriting and to increase the number of large resident theaters.

The theater served as a prototype for other resident non-profit theaters.

His book has been a bible for resident theaters nationwide since its first printing in 1977.

"Jack and I really are different from the people the resident theaters are used to dealing with," he added.

He occasionally performed with other companies, but said he preferred the resident theater.

His plans included the formation of a company to perform plays, thus establishing the first resident professional theater in America on a university campus.