Mission

TheatreFIRST is Oakland’s Resident Professional Theatre Company and we are committed to bringing downtown Oakland the finest theatre that the Bay Area has to offer. Since 1993 TheatreFIRST has been one of the most interesting and dynamic theatre companies around and our following has been very strong. Patrons see our shows and they keep coming back. And now it is even easier to find us as we have secured permanent residence at the Marion E. Greene Theatre operated by the Oakland School for the Arts, in the newly renovated Fox Theatre. Great scripts, great actors, great theatre!
We remain committed to one overall guiding principle and that is “Great theatre can’t help but shape our community”. Come join us and be a part of TheatreFIRST as we bring professional theatre back to downtown Oakland.

The Future is now

TheatreFIRST is at an extremely exciting point in its development as we move back downtown. Our new home, the Marion E. Greene Theatre, as well as our collaborative relationship with the Oakland School for the Arts and its students, cannot help but provide us with the opportunity to thrive in Uptown Oakland. We can do great things from within the Fox Theatre, working with OSA students to further their understanding of what it means to be an artist and helping them to begin a career as a professional artist, while continuing to produce the type of theatre that has made TheatreFIRST a well respected mainstay of Bay Area theatre. We here at TheatreFIRST are renewing our commitment to maintaining our role as Oakland’s only season-producing professional theatre company, with the understanding that only through our efforts can Oakland become the next major Bay Area theatre market. And then, we are not alone. When other theatre companies begin to thrive in Oakland and we have helped to establish a true community of theatres, we can all take pride in the fact that we helped Oakland reach its natural and required theatrical potential.