"Yes, and..."

Since primitive man uttered his first "ugh," humans have asked: who am I, how did I get here, and where am I going. Some have tried to answer or explore those questions, through a particular method of storytelling called "theatre". We, at Elements Theatre Company, explore those answers, and render the literature of the theatre with imagination and integrity. The transformative work to become the text – to inhabit another world and live another’s life – is both our pleasure and privilege. We believe in the vitality of the word, and the community born between playwright, actor and audience. We seek to be available to that divine moment when inspiration, faithfulness, hard work, and love merge, and transport us beyond the familiar into something new.

Elements Theatre Company performs year-round on Cape Cod in Orleans, Massachusetts and has toured the east coast and many southern states performing at conferences, schools, and churches, as well as leading theater workshops. The company includes a thriving children's program and outreach to local schools.

Members of Elements Theatre Company have received training with well-established teachers from such institutions as Shakespeare and Company (Lennox, MA) and Central School of Speech and Drama (London, England), Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (London), Shakespeare's Globe (London), the Royal Shakespeare Company (London), the National Theatre (London), and the Spontaneity Shop (London). The company has studied and taken part in intensive workshops with Patsy Rodenberg, Joanna Weir-Ouston, Glynn MacDonald, Deborah White, Vanessa Ewan, Sue Lefton, and Deborah Green. Their voice training holds specific emphasis on the Linklater method. The Company spent February 2009 in New York City studying voice, improvisation, Shakespeare and the Michael Chekhov method with Louis Colianni, Jane Nichols, Daniela Varon and Lenard Petite.

"Elements Theatre Company has a winner on its hands. Shaffer's riotous script provides a workout for your funny bone. A skilled comic actress, Dwyer is onstage in almost every scene and handles a mountain of dialogue with aplomb."
Cape Cod Times Lettice and Lovage

"Excellent performances, a well-designed and detailed set, well-chosen costumes and creative lighting. Elements Theatre Company and director David Haig have taken on this demanding production with a great show of understanding and fine performances by each cast member."
Cape Cod Times The Glass Menagerie

"This production by Elements Theatre Company brings all the blackness of Richard's heart and the redness of spilt blood to bear on a three-hour show that left Sunday night's audience leaping to their feet in applause."
Cape Cod Times Richard III

Upcoming performances
The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
January 22-24, 29-31