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Welcome to the Delaware Theater Association!

The Delaware Theater Association (DTA) is an organization founded to support performance arts in Delaware. Delaware is part of the Eastern States Theater Association (ESTA) which, in turn, is Region II of the American Association of Community Theaters (AACT).

What is DTA?

Delaware Theatre Association is a resource for member theaters providing them networking assistance and serving as an advocate for their community theater to other state arts organizations. DTA sponsors and promotes an annual One Act Festival showing off the best and brightest of the Delaware community theater scene.

The festival is scheduled to include: winning productions from each member theater, performance adjudication by experienced people, opportunities to network with people from other theaters and states, and workshops related to theatrical subjects, e.g., stage combat, the audition process and playwriting. The winner of the annual DTAFest moves on for additional competition, adjudication and networking at the ESTA regional level.

DTA Board Members

President/Secretary/Treasurer:
Ruth K. Brown

Vice President:
Jeffrey DiSabatino

Director at Large:

Ann Stevens
Brian Miller

Members at Large:

Tanya Lazar
Max Beaver
David Sokolowski
Mike Barko
Andrew John Mitchell
Judy David

DTA Mission

Delaware Theater Association has a very simple mission and that is to provide support for every type of non-professional theatrical organization in the state of Delaware. To DTA non-professional means community and youth groups of all types. By providing this support, we intend to:

Help casts and crews create on-stage the best productions they can
Provide education in areas where it is currently lacking for the needs of community and youth theaters
Promote writing of new plays of all types and lengths
Promote production of new plays of all types and lengths