Best Force for Theatre Behind the Curtain

Austin Circle of Theaters

You may not have heard of Austin Circle of Theaters – that's because, rather than take center stage, they work behind the scenes for local theatre. They describe themselves as the one who arranges the bride's veil and fluffs her train before she walks down the aisle in splendor. ACOT provides marketing, ticketing, and capacity-building programs to more than 120 theatre, music, and dance groups. Their arts incubator program has produced such established companies as Austin Cabaret Theatre, the Rude Mechanicals, Salvage Vanguard Theater, the Vortex, FronteraFest, and Hyde Park Theatre. And their annual B. Iden Payne Awards acknowledge excellence in local theatre. Supported by membership and donations, ACoT does so much for Austin theatre so that Austin theatre may continue to do so much for Austin.

Austin Circle of Theaters
701 Tillery Ste. A-8 (Box 9), 512/247-2531
www.acotonline.org