The Orlando Theatre Project is a nonprofit professional theatre company based in Sanford, Florida

Sanford, Florida

Sanford is a city in, and the county seat of, Seminole County, Florida, United States. The population was 38,291 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 50,998...

, near Orlando

Orlando, Florida

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. The company was founded in 1985 and operates under an Actors' Equity Association

Actors' Equity Association

The Actors' Equity Association , commonly referred to as Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American labor union representing the world of live theatrical performance, as opposed to film and television performance. However, performers appearing on live stage productions without a book or...

 contract.

The company is in residence at Seminole Community College

Seminole Community College

Seminole State College of Florida is a public state college located in Sanford, Florida, United States...

 and produces some of its plays with the college, enabling students to work with the company. The company also stages some of its shows at Orlando Repertory Theatre in Orlando's Loch Haven Park.

Most of the Orlando Theatre Project's productions are contemporary plays which have been previously been produced on Broadway

Broadway theatre

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, Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

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, in the United Kingdom

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 or in regional theatre

Regional theatre in the United States

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s in the United States.