OUR CORE VALUES:

We treat the work of producing plays as a way of practicing community.

- Extended Hospitality: We turn ordinary spaces into places of shared presence and care. Our post-show gatherings offer food, wine, and intentional conversations that invite honest reflection. We share stories and create space to linger, nurturing a sense of belonging.

- Attentive Listening: We value the unscripted, the hesitant, the rough and the unfinished. We listen with openness, welcome new ideas, and honor the stories our artists and audiences carry, both in the creative process and in conversations after.

- Reparative Reconciliation:  We name what’s been broken. Through our plays and conversations, we explore how alienation takes root, naming injustice, acknowledging complicity, and inviting one another into the work of repair and reconciliation. While not always synonymous, we remain committed to both whenever possible.

- Courageous Collaboration: We step into discomfort: artistically, relationally, and philosophically. We choose work and collaborators that stretch us, challenge assumptions, and open us to new perspectives.

- Creative Renewal: We rehumanize what has been cast aside. We honor the small, the struggling, the unexpected, and the unseen-trusting that beauty takes root in the most unlikely places.

OUR VISION:

Sea Dog Theater envisions a future where gathering around stories and shared meals is widely practiced, accessible to all, and woven into the fabric of daily life. In doing so, we seek to offer an antidote to the loneliness and anxiety that pervade our culture. By cultivating creativity, curiosity, and care, we aim to become a catalyst for cultural repair-raising up creative and moral visionaries who carry new ecologies of hope and reconciliation into the world.