Based in Issaquah, WA, with operations in Everett, Village Theatre is a leading producer of musical theatre in the Pacific Northwest. Producing entertaining, quality productions since 1979, Village Theatre has grown into one of the region’s best-attended professional theatres.
Through its Village Originals program, Village Theatre is nationally recognized for its contribution to the development of new musicals, having launched over 160 new works to date. Village Theatre also takes pride in nurturing tomorrow’s audiences through its youth education programs, serving young people, families, and schools.
Our Mission
To be a regionally recognized and nationally influential center of excellence in family theatre:
To promote a season of top quality productions
To commission and produce new musicals that achieve national exposure
To train young people in theatre skills for career opportunities and enriched lives
To develop a broad-based appreciation for live theatre
To promote positive values through art
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism
We are accountable to our complete community. We recognize that there are populations we have served well, have historically underserved, and have yet to serve. We aim to foster an environment where people of every race, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, income, ability, and nationality, both internal and external to our organization, are welcome and empowered.
The pervasive nature of racism reveals itself in myriad ways and throughout most established systems in the United States, and the theatre industry is not immune. Village Theatre is starting an intentional journey from behaving as a non-racist organization—one that believes in equality and views itself as open-minded and non-discriminatory—to an anti-racist organization—one that takes action against inequity and to dismantle structural and institutional racism.
Land Acknowledgment
We acknowledge that we are on the Indigenous Land of Coast Salish peoples who have reserved treaty rights to this land, in Issaquah specifically the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (sdukʷalbixʷ) and in Everett including the Stillaguamish (stuləgʷabš), Snohomish (sduhubš), Tulalip Tribes (dxʷlilap) and Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (sdukʷalbixʷ). We thank these caretakers of this land who have lived, and continue to live, here since time immemorial.
Our Programs
Leadership

Robb Hunt
Executive Producer
Robb Hunt helped found Village Theatre in 1979 and has been involved as producer for the theatre ever since. Robb was an avid performer for many years with experience as a principal actor and dancer in several Puget Sound theatre companies. With a background in business, Robb was a strong hand as a consultant in the field of Arts Management; several of his clients included The 5th Avenue, the Metropolitan Museum, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Symphony, The Museum of Flight, The Carnegie, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Robb is dedicated to commissioning and developing musicals and has been the driving force in the inclusion of new musicals in Village Theatre programming. He has collaborated on the creation of productions such as Eleanor, Next to Normal, The Ark, and Making Tracks. Village Theatre has become an active member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and Robb has served on its New Works committee and on the Board of Directors. He has also served as a peer panelist and evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

Jerry Dixon
Artistic Director
Jerry Dixon, Artistic Director for Village Theatre, has directed The Full Monty, Show Boat, The Curious incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and premieres, or developments, of Take Me America, Great Wall, A Proper Place, and Hart Island. Dixon has developed, and directed world premiere productions of Ferguson, Barnstormer, and Funked Up Fairy Tales. He has been a directing participant in the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, Playwrights Horizons, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Festival, and the National Alliance of Musical Theatre (NAMT). Writing credits include original songs for Laugh Whore (Broadway & Showtime), USO, CBS, VH1, Comedy Central, “The View,” and the original musical Guess Who’s Coming for Chitlins?. Dixon’s guest soloist concert work includes: Belgian, Taiwan, Finland National, and Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestras. He directed Lincoln Center’s American Songbook for Tony-winner LaChanze, and Tony & Pulitzer Prize winners Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey. As an actor, Dixon starred on Broadway in original casts of Once On This Island, Five Guys Named Moe, If/Then, and Off- Broadway in Steve, Bright Lights Big City, and tick, tick… Boom!. Television and film credits include: “Vineyards”, “He’s With Me”, “Gotham”, “Everwood”, and “Peacemaker.”
Board of Directors
Officers
- Jill Klinge
President - Bruce Wanta
Vice President - J. Patrick Ostrander
Treasurer - Julie Bailey
Secretary - Beth Meidinger
Past President; Vice President, Board Development - Lissa Griffith
Vice President Board Operations - Twyla Lucas
Vice President, Strategic Fundraising - John Seethoff
Vice President, Capital Initiatives
Board Members
- Dan Anderson
- Aaron Coe
- Eric Emans
- Amy Gibart
- Carrie R. Holmes
- Lynn Juniel
- Gwendolyn King
- Lisa McQueen
- William McSherry
- Leslie Peng
- Matt Poischbeg
- William Rall
- Lydia Rapidah
- Joshua Rodriguez
- Trina Schurman
- Todd Thull
- Don Weston
- Judy Yu
Emeritus Board Members
- Barb Coplen
- Steve Hazlerig
- D. Edward Jones
- Gary Kneepkens
- Peggy Swistak