Bond Street Theatre, founded in 1976 by a group of physically skilled, socially concerned actors, was shaped by their diversity of techniques and motivated by their passion to be useful in this world. Over the years, the company has trained extensively in the physical and gestural arts of many traditions to develop a theatrical language that is both captivating and understandable across lingual and cultural borders.

The ensemble selects the gestures, postures, rituals, symbols, and games which give life its shape and dynamics, and complements them with striking theatrical forms such as stilts, acrobatics, martial arts, masks, circus arts, dance, music, mime, puppetry, story telling and an array of performance styles from many cultures. Using this diverse physical, visual and musical vocabulary, the company creates entertaining and relevant performances which exemplify theatre’s ability to illuminate the social and environmental issues.

The company uses the performing arts as humanitarian outreach and a tool for education and healing in refugee camps, areas of conflict and post-war environments. The ensemble collaborates with local artists in these areas to enjoy the mutual benefits of artistic exchange, and to promote the value of the arts in shaping our collective future.

The company has brought its repertoire of dramatic and humorous works to audiences in Japan, China, Indonesia, Singapore, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Israel, Palestine, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and across western Europe, Canada and the USA.

Bond Street Theatre is the recipient of a prestigious MacArthur Award for its creative interdisciplinary and intercultural programming, and has received support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding, CEC—**ArtsLink**, the National Endowment for the Arts, Arts International, Theatre Communication Group (International Theatre Institute), the Mellon Foundation, the Princess Grace Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, the US Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and others.

PURPOSE AND MISSION
The Bond Street Theatre Coalition, Ltd., a not-for-profit, 501©(3) corporation, was founded:

• to create innovative theatre works that communicate across lingual and cultural borders and bring these works to diverse audiences worldwide;
• to utilize the performing arts as a means to address social, political, and environmental issues with imagination and clarity;
• to further cross-cultural understanding by participating in and initiating community arts projects and humanitarian outreach programs in a wide range of communities globally, particularly post-war areas and conflict zones;
• to stimulate other artists towards these ends through collaboration, exchange, and creative associations with artists and organizations around the world.

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