*Enter stage right*

Two prominent local theatre companies recently announced a possible merger. The ACT Contemporary Theatre and Seattle Shakespeare Company (SSC) are looking at joining forces, with the potential to operate within ACT's current home in the Eagles Auditorium Building at 700 Union St.

The merger was unanimously approved by the ACT and SSC Boards, both of which will serve as the stewards of the transition as a legal agreement is drafted.

Here are the main goals behind the merger:

Assist in the revitalization of downtown
Strengthen their community impact and individual missions (ACT’s being to unite artistic ambition + SSC’s to make arts accessible)
Combine resources to address production costs and uncertain subscriber numbers

The full merger is still "around a year in the making" with an exact title for the resulting org yet to be revealed.