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The Mission of Eastenders Repertory Company

Eastenders Repertory Company is held together by a strong membership of artists who collectively write, direct, act, design, manage, produce and generally build theatre from the ground up. Our strength comes from self-mentoring. We teach each other, learn from each other and enthusiastically support each other in our endeavors to maintain artistic integrity; we strive to improve our community service opportunities and develop new, diverse and innovative art. The company currently has enrolled 11 active members. The ERC Management Team is made up of our Founding Artistic Director, Charles E. Polly, the Artistic Director Susan E. Evans, the Finance Director, Suzan A Kendall, and the Outreach Coordinator, Jennifer Daly.

In 1990 core founding members of ERC produced two one-act plays at Studio Eremos in San Francisco, The Three Policemen and What the Plumber Saw by Seattle playwright Bret Fetzer. We thus inaugurated our journey together as a Repertory Company. ERC became a California non-profit corporation in November 1996 and produced its first full season of plays in 1997: the West Coast premiere of Tennessee Williams' Something Cloudy, Something Clear; our entry in the San Francisco Fringe Festival, The Vampers by company member Dean Backus; and Happy Days by Samuel Beckett.

In May 2001 ERC successfully complied with the advanced ruling period requirements of the IRS and was awarded permanent non-profit status as a 501(c)(3) organization. We continue to premiere new works, to reinterpret classic works and to develop educational programs in theatre arts.

The production record of ERC includes 81 works of full-length and one-act plays.