Every Islesford Theater Project production builds itself around space, movement and community.

Re-visioning Space The host venue of ITP is the Islesford Neighborhood House. The main hall of the INH was built in 1913, the addition of the proscenium was made in 1920. Every islander who attends a performance has a personal relationship with the hall, which lends a richness and familiarity to the space that is rarely experienced by an audience. The opportunity to both take advantage of and challenge this familiarity is ardently pursued in the conception of each production. Orientation is never taken for granted, and architectural elements serve as set, are staged, framed or otherwise exploited - with the end goal that the familiar becomes strange, and the strange becomes familiar.

Kinetic Staging While the Islesford Theater Project begins every process with a close scrutiny of the text, a love of movement infuses each moment of the work, and the end goal is a production that might be watched with the sound tuned down. The story - its characters, themes, and motifs - are ingested and rewritten in bodies through space.

Community Integration The work of the Islesford Theater Project requires the skill of trained performers, yet special roles for islanders are created for each production. Seeing one's neighbors on stage provides particular delight, creates a sense of ownership on the part of the community, underscores relevance and enhances meaning. Additionally, the collaboration of islanders with professional actors provides each a glimpse of the other's world that might otherwise never be gained.