Hyde Park Theatre develops writers, designers, directors, and actors from within the Austin community, while at the same time producing works by exciting new and established voices of the alternative theatre scene. Goals include producing Southwest and world premieres of the best of the world’s new alternative theatre, as well as those classic works of alternative theater that still has the power to challenge modern audiences. Another goal is to add the canon of American theatre by creating, developing, and producing new plays by local and national writers.