Manbites Dog Theater, a professional non-profit theater company founded in Durham in October 1987, serves the Triangle area of central North Carolina. Manbites Dog's purpose is to produce new and challenging theatrical events; showcase and nurture developing playwrights, directors, actors, and artists; facilitate cross-disciplinary and cross-community projects; and help strengthen this region's theatrical community.

In March 1997 Manbites Dog purchased a 6,500 square foot building on Foster Street near downtown Durham to serve as a permanent performance space for the company. The building opened to the public in fall 1998.

Manbites Dog has mounted more than 70 productions in the last 20 seasons, many of them regional or state premieres, as well as a broad range of local and national guest artists and companies in the Other Voices series. The 2007-2008 season, our twentieth, inculdes Manbites Dog's productions of Blue/Orange, Rabbit Hole, Dying City, Fistful of Love, and The Non, plus Other Voices presentations by guest companies, including Little Green Pig's My Lovely Suicides and Europe Central, Hello Penis: A Man-ifesto, both hands theatre's holding pattern, FOUND Magazine vs. PostSecret, and Ghost & Spice's Joshua Lozoff: Beyond Belief.

Manbites Dog's company-originated original productions over the years have included Indecent Materials, Hotline, Walking Miracles, A Tune for Tommy, Plays Well With Others, plus the 2003 world premiere of Bucknaked: a love story. Other Manbites Dog events have included Don't Ask Don't Tell presentations of queer theater and performance.; and PuzzleHunt, a free, outdoor, interactive performance event held every few years in downtown Durham.

Manbites Dog Theater’s 2007-2008 season is made possible in part through gifts to the Durham Arts Council United Arts Fund; support from the City of Durham, and by grants from the NC Arts Council, an agency funded by the state of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

STAFF
Jeff Storer, Artistic Director
Edward Hunt, Associate Artistic Director, Managing Director
Jay O'Berski, Associate Artistic Director
Katja Hill, Associate Managing Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Hayes, President
Edward Hunt, Treasurer
John Martin
Gregor McElvogue
Edith McMillan
Alice Sharpe
Jeff Storer

(c) 2001-2008 Manbites Dog Theater Company, Durham, NC