Hyde Park Theatre, Theatre in Austin, Texas

Hyde Park Theatre is an arts center in Austin, Texas, founded in 1992 and formerly called Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre. It runs a mainstage season and curates FronteraFest, the largest performance festival in the Southwest, and has produced over 50 world and regional premieres.

Hyde Park Theatre was founded in 1992 as Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre and has since produced over 50 world and regional premieres. Its productions earned 46 Critics' Table Awards and 26 B. Iden Payne Awards, including Payne Awards for The Drawer Boy (2004) and Vigil (2003). Artistic Director Ken Webster was inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame on June 5, 2006.

Hyde Park Theatre is the umbrella organization for Da! Theatre Collective and a performance home for alternative Austin artists. Its name recalls the neighbourhood, and its programming centres on FronteraFest, the largest performance festival in the Southwest, where over a thousand artists present work each year.

Hyde Park Theatre sits in Austin's Hyde Park neighbourhood, north of the city centre. Between its mainstage season, FronteraFest and rental shows, 16,500 to 21,000 people pass through each year, so booking ahead is wise. FronteraFest, the largest performance festival in the Southwest, brings over a thousand artists to the venue.

The venue opens its stage to young artists looking to test experimental ideas in front of a real audience. This role makes it a place where you might see theatrical work that pushes boundaries and tries things most mainstream venues avoid.