The mission of Reno Little Theater is to create exceptional theatrical experiences that inspire, entertain, and strengthen our community through artistic engagement and collaboration.

For more than 90 years, Reno Little Theater has been a place where Northern Nevada comes together to make theatre.

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Founded in 1935, RLT has grown alongside the community it serves. Generations of artists have found their way to our stages, and generations of audiences have filled our seats. It isn't unusual to meet someone whose connection to RLT stretches across decades -  someone who remembers watching a grandparent perform here, who took the stage themselves years later, and who now brings their own children through our doors.

 

In 2025, that story entered an exciting new chapter when Reno Little Theater and Good Luck Macbeth joined forces.

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Good Luck Macbeth was born during another defining moment in Reno's history. In the midst of the Great Recession, when both economic and artistic opportunities were scarce, a group of artists decided to make their own. With few resources, no permanent performance space, a healthy disregard for the odds (and as the original GLM story puts it) plenty of whiskey, they created a home for bold work and the artists who make it.

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They called it Good Luck Macbeth, combining two phrases theatre tradition says should never be uttered inside a theatre, because they believed that sometimes fate puts an obstacle in your way simply to see whether you're determined enough to get around it. 

 

Get around it, and you make your own luck.

That spirit lives on.

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Today, our organization brings together two remarkable theatrical legacies: RLT's deep roots in community, connection, and shared experience and Good Luck Macbeth's commitment to artist-centered, relevant, adventurous work. Together, we're building a theatre where the arts are an integral part of community life, and the lives of artists are integral to the theatre.
 

Our stages are home to the RLT Mainstage Season, Good Luck Macbeth productions, youth theatre and education programs, special events, new and emerging work, and opportunities for artists and community members to create, experiment, learn, and connect. Our venues at 147 E. Pueblo Street and 124 W. Taylor Street are more than just buildings. They're spaces that are filled with incredible people: artists and technicians, students and teachers, volunteers and staff, audiences, donors, community partners. Everyone who has ever decided to walk through our doors has become part of the story. Some arrive with decades of theatrical experience. Some are auditioning for the first time. Some want to build things, run lights, write stories, learn something new, or simply sit in the dark and experience what happens when a room full of people shares a story together.

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There is a place for all of them here.

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More than nine decades after RLT began, and with the rebellious, artist-centered spirit of Good Luck Macbeth now woven into our future, we remain committed to creating a theatrical institution worthy of the community we serve.