Our Mission

Barking Dog is a nonprofit theatre committed to developing and sustaining a company of theatre artists that stages productions in the Middle Georgia region. Our mission is the promotion of classic and contemporary plays rarely seen in the mid-state community. We are committed to presenting innovative, thought-provoking, socially significant theatre in an intimate setting at an affordable price.

Our Vision

The dog barks a greeting - a welcome.

• We are a welcoming theatre - an hospitable place to meet and share matters of the heart and head.
• We welcome the diversity - of thought, color, creed, orientation, opinion - that displays our uniqueness.
• We welcome the commonality that springs from sharing this world at this time.
• We welcome the provocative, the controversial, the disturbing but also the comforting and the soothing.
• We welcome the stories that should be told, the plays that must be seen.
• We welcome the under served audience that thirsts for more.
• We welcome the magic which unfolds in the sanctuary of the darkened space.

The dog also barks an alarm - a warning.

• We are a theatre that will shine a mirror on our world and shout about what we see.
• It is our calling as people to examine our human condition.
• It is our calling as citizens to question, to probe, to challenge our world as it is.
• It is our calling as artists to render our world as it might be.

Dan Byrd, Founding Co-Artistic Director
Sydney Chalfa, Founding Co-Artistic Director
John Chalfa, Founding Managing Director