MISSION STATEMENT

The StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance is a performing arts and educational center based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Founded in Chicago in 1992, StreetSigns has produced forty-two productions in its thirteen-year history. Working in partnership with the Department of Communication Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Center is dedicated to the development, presentation, and touring of new literary adaptations, company created theatrical works, innovative new plays, and bold re-imaginings of classics.

The StreetSigns Center also houses an Institute that serves as an educational research center, through its ongoing development of a Center for Performance in Education in partnership with the UNC School of Education. This new center for research and performance practice extends and integrates the cultural resources of public schools, underserved communities, professional artists, and the University, placing particular emphasis on using performance to enrich the lives of students and citizens from the poor and excluded communities in our region.

The StreetSigns Center is particularly committed to celebrating the region’s rich oral and written traditions, and to engaging cultural and political issues through the performance of literature.