2009
IRON CROW THEATRE GETS ITS START
In the spring of 2009, Steven J. Satta produced an evening of theatre, dance, and music called Gay Expectations in honor of Baltimore's Gay Pride celebration and to raise money for Baltimore’s Moveable Feast. This production, staged at the University of Baltimore’s Student Center inspired the founding members to continue to work together to produce queer theatre here in Baltimore.
2010
IRON CROW THEATRE IS FOUNDED
& THE FIRST SEASON LAUNCHES
On April 8, 2010 In Durang’s Shorts, a piece featuring six of Christopher Durang's most memorable short plays opens at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Baltimore. The show becomes Iron Crow Theatre’s first official production as a company. In September of that year, Iron Crow Theatre’s first official season under the artistic direction of Steven J. Satta, launches with John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
2011
BEST NEW FACE ON THE THEATRE SCENE
Baltimore City Paper names Iron Crow Theatre Best New Face On The Theatre Scene in their 2011 Best of Baltimore Issue.
2013
501(c)(3) Status awarded
Iron Crow Theatre becomes a legally recognized non-profit organization.
2014
FIRST DEVIsEd PIECE CREATED
The Homo Poe Show, Iron Crow Theatre’s first devised piece, debuts earlier this year. Due to its success, the production is selected as a participant in Philadelphia’s GayFest 2014. The production plays Philadelphia in August and becomes Iron Crow Theatre’s first production to tour.
2015
NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Sean Elias begins his tenure as the company’s second Artistic Director. Iron Crow Theatre begins its permanent residence at the historic Baltimore Theatre Project in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore City.
2016
THE SECOND “FIRST SEASON” BEGINS & IRON CROW THEATRE WINS BEST PROFESSIONAL THEATRE
The first season under the artistic direction of Sean Elias becomes the theatre’s most award-winning and critically-acclaimed, opening on September 30, 2016 with Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party. Following, The Rocky Horror Show then becomes the theatre’s highest-grossing musical in history and raises $3,000 for Moveable Feast in an homage to the theatre’s founding. The production becomes an annual Baltimore tradition. In December, Iron Crow Theatre is named Best Professional Theatre in Maryland in MD Theatre Guide’s 2016 Reader’s Choice Awards, beating out local giants Everyman Theatre and Baltimore Center Stage.
2017
BEST BREAKOUT THEATRE
Baltimore Magazine names Iron Crow Theatre Best Breakout Theatre in their 2017 Best of Baltimore issue.
2018
BALTIMORE VISIONARY
Artistic Director Sean Elias is named 1 of 30 Baltimore Visionaries by Baltimore Magazine for his work with Iron Crow Theatre.
2020
FIRST-EVER YOUTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING LAUNCHES
In response to COVID-19, a week-long virtual pre-college summer immersion for high school students launches, featuring over 31 live-taught virtual workshops and 16 professional teaching artists and Broadway stars.
2023
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SEASON IN HISTORY LAUNCHES
Iron Crow Theatre’s 23/24 Season of Defiance marks the theatre’s return from COVID-19 and the most successful season to date by every metric - artistic quality, attendance, revenue, and groundbreaking partnerships and premiers. Broadway playwright James Magruder is so impressed with the theatre’s production of his musical, Head Over Heels, that he joins Iron Crow Theatre’s Board of Directors.
2024
IRON CROW THEATRE IS THE FIRST-EVER THEATRE COMPANY TO PERFORM AT THE NEW M&T BANK EXCHANGE AT THE FRANCE-MERRICK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER - HOME OF THE HISTORIC HIPPODROME
After a critically acclaimed, award-winning, and sold-out run at Baltimore Theatre Project, Iron Crow Theatre’s production of RENT, directed by Artistic Director Sean Elias, extends its run and transfers to the new M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center - Home of the historic Hippodrome Theatre. RENT makes history as the inaugural theatrical production in the new state-of-the-art, multi-million dollar venue. Iron Crow Theatre makes history as the first-ever theatre company to perform at the M&T Bank Exchange. RENT also shatters every record the theatre previously held by every quantifiable metric at Baltimore Theatre Project and then does so again during its extension. RENT marks the first time a non-union production in Baltimore transfers to a union house - solidifying the unparalleled impact of Iron Crow Theatre on Baltimore’s theatrical landscape.
