Bardfly Theatre Co. produces site-specific shows that build community and advance arts and culture in Los Angeles.

Please help us raise money to end 2023 strong and set ourselves up beautifully for 2024!

What art thou?

Bardfly is a Los Angeles-based site-specific theatre company. Our inaugural season kicked off in 2023.

We do Shakespeare, and sometimes other stuff. We do it in bars, in parks, in places you can drink a beer and stop and smell the audience. We try not to run longer than 90 minutes, we don't feel like English class, and we won't let you miss the dirty jokes.

Wherefore art thou?

Bardfly Theatre Co. envisions a Los Angeles where watching a play or other theatrical performance feels as obvious a choice on a night out as seeking out live music. We believe theatre, including Shakespeare, should feel fun and accessible and double as a social experience.

We want to:

Appeal to audience members from all walks of life, not just “theatre people.”
Bring people together, not in a dark room where they sit quietly and absorb art, but where they laugh, drink, eat, and socialize while watching the production.
Help bring visibility and business to the restaurants, bars, and other spaces we partner with.
Fairly compensate the professional artists involved & fight against a culture where artists can’t support their livelihoods with their art.
Educate young artists, sharing the valuable artistic and personal development skills theatre offers.

How dost thou fadge?

We are thrilled and grateful to say Bardfly’s first year has gone very well! Every performance has had a full house, we’ve worked with 24 professional artists, and we’ve been taken on by Mockingbird Incubator for a two-year fiscal sponsorship program that is allowing us to rapidly grow and solidify. Here’s how we want to level up/what we’re raising money for:

Purchase a Lavalier Microphone setup for performances
Pay our artists & administrators
Operating & Marketing costs
Production costs - by design, however, we keep these very low

Pay These Foolish Bardflies' Tab

Bardfly Theatre Co's 2023 Year End Fundraiser