Southwest Shakespeare Company was founded with the aim of informing, uplifting, delighting, and engaging the people of the west. Since then it has grown from a small, inspired collection of local artists and academics into a prominent theatrical force in the area. Since its first third other areas and venues have joined the area's classical audience in addition to its home in midway. Recently the classical literary-themed plays from all across the nation and the world from the kingston theatre company to the fringe carnivals even been brought to the forefront of the broader theatre industry.