Encore Theatre Company is a not-for-profit professional live theatre company in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is based at the Ernie Checkeris Theatre at Thorneloe University. The company was founded in May of 2011 by a five alumni of the Thorneloe University Theatre Arts program and opened its debut season in September of the same year. Its mandate is to produce edgy, exciting, and gritty theatrical work for the local and regional audience and to foster, promote, and create professional opportunities for local theatre artists living and working in the region, with a particular emphasis on emerging artists.