The Serbian National Theatre (), located in Novi Sad, is one of the major theatres of Serbia.
The Serbian National Theatre was founded in 1861 during a conference of the Serbian National Theatre Society, composed of members of the Serbian Reading Room (Srpska ÃÂitaonica), held in Novi Sad. It is one of the oldest professional theatres among the South Slavs, as the Croatian National Theatre was established in 1860 and the Slovenian National Theatre was founded in 1867 as well.
The current building of the theatre was opened in March 1981. The first general manager of the Serbian National Theatre was Jovan ÃÂorÃÂeviàand the second was Dimitrije MihailoviÃÂ. The founding fathers were: Dr. Jovan AndrejeviÃÂ-Joles, Svetozar MiletiÃÂ, Stevan BranovaÃÂki, Jovan JovanoviàZmaj, Jovan ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ, Dimitrije Ruà ¾iÃÂ, Dimitrije MarkoviàKikinÃÂanin, Nikola NedeljkoviÃÂ, Dimitrije MihailoviÃÂ, Kosta Hadà ¾iÃÂ, Mihailo GavriloviÃÂ, Mihailo RackoviÃÂ, Mladen CvijiÃÂ, Stevan ÃÂekiàand Draginja PopoviÃÂ-Ruà ¾iÃÂ.
An annual theatre festival Sterijino pozorje is held in Serbian National Theatre since 1956.