Resident at the Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee Rep Ensemble is Scotland's only resident ensemble company of actors.

September 1999 heralded the start of a project called New Ways of Working, in which Dundee Rep received unprecedented funding from the Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council, national and local trusts and members of the public, for a full-time company of actors to be based at the Rep for a period of three years. The doors of the newly-refurbished building reopened on one of the most ambitious experiments in Scottish theatre for many years. Dundee Rep’s resident company was born – a company of 14 talented actors, including three apprentices who would be with the company for the duration of one year, for every year of the project. Initially established for a period of three years, New Ways of Working allowed for an exciting creative process that transformed Dundee Rep into Scotland's premier producing theatre company, increasing its profile throughout the UK and latterly internationally.

Since that time, under the artistic direction of James Brining and Dominic Hill, the Ensemble model has been further developed with a core company of familiar faces being supplemented by additional actors. Today the Ensemble continues to broaden the type of work it undertakes to help realise the potential of Scotland's most unique artistic resources.

The company performs six productions each year at the Dundee Rep Theatre.