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Atlantic Theater Company
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Atlantic Theater Company is the award-winning Off-Broadway theater that produces great plays simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble. Founded in 1985 by David Mamet and William H. Macy, Atlantic believes that the story of a play and the intent of its playwright are at the core of the creative process. The plays in the Atlantic repertory, from both new and established playwrights, are boldly interpreted by today's finest theater artists and resonate with contemporary audiences.
Since its inception twenty years ago, Atlantic has produced more than one hundred plays, including last season's World Premiere of David Mamet's Romance, and this season's New York Premiere of new writer Rolin Jones' The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, his previous Tony Award-winning production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Woody Allen's A Second Hand Memory and Writer’s Block, the revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo, Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley, The Cider House Rules, adapted by Peter Parnell, The Hothouse, and this season's critically acclaimed Celebration and The Room by Harold Pinter, Mojo by Jez Butterworth, the New York premieres of Howard Korder's Boys’ Life at Lincoln Center Theater, and Tina Howe's adaptation of Ionesco's The Bald Soprano and The Lesson. During its history, Atlantic has garnered four Tony Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, seven Obie Awards, and an Outer Critics Circle Award.
Producing great plays is only half of Atlantic's mission. The ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY ACTING SCHOOL, founded in 1983, operates as both a private conservatory and an undergraduate program in conjunction with New York University. The school focuses on the Practical Aesthetics acting technique, which grew out of a series of NYU summer workshops in Vermont with playwright David Mamet and actor William H. Macy.
