The Actors Theatre Workshop, Inc.

The Actors Theatre Workshop is an award-winning non-profit theatre, community center and educational institution that teaches innovative educational techniques and theatre principles to adults and children from all walks of life; produces classical and contemporary plays and documentary films that maintain the highest artistic standards; and develops new dramatic works that examine the social issues of the day. ATW was founded over three decades ago in a studio on Manhattan's upper west side. In 1990, with an outpouring of public and private support, ATW built a new theatre complex and performance space in Chelsea.

Since 1990, ATW has flourished as an artistic leader in the field, producing award-winning educational programs and productions that develop individual potential, create tangible change and liberate the unfounded talents and abilities in people from all walks of life - - from homeless children to the incarcerated to the highly educationally and economically privileged, while operating an organization of artistic merit that has proven itself worthy of public, private and civic support.

Thurman E. Scott, ATW's Artistic Director, Executive Producer and Founder, is a widely acknowledged expert of artistic project development. As a director/producer, he creates new products for stage, television and film, from concept to final production. Mr. Scott had the privilege to train in Europe and America with the major teachers of drama of the twentieth century, among them: Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, Harold Clurman, and Sanford Meisner. By the time Mr. Scott founded The Actors Theatre Workshop in 1990, he was an established leader in the American theatre, carrying on the artistic traditions of his mentors with a wide reputation of respect for his cutting-edge directorial work, award-winning acting and innovative, successful community-based training and educational programs. At ATW he has evolved artistic disciplines that provide tools to change and develop individual potential. He has proven over and over that creativity is the great equalizer and unifier among human beings. He has changed lives of countless individuals with work that inspires hope.

For more information please e-mail us at outreach@actorstheatreworkshop.com.

"One of the problems humanity and the world suffer from today is that we do not accept that humans are natural, whole and deserving of forgiveness and redemption. For many centuries the collective and individual consciousness has been a belief in the inferiority or superiority of individuals or groups of individuals. The belief has long existed that there are those that are superior and those who are inferior morally, socially, ethically, creatively or spiritually. The result of this belief is that in everyday life we cannot look out across the landscape of humanity and see humans. We look across the landscape of life and see certain humans and certain other people we do not endow with inalienable humanity. This moment has created a belief in the collective consciousness that it is not our charge to support human potential. We have instead supported a few individuals' potentials. The overall result of this policy of support is the belief that only some individuals have power. Whereas the larger universal message is that all humans have power, as a collective consciousness we have power and each of us individually can make a contribution to our society. " (Excerpt from Thurman's Essay "All Humans Are Creative Beings": http://www.actorstheatreworkshop.com/about/tes-essay5.html)

The Actors Theatre Workshop is an established pioneer in non-profit theatre that produces classical and contemporary plays, develops new dramatic works, trains and develops actors, writers and directors while making a difference in the lives of homeless children and the community at large. ATW was founded over two decades ago in a studio on Manhattan's upper west side. In 1990, with an outpouring of public and private support, ATW built a new theatre complex and performance space in Chelsea.

For the past seventeen years, ATW has flourished as an artistic leader in the field, producing award-winning programs and productions addressing the enormous cultural challenges of childhood poverty and inclusive community building, maintaining high artistic training standards, and developing an organization of artistic merit that has proven itself worthy of public, private and civic support. (See website for full detail)

Information Session for Video Professionals: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 2:00 pm
The Eight Session Intensive "All humans have the potential to create" : Register by the end of December

We also offer Internships and Volunteer Opportunities (Please visit our website for full detail)

Develop individual potential, create tangible change and liberate the unfounded talents and abilities in people from all walks of life - - from homeless children to the incarcerated to the highly educationally and economically privileged, while operating an organization of artistic merit that has proven itself worthy of public, private and civic support.