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Northwest Classical Theatre Company, Portland, Oregon [3] Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles, California; The Old Globe, San Diego, California; Olney Theatre Center, Olney, Maryland; Omaha Theater Company For Young People, Omaha, Nebraska; Ontological-Hysteric Theater, New York City, New York; The Open Eye Theater, Margaretville, New York
Theatre for development (TfD) is a type of community-based or interactive theatre practice that aims to promote civic dialogue and engagement.. Theatre for development can be a kind of participatory theatre that encourages improvisation and allows audience members to take roles in the performance, or it can be fully scripted and staged, with the audience simply observing.
Meiningen company productions used the approach of Gesamtkunstwerk, or "total work of art," which involves an expanded creative process that unifies disciplines, such as sets, lighting, acting, music, song, and dance, into a dynamic whole. [2] In 1874, the Meininger company appeared in Berlin.
A theatre company is an organisation that produces theatrical performances, [3] as distinct from a theatre troupe (or acting company), which is a group of theatrical performers working together. [4] A touring company is an independent theatre or dance company that travels, often internationally, being presented at a different theatre venue in ...
Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater. [1] The company was founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy, and 30 of their acting students from New York University, inspired by the historical examples of the Group Theatre and Stanislavski. The theater is currently led by Artistic Director Neil Pepe. [2] The company ...
The Actors' Gang is an experimental theatre and nonprofit group based at the Ivy Substation in Culver City, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was founded in 1981 by a group of actors , including Tim Robbins , [ 1 ] now a member of the board and artistic director of the troupe.
The Wooster Group is an experimental theater company based in New York City known for creating numerous original dramatic works. It gradually emerged from Richard Schechner's The Performance Group (1967–1980) during the period from 1975 to 1980. The group took its name in 1980; the independent productions of 1975–1980 are retroactively ...
The Practical Theatre Company is a Chicago-based theatre company founded by Northwestern University students and active throughout the 1980s before returning to the stage in 2010. Its productions have included new plays, satiric agitprop, rock and roll events, and a series of successful improvisational comedy revues.