Atlantic Theater Company
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Atlantic Theater Company is an acting school and working company based on the theory of Practical Aesthetics developed by David Mamet and William H. Macy. The Atlantic Theater Company has its own two-year conservatory program, and is also part of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
It promotes an acting technique based on straightforwardness and plain talk, which has been much promoted by David Mamet and his circle of actors.
Prominent actors trained in the Atlantic Theater Company include Felicity Huffman, Jessica Alba, Heather Burns, Rose Byrne, Eddie Cahill, Peter Facinelli, Matthew Fox, Bryan Greenberg, Clark Gregg, Kristen Johnston, Joey Kern, Camryn Manheim, Matt McGrath, Jesse Merz, Jason Ritter, Skeet Ulrich, and many more.
The Atlantic Theater Company also runs the off-Broadway Atlantic Theater.
Some theater companies/performing groups to come out of the Atlantic Acting School include: The Mobius Group, Bar Hoppers, Thirsty Turtle, Harvard Sailing Team, The Group B Project The Fifteenth Minute,The Ateh Theater Company, The Production Company, Hair of the Dog, Riot, and The Management.
[edit] External links
- Atlantic Theater official site
- Neil Pepe, Artistic Director of Atlantic Theater Company Downstage Center XM radio interview at American Theatre Wing, March 2007
