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Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater, whose mission is to produce great plays "simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble."〔("About Atlantic" ). Atlantic Theater Company. Retrieved November 12, 2011.〕 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 Stanislavsky. Atlantic believes that the story of a play and the intent of its playwright are at the core of the creative process. The company operates two theaters in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. First, the 199-seat mainstage Linda Gross Theater, which is located at 336 West 20th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, in the parish hall of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, built in 1854 and recently renovated.〔Healy, Patrick (July 12, 2010). ("Atlantic Theater Company Announces New Season" ). ''The New York Times''. Retrieved September 23, 2010.〕 And second, the 99-seat black-box theater, Stage 2 at 330 West 16th Street, also between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, in the former Port Authority building. Stage 2, which opened in June 2006, is the home of Atlantic’s new play development program which includes the commissioning of new works, readings, workshops, and fully staged productions.〔Robertson, Campbell (August 16, 2006). ("The Atlantic Theater Company Trades One Coveted Chelsea Space for Another" ). ''The New York Times''. Retrieved September 23, 2010.〕 ==Productions== Since its inception, Atlantic has produced more than 120 plays, including the Tony Award winning production of ''Spring Awakening'' (which the company moved to Broadway in 2006),〔Healy, Patrick (August 30, 2010). ("Nonprofit Theaters Take On Bold Broadway Ventures This Fall" ). ''The New York Times''. Retrieved September 23, 2010.〕 David Mamet’s adaptation of ''The Voysey Inheritance'' by Harley Granville Barker, Mamet’s ''Romance'', Joe Penhall’s ''Blue/Orange'', ''Dublin Carol'' by Conor McPherson, Woody Allen’s ''Writer’s Block'', the revival of ''Hobson's Choice'', the revivals of Mamet's ''American Buffalo'', ''The Woods'', and ''Edmond'', ''Dangerous Corner'' by J. B. Priestley, ''The Cider House Rules'', adapted by Peter Parnell, ''Celebration'', ''The Room'' and ''The Hothouse'' by Harold Pinter, ''Mojo'' by Jez Butterworth, the New York premieres of Howard Korder’s ''Boys’ Life'' and ''The Lights'' at Lincoln Center Theater, Kevin Heelan’s ''Distant Fires'', Quincy Long’s ''The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite'' and ''Shaker Heights'', Tom Donaghy’s ''Minutes From The Blue Route'', Edwin Sánchez’ ''Trafficking in Broken Hearts'', and ''Missing Persons'' by Craig Lucas. Atlantic has also had a notable collaboration with the Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, having premiered three of his plays in York: ''The Cripple of Inishmaan (2008)'', ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' (2006) and ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' (1998). The latter two were immediately transferred to Broadway. Other Mamet productions by Atlantic include the plays ''The Blue Hour'', ''Yes, But So What?'', ''Revenge of the Space Pandas'', ''The Poet and the Rent'', ''Vermont Sketches'', ''Reunion'', ''Sexual Perversity in Chicago'', ''The Duck Variations'', ''The Water Engine'', his adaptation of ''Three Sisters'', ''Home'', ''School'', and ''Keep Your Pantheon''. Recently, Atlantic has produced ''Farragut North'' by Beau Willimon on its mainstage, and ''What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling'' by David Pittu and Randy Redd on Stage 2. ''The Cripple of Inishmaan'' by Martin McDonagh was be presented in collaboration with the Druid Theatre Company, and a co-produced revival of Mamet’s ''Speed-the-Plow'' played on Broadway. The company celebrated its 25th Anniversary season beginning in September 2010 with the world premiere of ''Bottom of the World'' by Lucy Thurber and ending in June 2011 with the ''10 X 25 One Act Festival'', 25 newly commissioned ten-minute plays.〔Jones, Kenneth (July 12, 2010). ("Atlantic Will Stage Plays by Auburn, Coen, Thurber and Pinter at Borrowed Spaces While Mainstage Is Renovated" ). ''Playbill''. Retrieved November 5, 2011.〕〔Sholiton, Robert (June 22, 2011). ("10X25 – Series C" ). Bob's Theater Blog. Retrieved November 4, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atlantic Theater Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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