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The Actors Company Theatre (TACT) is an Off-Broadway theatre company that was founded in 1992 by a group of New York stage veterans. For their first several years, TACT produced a number of concert performances, a cross between a staged reading and a full production. In 2006, TACT began a residency at the Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row to produce two full plays a year. TACT focuses on reviving lesser-known productions that have not been performed in New York for several years. Their mission statement, according to their website, is "to present neglected or rarely produced plays of literary merit, with a focus on creating theatre from its essence: the text and the actor's ability to bring it to life."〔(TACT – The Actors Company Theatre )〕 In the 2006/07 season, TACT took a bold step forward. Following their critically acclaimed full productions of ''Long Island Sound'' by Noël Coward (May 2002, world premiere) and ''The Triangle Factory Fire Project'' by Christopher Piehler and Scott Alan Evans (May 2004, world premiere), TACT presented a season of two full productions at The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row on 42nd Street, becoming one of their resident companies. For their Sixteenth Season, TACT followed the trajectory begun in 2006 and presented two more productions in their Mainstage at Theatre Row. In addition to their Mainstage offerings, TACT is continuing its Concert Performance readings in the TACT Salon Series, presented at 900 Broadway (see Salon Series) as well as continuing newTACTics (see newTACTics). For all their productions they commission original incidental musical scores through their on-going creative partnership with The Manhattan School of Music. == History == TACT’s company of actors was drawn together in 1992 by a love of the literature of the theatre. Over the past twenty-one seasons and more than 125 productions, TACT has grown to become a true ensemble: a group that has developed a common vocabulary and a technique based on an shared artistic vision and collective body of work. TACT’s company of professional theatre artists are veterans of the stage, film, and television whose cumulative experience includes scores of Broadway shows, hundreds of Off-Broadway plays, over a thousand regional theatre productions, and many films and television shows. These artists are committed to TACT because of the artistic opportunities offered: creative challenges, professional growth, and the chance to work on great plays that deserve to be seen more often in New York City. From the compelling poetic language of Tennessee Williams’s ''The Eccentricities of a Nightingale'' to the ironic subversive wit of Vaclav Havel’s ''The Memorandum'', the plays TACT presents are propelled by language and ideas. Whether American farce or English drama, Italian satire or Russian tragedy, TACT presents works that explore the eternal truths of the human condition. Time and again, TACT’s audiences discover how a well-written play, of any age, can produce both the joy and discomfort of recognition. Whether they take us to the darkest corners of the soul or to the highest reaches of the spirit, these plays ultimately enrich, involve and entertain. Thanks to the company of actors’ talent and depth, TACT presents plays that the commercial theatre often finds daunting. Large-cast productions such as of Arthur Miller’s ''Incident at Vichy'', or challenging texts such as William Inge’s ''Natural Affection'', seldom find their way onto the contemporary professional stage. From the beginning, TACT made its reputation with its Concert Performance productions: fully rehearsed presentations stripped down to their essence. Staged in our intimate studio space, these performances (currently known as our Salon Series) feature simple staging, costuming, and lighting, refocusing the emphasis of the drama away from spectacle and production and back to the words and the actor – creating theatre in its purest form. This style grew out of the belief that the true magic of theatre lies in the special connection between the artist, the work of art, and the fully engaged audience. TACT is a resident company of NYC’s famed Theatre Row and produces their Mainstage, Off-Broadway productions there in the Beckett Theatre. In addition, TACT presents the Salon Series in their studio space at 900 Broadway. Both spaces allow audiences to enjoy an up-close and personal experience with both the play and the artists. The 2012/2013 season marked the company’s twentieth anniversary and TACT was honored by being named The Wall Street Journal’s 2012′ “Company Of The Year.” == Current productions == The current 2015/2016 Mainstage season includes ''Hard Love'' by Motti Lerner and ''Widower's Houses'' by George Bernard Shaw. The current 2015/2016 Salon Series will focus on four centuries of comedy. Plays include ''Imaginary Invalid'' by Moliere, ''She Stoops to Conquer'' by Oliver Goldsmith, ''The Magistrate'' by Arthur Wing Pineiro, and ''Arsenic & Old Lace'' by Joseph Kesselring. 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「The Actors Company Theatre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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