Where theatre connects community

The Actors Theatre Workshop
The Actors Theatre Workshop (ATW) is an award-winning, non-profit community theatre and educational institution that expands our collective and individual potential through drama. Located in NYC, our performing arts programs and diverse educational theater initiatives explore life’s deepest struggles and inspire personal and societal transformation.
No individual challenge is too personal, no topic is taboo, and no struggle is too overwhelming (although they may be very, very difficult). ATW’s techniques explore our shared humanity and use theater and acting as transformative tools for self-discovery, self-belief, and personal fulfillment. We offer volunteer theater opportunities that make a real difference in people's lives. Join us and discover how community theatre builds empathy and change.

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Put Creativity on Your Calendar

To ring in the New Year, The Actors Theatre Workshop is in need of a volunteer team to assist in the removal of our holiday decorations. Help with the breakdown of our space after the Holiday celebration of our award-winning after-school theatre arts education program for children living in temporary housing or on the spectrum.

  • Remove and carefully store holiday lights that have put up around our hallways, lobby, studios and theatre
  • Remove and store holiday decorations adorning the Christmas trees
  • Help with cutting down, moving and disposing of our Christmas trees
  • Help dispose of decorative garlands/wreaths/vase arrangements
  • Do light cleaning – sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning windows and other surfaces.
  • Light lifting and climbing on a ladder or step stool is required for much of this work.

Other important info:

  • The event will be videotaped and photographed for our documentation and communication purposes. Volunteers must review and sign a Video/Photo Release upon arrival.
  • Participants must dress comfortably: sneakers/flat shoes and clothes they can move comfortably in.
  • Due to the popularity of these events, participants who sign-up should arrive PROMPTLY and stay for the whole event.
  • Participants with for or pine tree pollen allergies should take allergy medication before arriving.

This event is open to corporate volunteer teams only.

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ATW’s creative innovation in drama, acting, and theatre education transforms lives and communities through award-winning programs and productions, led by Artistic Director and Founder Thurman E. Scott.

By liberating the talents of people from all walks of life—from homeless children to formerly incarcerated individuals to the educationally and economically privileged—ATW fosters empathetic and resilient communities through theatre. Over 10,000 individuals have benefited from our work. Join us and be part of transformative theater experiences.

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In order to make the crucial contact which makes learning, teaching and the exchange of ideas possible, the teacher or facilitator must understand the background of each child. He must understand that every member of society feels validated in some places and invalidated in others.

-Thurman E. Scott

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Looking for a unique theatre rental space in NYC? The Actors Theatre Workshop offers 5,000 sq. ft. of creative space for performances, workshops, auditions, and video shoots, including a 65 seat blackbox theater, three rehearsal studios, a meeting room, kitchen, and offices. Your rental directly supports our non-profit theater education programs.

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The programs of The Actors Theatre Workshop are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department Of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The Actors Theatre Workshop is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax exempt organization. EIN: 13-3593882
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