The Actors Gymnasium

Mission Statement

The Actors Gymnasium Mission Statement

The Actors Gymnasium is a think-and-do tank for the performing arts. Through classes, workshops, performances, and collaborations with other artists, The Actors Gymnasium attempts to:

• expand the conventional theater vocabulary to include unconventional skills;

• encourage new investigations, collaborations, and creations; and

• create a community of performing artists capable of doing anything demanded of them, or anything they demand of themselves.

The Actors Gymnasium Vision Statement

Since 1995, The Actors Gymnasium has been guided by the vision of a revitalized American theatre: one with performances as thrilling as a rock concert, as invigorating as the circus and as mesmerizing as a fireworks display.

We believe that highly trained performers create great theatre. We also believe that theatre artists who combine performance disciplines such as dance, music, circus acrobatics and puppetry, take theatre to its greatest heights, while discovering its deepest
truths. To that end, we have dedicated ourselves to the education of multi-skilled, theatre artists.

We believe that this multi-disciplinary study can provide our students not only with healthy careers, but also a foundation for lifelong learning; creativity and confidence in
their life-pursuits; and a holistic appreciation for the fine arts.

We are inspired both by children and adult students who thrive in an environment of self-exploration, and by the artistic achievement of groundbreaking organizations such as Cirque du Soleil, the Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Pilobolus Dance Theatre.

At The Actors Gymnasium people learn to fly - physically, emotionally, intellectually, and creatively.