The ATC's next production
June 6-10
at the Warehouse Studio Theatre
June 6-10
at the Warehouse Studio Theatre
For this edition of Studio Nights, the ATC is proud to present a FEATS double bill, featuring two one-act plays that the ATC has taken to the Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies, or FEATS.
Accelerated Intimacy, by Chiara Venturini, won the 2018 FEATS award for best original script. It is being directed by Carrie Ellwanger, who also brought the play to FEATS that year. It tells the story of two complete strangers who are stuck in a disabled New York City subway car. To pass the time and relieve the awkwardness, they decide to take a quiz they find in a discarded newspaper: a series of questions designed to “accelerate intimacy” between strangers. It's a premise both find mildly amusing - okay, maybe a little intriguing - as good a remedy for boredom as anything else, right? Certainly nothing more than that...
Baby Boom, by emerging American playwright Lia Romeo, directed by Jeremy Zeegers, is this year's ATC entry at FEATS, taking place in Bad Homburg, Germany 26-29 May. The play is a delightfully quirky, darkly comic, and ultimately tragic exploration of the normalization of guns in American culture. It peeks beneath the facade of suburban utopia and into the lives of two young American families. Through a series of twists and turns, the story features heartbreak, a yearning for family, a flickering love, the desire to be understood, the need for community, and an innocent gun.
FEATS is an annual festival and competition which brings together 12 anglophone theater companies from across Europe. Each group presents a one-act play over four nights of performances. The festival also features a professional adjudicator who awards prizes in a range of categories. The ATC has been a frequent award winner over the years, most recently in Antwerp in 2018 with "best original script" for Accelerated Intimacy. We are excited to give our Brussels audience a chance to see both plays in the context of Studio Nights, our format dedicated to emerging talents.
Accelerated Intimacy, by Chiara Venturini, won the 2018 FEATS award for best original script. It is being directed by Carrie Ellwanger, who also brought the play to FEATS that year. It tells the story of two complete strangers who are stuck in a disabled New York City subway car. To pass the time and relieve the awkwardness, they decide to take a quiz they find in a discarded newspaper: a series of questions designed to “accelerate intimacy” between strangers. It's a premise both find mildly amusing - okay, maybe a little intriguing - as good a remedy for boredom as anything else, right? Certainly nothing more than that...
Baby Boom, by emerging American playwright Lia Romeo, directed by Jeremy Zeegers, is this year's ATC entry at FEATS, taking place in Bad Homburg, Germany 26-29 May. The play is a delightfully quirky, darkly comic, and ultimately tragic exploration of the normalization of guns in American culture. It peeks beneath the facade of suburban utopia and into the lives of two young American families. Through a series of twists and turns, the story features heartbreak, a yearning for family, a flickering love, the desire to be understood, the need for community, and an innocent gun.
FEATS is an annual festival and competition which brings together 12 anglophone theater companies from across Europe. Each group presents a one-act play over four nights of performances. The festival also features a professional adjudicator who awards prizes in a range of categories. The ATC has been a frequent award winner over the years, most recently in Antwerp in 2018 with "best original script" for Accelerated Intimacy. We are excited to give our Brussels audience a chance to see both plays in the context of Studio Nights, our format dedicated to emerging talents.
Our most recent production
The Baltimore Waltz
by Paula Vogel
directed by Robynn Colwell
performed at the Warehouse Studio Theatre
16-25 March 2023
Click here to find out more about the play and to see photos from the ATC's latest show - a huge success with seven sold out nights!
Happy Birthday ATC!
A look back at 2019, the ATC's 50th anniversary
A look back at 2019, the ATC's 50th anniversary
2019 marked the ATC's 50th anniversary, and we dedicated the entire year to celebrating: in grand theatrical style by staging two major American classics and in eclectic theatrical style with a dark comedy paired with improv. See more about all three shows below and by clicking on the relevant pages under the "past productions" tab.
To top off the celebrations, on November 30th we held a 50th Anniversary dinner and party featuring a traditional American Thanksgiving feast as well as a program of entertainment courtesy of the Ghost Sheep, Miss Kitty K Rickets, and some of the cast from this year's production of A Streetcar named Desire. The evening extended into the wee hours with a party attended by ATC members and friends, past, present, and -- we certainly hope -- future! Be sure to visit our Facebook page to enjoy an even larger sampling of photos snapped by Tibor Radvanyi.
We started the anniversary year off right with a whopper of a classic!
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A Streetcar Named Desire, which played March 5-9 at Le Jacques Franck in St. Gilles, was a tremendous success -- and a labor of love for everyone involved. Be sure to visit the Streetcar page in our "Past Productions" section where you can see loads of photos, find out who participated on and off stage, and re-live the journey!
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The celebrations continued in May with a brand new tradition:
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An evening out combining theater and improv, nibbles and drinks, and all-around fun and conviviality! |
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And we paid a theatrical tribute to our roots by reviving the first-ever play produced by the ATC exactly 50 years ago, to the month!
This Edward Albee classic appeared 8-12 October
at the Petit Théâtre Mercelis in Ixelles
Resounding praise from our audiences and an entirely sold-out run allow us to declare this landmark production a great success. Please visit the Virginia Woolf page in the past productions section to browse loads of photos of this powerfully acted, gorgeously staged play -- by all accounts worthy of a half-century anniversary celebration.
A selection of ATC moments from recent years
You can always check in with us on Facebook for all the latest updates, including a series of glances back in time. Through the end of 2019 "The 50th anniversary diaries" explored five decades of ATC history with photos, reflections, and conversations about the long and winding ATC road and its many, many travellers.
The American Theatre Company (ATC) has been bringing American theater to Brussels for 50 years.
From serious drama to light comedy, from intimate studio productions to main stage classics and musicals, the ATC not only delights audiences with outstanding productions, but also provides a home for the international theatrical talent living in or just passing through Brussels: actors, directors, make-up artists, technicians, set designers…
The ATC is a frequent award winner at the annual Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies (FEATS) competitions, and is always looking for fresh on- or off-stage talent, whether experienced or not.
In addition to offering two theatrical productions per season, the ATC is the creator of Studio Nights, an informal, often experimental entertainment format designed to be an excellent training ground for new talent as well as a fun and engaging night out for audiences.
Often in collaboration with other Anglophone theater groups in Belgium, the ATC periodically hosts workshops on improv comedy, lighting, make-up, set-building, etc.
From serious drama to light comedy, from intimate studio productions to main stage classics and musicals, the ATC not only delights audiences with outstanding productions, but also provides a home for the international theatrical talent living in or just passing through Brussels: actors, directors, make-up artists, technicians, set designers…
The ATC is a frequent award winner at the annual Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies (FEATS) competitions, and is always looking for fresh on- or off-stage talent, whether experienced or not.
In addition to offering two theatrical productions per season, the ATC is the creator of Studio Nights, an informal, often experimental entertainment format designed to be an excellent training ground for new talent as well as a fun and engaging night out for audiences.
Often in collaboration with other Anglophone theater groups in Belgium, the ATC periodically hosts workshops on improv comedy, lighting, make-up, set-building, etc.