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The American Conservatory Theater was founded in 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by theatre and opera director William Ball in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Carnegie Mellon University. Ball presented twenty-seven fully staged productions in rotating repertory, in two different theaters – the Geary Theater and the Marines Memorial ...
A.C.T.'s primary home in San Francisco is the Toni Rembe Theater (formerly the Geary Theater, located at 415 Geary Street near the corner of Mason Street in the Theatre District of San Francisco. Built in 1910 and designed by Walter D. Bliss and William B. Faville in the Classical Revival and Late Victorian styles, it was previously known as the Co...
A.C.T.'s conservatory was accredited to grant Master of Fine Arts degrees for actors. However, due to lack of funding, A.C.T. Ended its MFA program in May 2022. A.C.T. offers training through the Studio A.C.T., the Summer Training Congress, and Young Conservatory programs.
The first person to be given the title sound designer in regional theater was Dan Dugan at A.C.T. in the late 1960s. The term Sound Design was introduced to the film world when Francis Ford Coppola directed a production of Private Lives at A.C.T. which his father, Carmine Coppola, arranged the music and Charlie Richmond was the sound designer while...
Young conservatory actors
1. Zendaya 2. Darren Criss
Actors
1. Amy Irving 2. Anna Belknap 3. Annette Bening 4. Anika Noni Rose 5. Benjamin Bratt 6. Brie Larson 7. Dane Witherspoon 8. Danny Glover 9. Denzel Washington 10. Don Johnson 11. Elizabeth Banks 12. Elizabeth McGovern 13. Gedde Watanabe 14. Harry Hamlin 15. Justin Whalin 16. Mfoniso Udofia 17. Omar Metwally 18. Sacheen Littlefeather 19. Teri Hatcher 20. Winona Ryder
Sound design
1. Dan Dugan
American Conservatory Theater at the Internet Broadway DatabaseView a 1969 documentary film about A.C.T., made by KQED (TV)A.C.T. volunteers provide an invaluable service with their time, enthusiasm, and love of theater. Library The A.C.T. performing arts library contains more than 8,500 plays, periodicals, and theater-related publications.