Atlantic Theatre Company
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| Address | 336 West 20th Street Manhattan, New York City United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′38″N 74°00′07″W / 40.743912°N 74.001819°W |
| Type | Off-Broadway |
| Capacity | 199 – Linda Gross Theater 99 – Stage 2 |
| Opened | 1985 |
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Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater, whose mission is to produce great plays "simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble." The company was founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy, and 30 of their acting students from New York University, inspired by the historical examples of the Group Theatre and Stanislavski. Atlantic believes that the story of a play and the intent of its playwright are at the core of the creative process. In February 2017, Mamet's play The Penitent started its previews at the Atlantic Theater Company leading to its premiere at the end of February.
The company operates two theaters in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. First, the 199-seat mainstage Linda Gross Theater, which is located at 336 West 20th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, in the parish hall of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, built in 1854 and recently renovated. And second, the 99-seat black-box theater, Stage 2 at 330 West 16th Street, also between Eighth and Ninth Avenues, in the former Port Authority building. Stage 2, which opened in June 2006, is the home of Atlantic’s new play development program which includes the commissioning of new works, readings, workshops, and fully staged productions.
Since its inception, Atlantic has produced more than 120 plays, including the Tony Award winning production of Spring Awakening (which the company moved to Broadway in 2006), David Mamet’s adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville Barker, Mamet’s Romance, Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange, Dublin Carol by Conor McPherson, Woody Allen’s Writer’s Block, the revival of Hobson's Choice, the revivals of Mamet's American Buffalo, The Woods, and Edmond, Dangerous Corner by J. B. Priestley, The Cider House Rules, adapted by Peter Parnell, Celebration, The Room and The Hothouse by Harold Pinter, Mojo by Jez Butterworth, the New York premieres of Howard Korder’s Boys’ Life and The Lights at Lincoln Center Theater, Kevin Heelan’s Distant Fires, Quincy Long’s The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite and Shaker Heights, Tom Donaghy’s Minutes From The Blue Route, Edwin Sánchez’ Trafficking in Broken Hearts, and Missing Persons by Craig Lucas.
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