Cambridge, Massachusetts Diane Paulus, Artistic Director www.amrep.org American Repertory Theater The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is the only not-for-profit theater in the country that maintains a resident acting company and an international training conservatory, and that operates in association with a major university. Since 1980 the A.R.T. has performed in eighty-one cities in twenty-two states around the country, and worldwide in twenty-one cities in sixteen countries on four continents. It has presented one hundred and sixty productions, over half of which were premieres of new plays, translations, and adaptations. The A.R.T. was founded in 1980 by Robert Brustein and Robert J. Orchard, and has been resident for twenty-two years at Harvard University's Loeb Drama Center. In August 2002 Robert Woodruff became the A.R.T.'s Artistic Director, the second in the theater's history. Mr. Orchard assumed the new role of Executive Director, and Gideon Lester that of Associate Artistic Director. Mr. Brustein remains with the A.R.T. as Founding Director and Creative Consultant. The A.R.T. provides a home for artists from across the world, whose singular visions generate and define the theater's work. The company presents a varied repertoire than includes new plays, progressive productions of classical texts, and collaborations between artists from many disciplines. The A.R.T. is also a training ground for young artists. The theater's artistic staff teaches undergraduate classes in acting, directing, dramatic literature, design, and playwriting at Harvard, and in 1987 the A.R.T. founded the Institute for Advanced Theater Training. In conjunction with the Moscow Art Theater School, the Institute provides world-class training for graduate-level actors, directors, and dramaturgs.