ABOUT PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
THEATRE
Marlyn
G. Robinson & Marc Horwitz
Artistic / Producing Directors
Oedipus
Review, City Paper - 05/28/2008
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Performance Workshop
Theatre is a non-profit professional theatre company and theatre
arts training school, which has produced outstanding entertainment and
educational programming since 1976. We are founding members of the Baltimore
Theatre Alliance, an organization that promotes and supports the performing
arts in the Baltimore Washington area.
Performance Workshop
Theatre’s recent resident and touring productions have
included Three Irish Plays and Philadelphia, Here I Come!,
directed by Sam and Joan McCready; Oedipus, listed in City Paper’s Top Ten – The Year on Stage (2008); The Jewish
Wife and The Informer, listed in City Paper’s Top Ten –
The Year on Stage (2007), Faith Healer, voted #1 in City Paper’s
Top Ten – The Year on Stage (2006), The Well of the Saints,
St.Nicholas, One For The Road, The Real Thing, [Un]told Stories, Macbeth,
Old Times, Paper Flowers and the Theatre in Dialogue tours,
directed by Marlyn G. Robinson; Aria Da Capo, Mixed Doubles, Revue
Sketches, and The Portable Pinter, directed by Marc Horwitz;
and The Puppetmaster of Lodz directed by Marlyn G. Robinson,
which received recognition from the Baltimore Sun and City Paper. Marc
Horwitz was awarded "Best Actor" in the City Paper's Best
of Baltimore editions (1995 and 2002) for his performance in the
title role and the production was applauded as a highlight of local
theatre in the Baltimore Sun's Critics’ Assessment of the
Year's Noteworthy Events in the Arts (1995) and City Paper’s
Top Ten -The Year on Stage (2002).
Throughout the year, Performance
Workshop Theatre provides a creative environment where student actors
are developed by professional resident artists through training
and performance opportunities in company classes and productions.
0ur Theatre School offers a wide range of Theatre Workshops for beginners,
Professional Master Classes and Individual Training for adult students;
Playwriting and Performance Classes for teens and youth . Enrollment
per class is limited to 10 participants due to the emphasis on individual
coaching. All classes are held at our Theatre in Baltimore. For registration
and information on our programs call: (410) 659-7830.
Our production and touring
programs have been supported in part by The National Endowment for the
Arts, The Maryland Humanities Council, The Maryland State Arts Council,
Artists in Education program, The Baltimore Office of Promotion and
The Arts, The Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences, The
Gordon and Marsha Becker Fund and The Cooper Family Fund of the Baltimore
Community Foundation, The David and Barbara Hirschhorn Foundation, The
Adalman–Goodwin Foundation, The Morton and Sophia Macht Foundation,
The Aaron and Lillie Strauss Foundation. We gratefully acknowledge the
ongoing financial sponsorship of the foundations and individual contributors
who have joined us in our commitment to professional excellence in creating
these exciting performances.
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We are especially grateful
for the support of our audiences, our students, and their families. Contributions are of vital importance to our ability to maintain a tradition
of outstanding productions and educational programs at a reasonable
cost. As a non-profit professional theatre company, the full amount
of your gift to Performance Workshop, Inc. is tax - deductible. Please
send all contributions to us at 28 East Ostend Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21230.
