American Theatre Company

ATC: Doubt (21-25 Oct 2014)

Doubt: A Parable is the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play that mesmerizes the audience in a conflict of consciousness and convictions. Set in 1964, an era of great controversy and modernity in the Catholic Church, allegations flare tempers and question beliefs when the priest of St Nicholas Church and School is accused by two nuns of having an inappropriate relationship with the school’s only black student. Filled with intense drama and rich text, the play explores much more than the guilt or innocence of the accused but rather is a beautifully crafted exploration of the loneliness, the darkness and the pain caused by doubt.

Tickets available here.

ATC Improv: Rocket Sugar Factory & Friends (22-23 Nov 2014)

22 & 23 November, 8pm
The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelhem 69a, 1030 Schaerbeek
€10 entry

Rocket Sugar Factory is the North American power-duo, Jim Libby (USA) and Jacob Banigan (Canada). They spend most of their time together touring all over. Their influence on the already fresh and vibrant scene in Europe is well known: as innovators, as consummate performers and all around good guys. 
The list of places RSF has performed sold out shows sounds like a dream vacation: Berlin, London, Zurich, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hannover, Oslo, Milan, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Hamburg, Ljubljana, Memphis, Seattle, Atlanta, and Edmonton. They play Improv because it can be Fast and Funny, Serious and Stupid, Unforgettable and Disposable, Disgusting and True, Ridiculous and Sublime. 
Over their combined 35 years in impro, Jim and Jacob have played thousands of shows, worked with the top improvisers around the world, and have won many international competitions.

Saturday show

First up, The Ghost Sheep & guests will warm you up with the help of the ATC’s delightful guest improvisers.

Jim and Jacob will then take centre stage with their improv duo, Rocket Sugar Factory!

Lastly, we will welcome guest improvisers from Belgium and beyond for a legendary IMPROV Jam!

Sunday show

We will invite our enthusiastic workshop attendees and ATC Improv members to perform some fast paced shortform games, under the direction of Jim and Jacob.

Next, The Ghost Sheep and Rocket Sugar Factory will bring down the house with a grand weekend finale. What they will perform will be a magnificent, improvised surprise…

Two nights. Four class acts. Plenty of surprises. Don’t miss it!! Attend the facebook event here.

Sign up to the workshops here.

ATC: Spoon River Anthology (14 Jan 2015)

AUDITIONS- SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY

By Edgar Lee Masters
Adapted and Directed by Christopher Flores The American Theatre Company is proud to announce auditions for its 2015 FEATS entry: Spoon River Anthology. This American classic is a collection of eloquently and sharply written free-verse epitaphs spoken from the cemetery of the fictional town of Spoon River. Published in 1915, this ground breaking work caused great sensation because of its forthrightness about sex, moral decay and hypocrisy. One hundred years later, Master’s critique and observations of man still resonate deeply.AUDITION DETAILS
If you are interested in auditioning, please prepare one of the epitaphs and email the director. You can obtain a copy of the script by clicking here. The competition will take place from 22-25 May.Profiles 
Each actor will be required to play multiple characters. There is no set number of actors for the play and therefore casting will be based on the range each actor is able to display in the audition.4 males
3 females

Dates and Location
14 January at 20.00

The Warehouse
Rue Waelhem 73
1030 – Schaerbeek

ABOUT FEATS
The Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies (FEATS) is a four-day competitive theatre festival held in different European cities every year. On each of four nights three one-act plays are presented in English by groups from all over continental Europe. The performances are adjudicated by a member of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators (GoDA).

ATC: 44 Plays for 44 Presidents (22-31 Jan 2015)

The American Theatre Company is pleased to announce its January production:

44 Plays for 44 Presidents  
by Andy Bayiates, Sean Benjamin, Genevra Gallo, Chloe Johnston and Karen Weinberg 
Directed by Steve Challens 

Think you know American history?  Think again!
44 very true and different tales: A short play for each US prez from George Washington right down to Barack Obama

Of course we all have our favorites and the ones we love to hate. But we’re willing to bet there’s at least one you know nothing about! (We sure learned some things!!) Join us for this fast-paced romp of comedy and drama throughout North American history.William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays but this play offers you 44! Surely the January bargain of 2015!

Details
22 – 24 & 28-31 January 2015 at 8:00pm
Warehouse Studio Theatre
Rue Waelhem 69A, Schaerbeek
Doors will open at approximately 7.30pm.
Tickets are 15 euros.

Book today by clicking here!

ATC: The Ghost Sheep Improv (1 Mar 2015)

ATC Improv presents The Ghost Sheep, Inbal Lori and Sven Lanser
Sunday, March 1, 8pm (5 euro entry)
Le Cercle des Voyageurs 
18, Rue des Grands Carmes, 1000 Brussels

Your favourite Brussels-based troupe will be joined by not one but TWO fantastic international improv superstars for their next show!!

Inbal Lori 

Inbal is a graduate of the  Nisan Nativ acting studio (2000), founder of the  improv school Impro TLV and a member of the Israeli improv troupe, 3 Falling. She writes for television, theatre and gives improv and acting workshops. Inbal has taken part in a few fringe groups and one woman shows. She won a scholarship for playwrighting at the American Israeli foundation and the “open screen” festival of Beit Lessin theatre. Inbal won “best performer” 2008 of the Israeli Fringe Festival for her one woman show- ‘The Woman I Could Have Been’. Inbal teaches improv around the globe and has performed in many festivals, including Amsterdam, Austin, Ljublana, Berlin, Hanover, Antwerp and Milan.

Sven Lanser 

When Sven started doing improv 10 years ago, it changed his life. A few years later he quit his regular job and became a fulltime improv teacher and trainer/facilitator using Improv principles in organizations. He is the chairman of the Applied Improv Network Holland and artistic director of IMPRO Amsterdam, the biggest international improfestival in Holland.

With his impro company Rocky Amaretto (check out their beautiful website: http://www.rockyamaretto.nl) they are bridging the gap between North American inspired improv and the rich European theatre tradition.

ATC: Melancholy Play (17, 21 June)

Auditions for Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce will be held on Wednesday, June 17 at 8pm; Thursday, June 18 at 8pm; and Sunday, June 21 at 4pm.

The play will be performed in the Studio in February 2016; rehearsals will start in late fall.

Melancholy Play is a poetic and funny play about romantic longing, transfiguration, and Doritos.

The roles are:

FRANK, a tailor
TILLY, a bank teller
LORENZO THE UNFEELING, a European
FRANCES, a hairdresser
JOAN, a British nurse
JULIA/N, a cellist (must genuinely be able to play the cello!)

Please contact the director, Carrie Ellwanger, at cortothecat@yahoo.com to confirm your attendance at the audition. Thank you!

ATC: Death of a Salesman (7-11 Oct 2015)

DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Glenn Vaughan

Marking the 100th anniversary of Arthur Miller’s birth, the ATC is proud to present his greatest classic, Death of a Salesman, for our October main stage.

Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, Arthur Miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupportably vast and dangerously insubstantial. He has given us a figure whose name has become a symbol for a kind of majestic grandiosity—and a play that compresses epic extremes of humor and anguish, promise and loss, between the four walls of an American living room.

Details
Bronks Theatre
Rue du Marché aux Porcs 15-17
Brussels 1000

General admission: €18
Group discount (10 or more tickets): €12

Doors will open approximately 30 minutes before the show.
Evening performances will start at 20.00
The Sunday matinee with start at 14.30

To book your tickets click here. 

ATC: Greek/English Improv (26 Jan)

Greek/English Improv Show with Bus Kai and The Ghost Sheep
Monday, January 26, 8pm (6 euro entry)
Le Cercle des Voyageurs (‘les caves’- downstairs)
19, Rue des Grands Carmes, 1000 Brussels (50m from the Manneken Pis)

After the roaring success of our English/Italian improv show with Imprevisti Su Misura, we decided to host another bilingual show, this time, for the Greek community of Brussels! The first half of the show will be in Greek (20:00) and the second half in English (21:15).

20:00 Bus Kai αυτοσχεδιάζουν;

Οι Bus Και είναι ένας θίασος θεατρικού αυτοσχεδιασμού (improv comedy theater) με έδρα την Αθήνα. Είναι ο μοναδικός θίασος θεατρικού αυτοσχεδιασμού στην Ελλάδα με σταθερή παρουσία κάθε εβδομάδα στα θέατρα της Αθήνας.

Ο θίασος απαρτίζεται από δύο άτομα, τον Μενέλαο Πρόκο και την Βασιλική Κίσσα, εκπαιδευτές θεατρικού αυτοσχεδιασμού στην ImproVIBE. Ανεβαίνουν στη σκηνή, παίρνουν κάποια απλή πρόταση από το κοινό και δημιουργούν ένα ολοκληρωμένο θεατρικό έργο μίας πράξης εκείνη τη στιγμή. Οι δυο τους. Ναι, παίζουν όλους τους ρόλους. Ναι, δημιουργούν και τα σκηνικά επί τόπου. Όχι, δεν πρόκειται να ξαναδείς την ίδια παράσταση ποτέ ξανά. Όντως, θα γελάς μέχρι δακρύων.

Δύο ηθοποιοί. Αμέτρητοι χαρακτήρες. Ταυτόχρονα!

Tartuffe (20 Sept – 1 Oct 2016)

The Warehouse Studio Theatre
Tartuffe: A New American Satire is an original adaptation of Molière’s masterful play about hypocrisy. It is written by Jake Brandman, directed by Jeremy Zeegers and produced by the American Theatre Company.

This romp of a comedy will be performed in September 2016 during the heat of the American presidential election. Any similarity with current events is attributable to the genius of Molière and the enduring nature of human flaws.
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The Ghost Sheep & ATC Improv: The Christmas Shows

The Ghost Sheep are back on stage for their last set of shows in 2016 (hint hint, you don’t want to miss it..!)

Get ready for two very different evenings full of Christmas references, jingly hats, mince pies and mulled wine to boot: the ATC Improv crew will wow you with their skills, The Ghost Sheep will unveil their newest format, The Bookends will provide some late night entertainment and our special guests are Jochem Meijer, our Guest Sheep from Amsterdam and Tom Tollenare, our pianomaster!

So move your Christmas parties to the Warehouse and we’ll celebrate the holiday season together!

CLICK HERE to book (€10)

ATC: The Crucible (7th-11th of March)

ATC presents Arthur Miller’s classic American drama
Directed by Christopher Flores

7 – 11 March, 20:00
Viage Theatre, Grand Casino Brussels
Boulevard Anspach 30

Book TICKETS here

Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’ is a powerful and disturbing fictionalized account of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in 17th century Massachusetts.

When a young girl and her friends begin to accuse people of witchcraft, an incendiary blend of rigid religious views, superstition, and personal grudges kindles a community’s mass hysteria.

The play will be performed five times, from 7 to 11 March at the Viage Thatre, Grand Casino Brussels.
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Doors will open at 7pm, and the show will start at 8pm. The play is two hours long, and there will be a 20 minute intermission.

Tickets €18, adults. School groups of more than 10 are eligible for a reduced price of 12€. Please send an email to our box office (atc.thecrucible@gmail.com) to arrange school group reservations.

ATC: Picasso At The Lapin Agile (30 Nov-9 Dec)

ATC presents:

‘Picasso At The Lapin Agile’ by Steve Martin

Directed by Jeremy Zeegers

Dates:
30th of Nov, 1st, 2nd & 5th to 9th of December, 8pm

Venue:

The Warehouse Studio Theatre, 69a Waelhemstraat, Schaerbeek.

Tickets available here (€15)

 

It’s 1904. Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso – both in their twenties, neither of them yet famous – spend an evening at a bar called the Lapin Agile in Montmartre, Paris.

When two of the most inspired minds of the 20th century meet by chance, sparks fly. But is it genius igniting or egos flaring when an artist and a scientist – each destined to revolutionize an era – square off and size each other up? Continue reading →

ATC: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (8-12 Oct 2019)

TICKETS 18€ – AVAILABLE NOW

Edward Albee’s cult classic invites us for a night cap with two couples in a small East Coast American university town. After a faculty party, Martha and George welcome newcomers Nick and Honey into their home, drawing the unwitting younger couple into their bitter and frustrated relationship.

Darkly comic right from the start, it only gets darker. David Benedict, writing for Variety, said this play “makes the complete works of Strindberg look like Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.”

The third play of our 50th anniversary year, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will be staged exactly 50 years after the ATC opened its first season with it in October 1969.

PLEASE NOTE: This play’s start time will be 7:30 pm. Doors will open at 7:00 pm. Running time is estimated at three hours. There will be two brief intermissions.

ATC: Tiny Beautiful Things (24 March-2nd April 2022)

Based on the Book by Cheryl Strayed, adapted for the Stage by Nia Vardalos.
Directed by Carrie Ellwanger.

Based on real emails that real people sent to the online advice column “Dear Sugar” (penned by author Cheryl Strayed), Tiny Beautiful Things is not a narrative in the traditional sense but an emotional journey about drawing hope and healing out of loss, pain, and sorrow — and about creating real human connections in a virtual space.

In the words of Director Carrie Ellwanger: “I first read this script in 2019 and was immediately seduced by its deceptively simple, cathartic poetry. Two years into the pandemic, the script resonates even more. During those long months of isolation, virtual connections were all we had. Now, as we take our first tentative steps back into the wider world, this is the play we need: an opportunity to come together again, stare our collective pain in the face, and once more find the joy in tiny, beautiful things.”

From March 24 to 26 and March 29 to April 2 at the Warehouse Studio Theatre (rue Waelhem 69A). Doors open at 7:30 pm, show starts at 8:00 pm. Please note the Warehouse Theatre now has fully-operational Ventilation system and air-conditioning installed.

Tickets: https://www.billetweb.fr/tiny-beautiful-things

ATC: Almost, Maine (15-19 Nov 2022)

As the second of its ‘Studio Nights’ series, The American Theatre Company presents ‘Almost, Maine’ by John Cariani.

Set in the snow-covered, fictional town of Almost in the U.S. state of Maine, the play consists of nine independent vignettes bound together by the magic of the northern lights, and explores romance, relationships and the variety of stumbles along love’s journey.

It will be performed from the 15th to 19th of November at The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelhem 69a, 1030 Bruxelles.

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Tickets are available here.

ATC: The Baltimore Waltz (16-25 Mar 2023)

The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel, directed by Robynn Colwell.

In the wake of a distressing medical diagnosis, a brother and sister set off on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Seeking adventure and an experimental if dubious cure, Carl and Anna embark on a now-or-never trip into the throes of romance and mystery – and toward each other – for the kind of comfort and love only a sibling can offer.

Venue: The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Waelhemstraat 69, 1030 Schaerbeek.

Tickets available at https://www.billetweb.fr/the-baltimore-waltz

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ATC: Studio Nights – a FEATS double bill (6-10 June)

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, was this year’s ATC entry at FEATS 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.

Get tickets here: https://www.billetweb.fr/studio-nights-feats-double-bill

ATC: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (30 Jan – 3 Feb 2024)

The American Theatre Company is proud to present this classic American play by Tennessee Williams, directed by Carrie Ellwanger.

Set in Mississippi in 1955, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a classic family drama soaking in secrets, recriminations, and booze.

Venue: The Jacques Franck cultural center in Saint-Gilles.

Start time: 7:30 pm. Doors (and bar) open at 7:00 pm.

Tickets available at: https://www.billetweb.fr/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof

The play is in three acts, so there will be two intermissions of fifteen minutes each. To avoid a long wait at the bar during the intermissions, please take advantage of the option to pre-order your intermission drinks before the start of the show. Just stop by the pre-order station in the lobby to select and pay for your drinks. Your refreshments will be waiting for you at the start of the intermission(s) so that you don’t have to waste time waiting in line!

Please be aware that the play is not suitable for children under age 12. Babies and young children will not be admitted into the auditorium. Thank you for your understanding.

If you would like to organize tickets for a school group (of students over 12 years of age), please go to the ticketing website and click on the “send a message” button. Message us with your request, and one of our team members will be in touch. 

We look forward to seeing you soon. Enjoy the show! 

ATC: POTUS (4-7 May)

SHOW DATES: 2-16 Nov. 2024 (including tech and dress rehearsals)

The ATC is holding auditions for POTUS, Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, an all-women, political farce by Selina Fillinger. Director: Robynn Colwell

AUDITION DATES:

Saturday, May 4 at 4:00 p.m.
Monday, May 6 at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 7 at 8:00 p.m.

CHARACTERS

HARRIET – The president’s chief of staff
JEAN – The president’s press secretary
STEPHANIE – The president’s secretary
DUSTY – The president’s dalliance
BERNADETTE – The president’s sister
CHRIS – A journalist
MARGARET – The president’s wife. The First Lady

In the playwright’s words, “Actors can be cis or trans. Age is flexible. Beauty is subjective. So long as they’re fast, fierce, and f***ing hilarious.”

Women of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community are strongly encouraged to audition.

A superb command of English is crucial, and the ability to do a convincing American accent (any region) is also required for most roles.

PLEASE NOTE: The script contains profanity and explicit sexual language – all in the spirit of comedy. Anyone auditioning will need to be comfortable with the language. Adults only at auditions, please.

If you’re interested, please email the director, Robynn Colwell, at robynn.colwell@gmail.com to schedule an audition and to receive more details.

ATC: Studio Nights (4-8 June 2024)

This edition of Studio Nights features the winning entries in the ATC’s latest playwriting competition!

These two wildly different one-act plays – with some surprising thematic intersections – were written by two members of the Brussels anglophone theatrical community. They were selected in a blind competition from among a large number of innovative entries. It was a tough call, but we think you’ll agree that these plays deserve the spotlight!

ALL SALES FINAL, written by Shannon Damery (directed by Karen El Haddad), takes us to a strange yet eerily familiar place, where “checking out” really does mean “checking out.”

THE LAST MARTINIS, written by Méabh Maguire (directed by Nastassia Maes), tells the story of an unlikely friendship that emerges from the demise of a largely forgotten but once glamorous piece of Brussels history.

In the convivial spirit of Studio Nights, a variety of drinks and American-themed snacks and goodies will be available before and after the show as well as during a slightly extended intermission.

Tickets available at https://www.billetweb.fr/studio-nights-2024

ATC Audition (28 June-2 July)

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

The ATC is holding auditions for its next mainstage show, to be performed at the Centre Culturel Jacques Franck from January 30-February 3, 2024.
Set in Mississippi in 1955, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams is a classic family drama soaking in secrets, recriminations, and booze.
The characters:
Brick, late 20s, a former football star
Maggie, late 20s, his wife
Gooper, mid-30s, his brother, a lawyer
Mae, mid-30s, Gooper’s wife
Big Daddy, 65, the patriarch
Big Mama, the matriarch
Doc Baugh, the family doctor
Reverend Tooker
4 servants (3w, 1m)
Auditions will take place in the Studio Theatre, rue Waelhem 69A (entrance through the gate at rue Waelhem 73) on the following dates:
Wednesday, June 28, 8 pm
Saturday, July 1, 4 pm
Sunday, July 2, 4 pm
To sign up, please contact the director, Carrie Ellwanger, at cortothecat@yahoo.com. Please note that American accents (Southern) are crucial for this production.

cortothecat@yahoo.com

ATC: POTUS (7-16 Nov 2024)

‘…Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive’
by Selina Fillinger

The subtitle pretty much sums it up: seven women managing mayhem, controlling chaos, keeping the world spinning on its axis – or ensuring the spin is right while the world looks the other way. Seven fierce, ambitious women working hard and being smart, cleaning up the mess, and living in the President’s shadow, until they find themselves at the epicenter of a frantic attempt to save face for America – and save POTUS from himself.

The play is about a group of women all affiliated in some way with the White House, one of the most powerful nerve centers in the world. But in the words of the author, it is dedicated to “any woman who’s ever found herself the secondary character in a male farce.”

Buy tickets here
Please note that the play contains profanity and adult subject matter and is therefore not suitable for children under the age of 16.

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