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Performing Arts in United States
A register of firms and the professionals working at them in the Performing Arts sector based in United States. Browse the public index, then filter or export on Kipplo.
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Woodruff Arts Center
The Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, GA is one of the largest arts centers in the world, home to the Tony Award-winning Alliance Theatre, the Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) and the High Museum of Art, the leading art museum in the Southeast. One of the only arts venues in the United States to offer both visual and performing arts on a single campus, the Woodruff Arts Center produces outstanding theatre, music, and exhibitions for nearly one million patrons each year. Through the combined efforts of the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art, the Woodruff Arts Center offers remarkable educational programming, with approximately students taking part annually, making us the largest arts educator in Georgia.
501 to 1000 staff
3-2-1- Acting Studios The Way To Great Film Acting In-Studio & Online
FREE Trial Acting class Call/Text 818-275-2740 to schedule. 3-2-1 Acting Studios offers In-Studio and on Zoom classes."Our mission is to instill greater confidence and life skills in our students by providing inspiring acting classes, taught by expert instructors in a creative, positive and nurturing environment." Owner/Director Ms. Mae Ross works closely with her students to prepare them to perform for top Hollywood talent agents, who are scouting for talent to appear in Film, TV Shows, Commercials, Theater, Print modeling and more. Our premier program includes: Scene Study, Commercial Acting, Cold Reading, Auditioning, Improvisation and our signature: SHOWCASE & ACTING CAREER PROGRAM We offer separate classes for ages 4-7, 8-11,12-17 and 18 + Come join the fun @321
1 to 10 staff
Adventure Theatre Mtc
Adventure Theatre (founded in 1951) and Musical Theater Center (founded in 1986) merged into one organization in 2012. The combined entity is called Adventure Theatre MTC. Located in Glen Echo Park (Glen Echo, MD) and The Wintergreen Plaza (Rockville, MD), ATMTC cultivates new generations of artists and audiences by creating memorable theatrical productions and by providing young people the highest quality musical theater training. ATMTC serves students at all skill levels and families from diverse communities, approximately people annually.
11 to 50 staff
American Dance Festival
ADF presents dance performances, educational opportunities, community/humanities programs, and maintains an international reach.
11 to 50 staff
American Shakespeare Center
The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) is a leading nonprofit theatre company and home to the first-ever recreation of Shakespeare’s Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia. ASC brings Shakespeare’s works and other classic theatre to life with dynamic performances that embrace the original practices of the English Renaissance stage. Through our commitment to artistic innovation, we offer a repertory theatre model that gives audiences the rare opportunity to experience multiple productions in rotation. Our performances are designed to engage, educate, and inspire, while remaining deeply rooted in the inclusive, interactive nature of Shakespeare’s original productions. We believe theatre is for everyone. ASC fosters accessibility by offering Pay-What-You-Will performances, discounts for veterans, and a range of educational programs, ensuring that live theatre can be enjoyed by all. Our community outreach, including student matinees, workshops, and partnerships with local businesses, helps create a vibrant, engaged audience both locally and internationally. As a beacon for transformative theatre experiences, ASC is dedicated to empowering education, providing students with the opportunity to explore Shakespeare’s works through immersive, hands-on learning. Whether it's through our student matinees, summer camps, or adult drama clubs, we strive to make the power of theatre accessible to the next generation of storytellers. Join us at the Blackfriars Playhouse for a truly unforgettable theatre experience. Whether you're a lifelong Shakespeare enthusiast or discovering the magic of live theatre for the first time, ASC invites you to step into a world where the past and present collide on stage, bringing Shakespeare's timeless stories to life for all.
11 to 50 staff
Artists Repertory Theatre
Artists Repertory Theatre’s mission is to produce intimate, provocative theatre and provide a home for artists and audiences to take creative risks. Artists Rep is Portland’s premiere mid-size regional theatre company, and is led by Artistic Director/Interim Managing Director Dámaso Rodríguez. Founded in 1982, Artists Repertory Theatre is the longest-running professional theatre company in Portland. Artists Rep became the 72ndmember of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) in 2016 and is an Associate Member of the National New Play Network (NNPN).
11 to 50 staff
Arts & Learning Conservatory
We provide students of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels the opportunity to learn and excel in an immersive environment of world class performing arts. Students of all ages will be inspired to develop their confidence & creativity through the transformative power of arts education.
11 to 50 staff
Ascend Performing Arts, Inc
Since 1958, Ascend Performing Arts has become a multi-faceted, youth performing arts organization dedicated to elevating life performance through the pursuit of excellence. Ascend Performing Arts is recognized as the Rocky Mountain region’s most visible performing arts organization. Programs such as the internationally acclaimed Blue Knights Drum & Bugle Corps, the 4-time Winter Guard International Champion Blue Knights Percussion Ensemble, and Blue Knights Winds play an important role in providing high-caliber performance ensembles for thousands of youth performers each year. Ascend Performing Arts also produces the Broncos Stampede Drum Line and Broncos Brass to entertain tens of thousands of NFL fans at Denver Broncos home games every season. Educational programs such as the BKXperience allows students of a variety of performance levels to learn from the best educators in the marching arts activity. Ascend Events, such as the Drums Along the Rockies and Corps Encore drum corps shows and the Friendship Cup high school marching contests, provide a stage which showcases the world’s top young musicians at the highest level. For more information, please visit AscendPerformingArts.org or call (303) or email Info@AscendPerformingArts.org.
1 to 10 staff
Association Of Performing Arts Professionals
APAP, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals is based in Washington, D.C, is the national service, advocacy and membership organization with over 1600 member organizations, representing over professionals worldwide, dedicated to developing and supporting a robust performing arts presenting field and the professionals who work within it. Our members represent the nation’s leading performing arts centers, municipal and university performance facilities, culturally specific organizations, and foreign governments, as well as artist agencies, managers, touring companies, and national consulting practices that serve the field, and a growing roster of self-presenting artists. As a leader in the field, APAP works to effect change through advocacy, professional development, resource sharing, and civic engagement. Follow APAP's new podcast, ARTS. WORK. LIFE. premiering June 2022 on your favorite podcast app.
11 to 50 staff
Aurora Theatre Company
OUR MISSION As the storyteller for our community, Aurora Theatre Company inspires new audiences and longtime theatre lovers alike with the visceral power of live theatre. Our venues, the most intimate professional stages in the Bay Area, highlight great acting, nuanced language, and an immediacy that makes for exhilarating theatre. By telling deeply relevant stories, we’re building a new culture of theatregoing in the Bay Area and contributing to a revitalization of theatre nationwide, challenging all of us to think deeper, laugh louder, and engage more purposefully and profoundly with our neighbors and our world. OUR VALUES We commit ourselves to championing racial justice, to better embodying anti-racist practices, and to confronting and dismantling oppression (including but not limited to racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, xenophobia, and religious intolerance) in everything we do. We recognize that Aurora Theatre Company is located on land that was stolen from the Chochenyo Ohlone people. Our community has benefited from this land, and we owe the Ohlone people a collective debt. We earn our reputation for integrity by treating people fairly, paying equal rates, and being honest and transparent in our dealings. We value Bay Area theatre artists for their excellence, for their engagement, and for the local authenticity they bring to our productions. We value the great plays of the past for the way their lessons resonate with today’s issues, and new plays for the way they move today’s conversations forward.
11 to 50 staff
Balletx
BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet, unites artistic innovation with technical excellence to forge new works of athleticism, emotion, and grace. Founded in 2005 and led by Artistic & Executive Director Christine Cox, the company has commissioned nearly 80 choreographers from around the world to produce 140 world premieres that are “fresh, inclusive, and connect to what people want” (Philadelphia Citizen). With a versatile and diverse ensemble of 16 dancers, hailed as “among America’s best” by The New York Times, BalletX pushes the boundaries of classical ballet to tell today’s stories with passion, creativity, and exuberance. As a vibrant global incubator for artistic talent, the company makes ballet accessible and inviting, captivating audiences at prestigious venues including The Kennedy Center, Vail Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Through performances, international touring, and meaningful community outreach, BalletX creates extraordinary dance experiences that inspire human connection.
11 to 50 staff
Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), founded in 1995, is a not-for-profit professional theatre company in the Berkshires (MA), with a three-fold mission: to produce top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways of bringing new audiences into the theatre, especially young people.
11 to 50 staff
Bats Improv
BATS Improv is a professional theatre company and an artistic community that cultivates and innovates the craft of improvised theatre through engaging, playful, creative performance and training. Founded in 1986, BATS is the most highly acclaimed and longest-running improvised theatre company and school in San Francisco and all of Northern California. BATS Improv offers shows every Friday and Saturday night, classes from beginning to advanced levels, group training & custom entertainment, and community outreach. Learn more at improv.org.
11 to 50 staff
Central City Opera
Central City Opera House Association is the nation’s fifth-oldest opera company, located just 35 miles west of Denver in one of Colorado’s official National Landmark Historic Districts. The company continues to present artistically excellent professional opera in an annual summer festival; to offer career-entry training to young singers; to produce education and community service programs; and to preserve and maintain the Opera House and 28 other Victorian-era properties. For more information or to purchase tickets to the Central City Opera, visit or call 303-292-6700.
51 to 200 staff
Central Florida Community Arts
Central Florida Community Arts is a non-profit 501(c)(3) Musical Arts organization that believes every artist of every age should have a cultural platform to connect, serve, & perform! CFCArts exists to enrich our community’s quality of life by making the arts accessible and affordable for all. We provide an inclusive and welcoming creative platform where individuals can connect by joining an artistic family, perform for audiences across the socioeconomic spectrum, and use their talents to serve the community.
51 to 200 staff
Central Square Theater
Central Square Theater, is a state-of-the-art theatrical arts facility where audiences find, under one roof, the distinctive repertoires of two award-winning, professional companies, The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater as well as collaborative projects drawing on their creative synergy. This year, Central Square Theater celebrates its 10th year of bringing diverse and unique theatre to the Boston area. We also honor the Underground Railway Theater in its 40th year, and The Nora in its 30th! Buy your tickets today and experience the intimate stories we have been telling for decades.
11 to 50 staff
Charleston Stage
Charleston Stage, founded by Playwright Julian Wiles in 1978, is South Carolina’s largest professional theatre company in residence at the Historic Dock Street Theatre. Charleston Stage has presented over 150 productions and played to a collective audience of over one million strong. Charleston Stage employs 30+ full-time staff members, guest artists, and scores of actors, dancers, singers and musicians and TheatreWings High School Apprentices. The mission of Charleston Stage is to produce live theatre of the highest caliber focusing on plays which excite and incite the imagination, and include original works that celebrate the rich heritage and history of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Charleston Stage celebrates the spirit of discovery by providing a collaborative learning environment in which theatre professionals share their talents with the young people, teachers and schools in the community, and inspire participants to celebrate their own creativity.
11 to 50 staff
Chesapeake Arts Center
The Chesapeake Arts Center (CAC) is a sq. ft. multi-discipline arts facility located in Northern Anne Arundel County, just inside the Baltimore beltway. Our facility houses an 752-seat Hammonds Lane Theatre, a 120-seat Studio 194 Theatre, gallery space, ceramics lab, dance studios, music room, MakerSpace and classrooms.
11 to 50 staff
Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago Opera Theater is a company laser-focused on living its values: • expanding the tradition of opera as a living art form • producing high-quality works new to Chicago audiences • identifying top-tier casts and creative talent • following through on commitments to equity and access – behind the scenes, on the stage, and in the audience Since its founding in 1973, in a city where storefront theaters and global icons thrive side by side, COT has grown from a grassroots, community-based company to a national leader in an increasingly vibrant, diverse, and forward-looking art form. COT has staged over 147 operas, including 75 Chicago premieres and 43 operas by American composers. In addition to its mainstage season, COT is devoted to the development and production of new opera in the United States through its Vanguard Initiative, launched in 2018. The Vanguard Initiative trains emerging opera composers, invests time and talent in new opera at various stages of the creative process, and opens up opportunities for Chicago audiences to become part of the development of new work, in dialogue with the creators themselves.
11 to 50 staff
Children's Musical Theater San Jose
Leading youth theater CMT San Jose (Children's Musical Theater) creates a highly positive life and learning experience through theater for Silicon Valley children ages 4-20. Classes and camps begin at age 4, performance opportunities at age 6. CMT casts all who audition for its youth theater productions.
11 to 50 staff
Circus Center
A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Circus Center is the Bay Area’s oldest non-profit circus-oriented performing arts education facility specializing in acrobatics, flying trapeze, aerial arts, circus skills, and clowning. We are a vibrant hub of the circus community on the West Coast. Throughout the year, Circus Center produces professional-quality shows starring our students, instructors, and community members. Our pre-professional youth troupe has sent students on to careers in circuses around the world, with a scholarship program that helps young artists to pursue their professional dreams regardless of ability to pay. Circus Center offers classes for every level of ability in flying trapeze, acrobatics, aerial arts, contortion, juggling and many other disciplines. In addition, we offer artist residencies to support the development of new creative circus works; a long-running, beloved summer camp program; corporate, youth, and group events, workshops, specialty multi-week intensives, and so much more. Our world-renowned team of instructors and coaches have performed with the Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe, Moscow Circus, Cirque du Soleil, Pickle Family Circus, Circus Bella, Circus Smirkus, Teatro ZinZanni, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, and the Big Apple Circus. Many of our teachers have over a decade of teaching and performing experience, and a few of them got their start in Circus Center’s youth training programs. Please visit for a full class listing. Mission: To inspire passion for the circus arts through training, performance, and outreach.
11 to 50 staff
Circus Juventas
Circus Juventas is a nonprofit youth performing arts circus organization located in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1994 at a local recreation center, Circus Juventas has grown into a thriving arts community, now serving over youth annually at its permanent big top. The organization offers a variety of programming, including after-school classes, summer camps, and dynamic performances, all focused on the circus arts. Dedicated to inspiring artistry and self-confidence in its students, Circus Juventas provides a unique multicultural circus experience that fosters personal growth and creativity.
51 to 200 staff
Circus Smirkus
Circus Smirkus is an award-winning international youth circus founded in 1987 and described by The Boston Globe as “one of New England’s most treasured cultural and educational resources.” Based on a 38-acre parcel of land in Greensboro, Vermont, and nestled among the rolling hills of the Northeast Kingdom, the organization is dedicated to promoting the skills, culture, and traditions of the traveling circus and to inspiring youth to engage in life-changing adventures in the circus arts. Circus Smirkus comprises three principal programs: Smirkus Big Top Tour takes place every summer, during which about 30 young people aged 10-18 spend three weeks at the Greensboro HQ to create and rehearse a new circus production and then take it on the road throughout New England for professional quality performances under our 720-seat big top circus tent. Smirkus Camp offers the country’s only residential circus arts training—ranging from one-day to two-week sessions—conducted in a traditional summer camp setting. Smirkus School Residencies provide opportunities for trained circus professionals to come to schools throughout the North East to teach children circus arts in an educational environment. Circus Smirkus has just succeeded in a $2 million challenge grant towards our $3.5 million Capital Campaign to construct a permanent, purpose-built summer camp facility, which will enable the project to be expanded to include 200 more campers each summer. At Smirkus we believe the universal allure of the performing arts, and circus in particular, helps children to form friendships and bonds that transcend the barriers of economic situation, class, culture, geography, age, and ability.
11 to 50 staff
Civic Theatre Of Allentown
Civic Theatre is a community arts center located in the West End of Allentown. In operation since 1928, Civic's programming focuses on live theatrical performances, arthouse cinema, and a youth theatre school.
11 to 50 staff
