The American Place Theatre

For information on Wynn Handman’s acting classes, please call (212) 245-1271. The American Place Theatre is not associated with Mr. Handman’s classes.

Yes, we moved, again. After being founded in St. Clement’s Church in 1963, APT spent over thirty years in its own six-floor, three-theatre building at 46th Street and 6th Avenue. In November of 2002, we moved again to our home at 266 West 37th Street on 8th Avenue. In July 2009, we relocated to the Film Center Building in Hell’s Kitchen, a creative and active neighborhood perfect for housing our offices. Come visit us at 630 9th Ave, Suite 809 between 44th and 45th Street.

Hey, it’s midtown! Up and down 8th Avenue you’ve got just about every fast food chain there is. On 36th Street there are a few authentic Chinese restaurants and on the northeast corner of 36th and 8th there’s a deli with a nice salad bar and plenty of seating upstairs.

We’d love to hear your suggestions! Please email them to the Education Department at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Daytime Literature to Life performances begin at 10:30 AM unless prior arrangements have been made with our education department.

Yes, there are occasional showcase performances, but they are rare. When they are scheduled, you can find them listed on the special events page.

Literature to Life®, The American Place Theatre’s performance based literacy program, presents professionally staged verbatim adaptations of significant American literary works. This educational program gives students a new form of access to literature by bringing to life the world of books with performances that create an atmosphere of discovery and spark the imagination. Literature to Life encourages reading, writing, and critical thinking and provides a catalyst for learning and self-expression for over 100,000 students nationwide. The Theatre, having received over 30 Obies and 16 Audelcos, is critically acclaimed as a birthing place for artistic endeavors at the crossroad of literature and live performance for over 40 years.

For more information about Literature to Life please visit our Programs page.

For more info about partnerships, please call Executive Director, David Kener, at 212 594-4482 x11.

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Contact our Education department via email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

The Theatre is not currently accepting unsolicited scripts.

The American Place Theatre office space is located in Suite 809 at the Film Center Building on 630 9th Avenue. The nearest subway stop is the A/C/E at the 42nd Street Station.  Performances are held in partner theater spaces across the nation.

Not to fret, they’re still around; we’ve just renamed them as part of our signature Literature to Life programming. They are now known as Literature to Life Professional Development and Literature to Life Residencies, respectively.

Please call Gwen Brownson our Director of National Education at 212.594.4482 ext. 10 or email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).