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((short description|Theater company and historic place in San Francisco, California))
((for|ACT (Seattle)|ACT Theatre))
((more citations needed|date=February 2017))
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((Infobox theatre group
| bgcolour = 
| name = American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| ArtisticDirector = [[Pam MacKinnon]]
| formed = 1965
| location = [[San Francisco]], California
| disbanded =
| notable = 
| homepage = ((URL|http://www.act-sf.org/))
| genre = 
))
((Infobox NRHP
| name                     = Geary Theater
| nrhp_type                =
| image                    = 2017 ACT Geary Theater from west.jpg
| image_size               = 275px
| caption                  = (2017)
| location                 = 415 Geary Street<br>[[San Francisco, California]]
| coordinates              = ((coord|37.787017|-122.410286|format=dms|display=inline, title))
| locmapin                 = San Francisco County
| built                    = 1910
| architect                = [[Walter D. Bliss]] & [[William B. Faville]]
| architecture             = [[Classical Revival architecture|Classical Revival]]<br>[[Victorian architecture|Late Victorian]]
| added                    = May 27, 1975
| refnum                   = 75000472<ref name="nris">((NRISref|version=2009a))</ref>
| designated_other1        = San Francisco
| designated_other1_number = 82
| designated_other1_date   = July 11, 1976<ref name=SFLandmark>((cite web|title=City of San Francisco Designated Landmarks|publisher=City of San Francisco|url=http://www.sf-planning.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=5081|access-date=October 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325040805/http://sf-planning.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=5081|archive-date=March 25, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref><ref name=pres />
))

The '''American Conservatory Theater''' ('''ACT''') is a nonprofit theater company in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions. It also has an attached [[drama school|acting school]].

==History==
The American Conservatory Theater was founded in 1965 in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], by theatre and opera director [[William Ball (stage director)|William Ball]] in conjunction with the [[Pittsburgh Playhouse]] and [[Carnegie Mellon University]]. Ball presented twenty-seven fully staged productions in rotating repertory, in two different theaters &ndash; the Geary Theater and the [[Marines Memorial Theatre]] &ndash; during the first 40-week season.

A.C.T.'s original twenty-seven member acting company featured [[René Auberjonois]], [[Peter Donat]], [[Richard Dysart]], [[Michael Learned]], [[Ruth Kobart]], [[Paul Shenar]], [[Charles Siebert]], Ken Ruta, and [[Kitty Winn]] among others. Ball's mid-1970s productions of [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Taming of the Shrew]]'', starring [[Marc Singer]], and Rostand's ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]'', starring [[Peter Donat]] and [[Marsha Mason]], were televised by [[PBS]].

In the mid-1980s, Ball, suffering from exhaustion and under accusations of financial mismanagement, was forced to relinquish his post as [[artistic director]]. He was succeeded by A.C.T. founding member and stage director Edward Hastings, who revived the company's fortunes until the Geary Theater was severely damaged by the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]]. The company continued performing in a number of San Francisco venues.

[[Carey Perloff]] served as A.C.T.'s artistic director from 1992 to 2018. In 2007, A.C.T. released a cast album of Perloff's production of the [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]] [[Musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Happy End (musical)|Happy End]]'', produced by [[LucasArts]] studios. It includes the full score and is the first English language recording of this musical. [[Pam MacKinnon]] was appointed to succeed Perloff as artistic director, effective with the end of the 2017–2018 season.<ref>Staff (January 23, 2018) [https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-OBIE-and-Drama-Desk-Award-Winner-Pam-Mackinnon-Named-New-Artistic-Director-At-American-Conservatory-Theater-20180123 "Tony, OBIE, and Drama Desk Award Winner Pam Mackinnon Named New Artistic Director At American Conservatory Theater"], ''[[BroadwayWorld]]''</ref>

==Theaters==
[[File:J. Gottlob and Melville Marx.png|thumb|J. Gottlob and Melville Marx, proprietors of the former Columbia Theater|alt=J. Gottlob and Melville Marx, proprietors of the former Columbia Theater]]
A.C.T.'s primary home in San Francisco is the '''Toni Rembe Theater''' (formerly the '''Geary Theater''',<ref>((Cite web |title=THE TONI REMBE THEATER (formerly the Geary Theater) |url=https://www.act-sf.org/your-visit/our-venues/the-toni-rembe-theater/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=American Conservatory Theater |language=en-US))</ref> located at 415 Geary Street near the corner of Mason Street in the [[Theatre District, San Francisco|Theatre District]] of San Francisco. Built in 1910 and designed by [[Walter D. Bliss]] and [[William B. Faville]] in the [[Classical Revival architecture|Classical Revival]] and [[Victorian architecture|Late Victorian]] styles, it was previously known as the '''Columbia Theater'''. It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on May 27, 1975, under the name "Geary Theater", and was designated an official [[San Francisco Designated Landmark]] on July 11, 1976, under the name "Geary Theater".<ref name=pres>[http://sf-planning.org/sites/default/files/FileCenter/Documents/5081-PresBulletin09LANDMARKS_revMAR2015.pdf "San Francisco Preservation Bulletin No. 9: San Francisco Landmarks".]</ref>

In 2015, A.C.T. opened the Strand Theater at 1127 Market Street between 7th and 8th Streets, across from the U.N. Plaza in the [[Civic Center, San Francisco|Civic Center]] neighborhood of San Francisco.  The building has a 283-seat theater as well as a 120-seat event and performance space.  A.C.T. uses the theater to present educational workshops, cabaret performances and specially commissioned new works, as well as productions connected to their [[Master of Fine Arts|M.F.A.]] and Young Conservatory programs.<ref>[http://www.act-sf.org/home/box_office/strand.html "The Strand Theater"], A.C.T. website.</ref>((clear left))

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| image1            = Geary Theatre (San Francisco).JPG
| width1            = 300
| caption1          = Close-up of The Toni Rembe Theatre (formerly Geary Theater) facade
| image2            = 2017 ACT The Strand 1127 Market Street.jpg
| width2            = 230
| caption2          = The Strand Theater, at 1127 Market Street, was opened in 2015 as A.C.T.'s second space (2017)
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==Acting school==
A.C.T.'s was WASC accredited to grant Master of Fine Arts degrees for actors, 1984–2022. However, due to lack of funding, A.C.T. discontinued that program in June 2022.<ref>((Cite web |title=MFA Program |url=https://www.act-sf.org/training/mfa/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=American Conservatory Theater |language=en-US))</ref>

A.C.T. offers training through the Studio A.C.T., the Summer Training Congress, and Young Conservatory programs.

=== Young Conservatory ===
A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory is a theater training program for youth through the ages of 19. It was founded by Luanne and Ross Graham in 1971. Successive YC directors include Candace Birk, Sharon Newman, Linda Aldrich, and Susan Stauter. The program has been led since 1988 by [[Craig Slaight]]. The Young Conservatory is geared toward performing new works specifically for young actors, and has premiered plays and musicals by playwrights such as [[Horton Foote]] and [[Paul Zindel]]. The conservatory members are also offered roles in the main stage productions, most frequently ''A Christmas Carol'', which is performed every winter.<ref>((cite web|title=YC Auditions for A Christmas Carol|url=http://www.act-sf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=conservatory_yc_carol_auditions|work=American Conservatory Theater|publisher=American Conservatory Theater|access-date=October 18, 2011|author=American Conservatory Theater|author-link=American Conservatory Theater|year=2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019035800/http://www.act-sf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=conservatory_yc_carol_auditions|archive-date=October 19, 2011))</ref>

==Sound design==
The first person to be given the title [[sound designer]] in regional theater was [[Dan Dugan (audio engineer)|Dan Dugan]] at A.C.T. in the late 1960s.<ref>((cite book|first1=Deena|last1=Kaye|first2=James|last2=LeBrecht|title=Sound and music for the theatre: the art and technique of design|publisher=Focal Press|year=2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l2gHgjAjGPYC|page=8|isbn=978-0-240-81011-9))</ref> The term [[sound design]] was introduced to the film world when [[Francis Ford Coppola]] directed a production of ''[[Private Lives]]'' at A.C.T. for which his father, [[Carmine Coppola]], arranged the music and [[Charlie Richmond (inventor)|Charlie Richmond]] was the [[sound designer]] while the final cut of the film ''[[The Godfather]]'' was being edited in 1972.((Citation needed|date=November 2022))

==Alumni==

=== Directors ===

=== Young conservatory actors ===

* [[Darren Criss]]
* [[Brie Larson]]
* [[Milo Ventimiglia]]
* [[Zendaya]]

=== Actors ===
* [[Elizabeth Banks]]
* [[Anna Belknap]]
* [[Annette Bening]]
* [[Sarayu Blue]]
* [[Benjamin Bratt]]
* [[Christopher Fitzgerald (actor)|Christopher Fitzgerald]]
* [[Danny Glover]]
* [[Harry Hamlin]]
* [[Teri Hatcher]]
* [[Amy Irving]]
* [[Don Johnson]]
* [[Lauren Lane]]
* [[Sacheen Littlefeather]]
* [[Elizabeth McGovern]]
* [[Omar Metwally]]
* [[Dileep Rao]]
* [[Jean Rasey]]
* [[Anika Noni Rose]]
* [[Winona Ryder]]
* [[Douglas Sills]]
* [[Morgan Spector]]
* [[Mfoniso Udofia]]
* [[Denzel Washington]]
* [[Gedde Watanabe]]
* [[Justin Whalin]]
* [[Sharr White]]
* [[Dane Witherspoon]]

=== Sound design ===
* [[Dan Dugan (audio engineer)|Dan Dugan]]

==See also==
* [[List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks]]
* [[American Musical Theatre of San Jose]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((commons category))

*[http://www.act-sf.org/ American Conservatory Theater official website]
*((IBDB name))
*[https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/191493 View a 1969 documentary film about A.C.T.], made by [[KQED (TV)]]

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