AfterWork Theater: Sustainable, All-Inclusive Theater Acting Opportunities

AfterWork Theater Project is a New York City-based amateur theater company designed to give anyone a chance to act or participate in a legitimate theater production. Launched in 2012, the project was founded by Evan Greenberg.

Obviously, not everyone who grows up with aspirations of Broadway acting will end up in their dream career. Further, numerous working professionals still wish for a creative acting outlet even without such lofty goals. That's where AfterWork Theater comes in.

Formatted to allow any amateur performer the means to a part of a Broadway-level show, the project is an all-inclusive foray into stage acting and singing. Greenberg has also contracted numerous worldwide theater professionals as part of the troupe's crew for an authentic feel. Performers pay a small tuition -- a fee which is cut in half if you're willing to help out as a stagehand, simply to make the opportunity available to all.  

Greenberg, a real estate broker, told Playbill of the company's inception upon their inaugural production of Hair in February 2013: 

"I was a theatre geek growing up, rehearsing and performing in shows from the age of 3 to 14," explained Greenberg in a statement. "It was in recent years that I recognized a void in my life -- that I missed the fun, community, and self-expression that I got from rehearsing and performing all those years. And it turns out I wasn't alone."

In a recent interview with The New York Daily News, Greenberg spoke of feeling pigeonholed in a certain lifestyle profession. He wants to make it clear that anyone willing to put in the work is able to perform in a manner they aspire to: 

"In life, we tend to get shoved into our little boxes," AfterWork Theater founder Evan Greenberg said. "But with this, mothers, doctors, crime reporters -- whoever -- can reconnect with their very natural God-given right of performance."

Starting this Thursday, June 16, AfterWork begins performances of Godspell at the Sirovich Auditorium in the East Village. For more information on the AfterWork Theater Project, visit their website at www.afterworktheater.org.

Below, watch a news report on AfterWork Theater.

TagsAfterWork Theater, Amateur Theater, Evan Greenberg, Godspell, Hair