ACT Theatre

For A.C.T. (San Francisco), see American Conservatory Theater.
ACT Contemporary Theatre's home, Kreielsheimer Place, the historic Eagles Auditorium Building. At right is the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

ACT Contemporary Theatre (originally A Contemporary Theatre) is a regional, non-profit theatre organization in Seattle, in the US state of Washington. Gregory A. Falls (1922–1997) founded ACT in 1965 and served as its first Artistic director; at the time ACT was founded he was also head of the Drama Department at the University of Washington.[1] Falls was identified with the theatrical avant garde of the time,[2] and founded ACT because he saw the Seattle Repertory Theatre as too specifically devoted to classics.[1]

  1. ^ a b Gregory A. Falls (1922–1997), Columns (University of Washington alumni magazine), June 1997. Accessed online 2009-11-06.
  2. ^ Mark Waldstein, "Evolution of Revolution", City Arts Seattle, November 2009, p. 48–51.