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A nationally respected training center for over 50 years, Piven Theatre Workshop has been honored with numerous awards and has produced a panoply of celebrated theatre artists such as John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Shira Piven, Aidan Quinn, Kate Walsh, Lili Taylor and many more.
- Our History
Piven Theatre Workshop is well known for its exemplary...
- Our Story
For over forty years, Piven Theatre Workshop has helped...
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The Piven Theatre Workshop is located in Evanston, Illinois and was founded by Joyce and Byrne Piven. For over 30 years, it has existed both as a professional theatre company and a training center for children and adults.
Piven Theatre Workshop is well known for its exemplary history of theatre community partnerships, consistently providing extensive aid through its scholarship program, offering training at little or no cost to under-served and underrepresented communities.
For over forty years, Piven Theatre Workshop has helped thousands of students celebrate play while finding their unique creative voice through the study of improvisation, theatre games, scene study, and story theatre.
Piven Theatre Workshop, Evanston, Illinois. 3,394 likes · 48 talking about this · 2,595 were here. For 50 years, Piven has remained a nationally respected acting school and theatre.
The Piven Theatre and Piven Theatre Workshop are located in the Noyes Cultural Arts Center. For over 30 years, alongside their nationally respected Workshop, the Pivens have consistently mounted critically-acclaimed professional productions.
Register today and learn the theatre and improvisation games that form the core of the legendary Piven training method! Create dynamic and fun improvised and scripted pieces, within a close-knit, supportive ensemble.
