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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
For over 45 years, the Piven Theatre Workshop has maintained...
- Our Story
The Power of Piven Theatre Workshop and the Piven Training...
- Our Stage
The lasting legacy of Piven Theatre Workshop is the spirit...
- Adult Classes
Adult Classes. Our programming includes adult theatre...
- Our History
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.
- Decades of Award-Winning Theatre
- Outstanding Theatre Productions
- Piven Theatre Community Partnerships
- Nationally Acclaimed Theatre Workshop in Chicago
For over 45 years, the Piven Theatre Workshop has maintained both a professional theatre and a nationally acclaimed theatre workshop for children and adults. The mission of Piven Theatre Workshop is to encourage a process of creative exploration that celebrates each individual’s unique voice through an ensemble-based, community-oriented approach to...
Piven Theatre has beenproducing highly acclaimed productionsthroughout its history and has evolved into a performance model that yearly includes a youth season, multiple laboratory productions, and an Equity capstone. In recent years, Piven Theatre has received mutiple Recommendations for Joseph Jefferson Awards, an After Dark Award for Outstanding...
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. During a school year, the Workshop grants approximately $50,000 worth of need-based theatre t...
Stagebill designated the Pivens “Chicago’s first family of acting” and praised them for founding “one of the most successful theatre training programs in the country.” The Pivens have received the Evanston Arts Council Youth and Education Award, the Evanston Mayors Award for the Arts, the Chicago Drama League’s Crystal Award, and the University of ...
The Power of Piven Theatre Workshop and the Piven Training Technique. 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.
The lasting legacy of Piven Theatre Workshop is the spirit of transformation fostered by our founders Byrne and Joyce Piven. Whether it is the excellence achieved on our stage or the collaborative spirit fostered within our classes, the notion of mentorship is at the core of all that Piven strives to achieve.
Piven Theatre Workshop. 4.7 (18 reviews) Claimed. Performing Arts, Drama Schools, Summer Camps. Open 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM. See hours. See all 24 photos. Updates From This Business. Join us this summer for a fun-filled theatre camp! A great opportunity for children to build confidence and get their voices heard!
- 927 Noyes St Ste 104 Evanston, IL 60201
Adult Classes. Our programming includes adult theatre classes for students of all skill and experience levels, from those looking to explore a new creative outlet to the seasoned performer eager to be challenged by Piven’s legendary theatre training technique.
