Mission Statement
The Common Tongue is a non-profit production company dedicated to achieving artistic excellence through the development of new works by both established and emerging writers.
By investigating the playwright’s power and uniting diverse groups within the theatre community, both home and abroad, The Common Tongue strives to tell simple and truthful stories that speak to our generation’s search for identity, purpose and meaning.
Who We Are
The Common Tongue was founded in 2008 by a group of alumni from The Atlantic Theater Company’s Professional Conservatory. TCT has produced works in both New York and Los Angeles and has founding members from as far afield as England and Australia and some as close to home as Brooklyn and Queens. Originally ensemble-based, TCT now also produces projects by and with artists from all different backgrounds.
Since 2008, the company has been fortunate enough to work with Pulitzer Prize, Tony and Obie Award Winning artists. Collaborators have included Edward Albee, Hal Brooks, Eric Bross, Tom Cudworth, Kathleen Butler, Brenda Currin, Bruce Dow, Wendy MacLeod, Marian Seldes, John Shea, Lucy Thurber, Angelica Torn and Neil Wechsler.
Production History
Grenadine (Staged Reading)
Theater for the New City, NYC, September 26th, 2011
What The Sparrow Said
Teatro La Tea, The New York International Fringe Festival, August 12-28, 2011
Dancing for Krumholtz (Staged Reading)
The Elephant Theatre, Los Angeles, May 6th, 2011
Connect Five: Four Plays, One Audience
The Ars Nova Building, NYC, January 5th-16th, 2011
Color the Sky (Workshop Reading)
The Geraldine Page Salon for the Arts, NYC, May 20th, 2010
All Over Project (Staged Reading)
Atlantic Theater Company Mainstage, Linda Gross Theater, NYC, December 11th, 2009
Original Works Night (O.W.N.)
The Kraine Theatre, NYC, January 11-12, 2009
All Over Project Preview
14th St. Theaterlab, NYC, October 3-5, 2008
Original Works Night (O.W.N.)
Atlantic Theater Company Studio A, NYC, August 11, 2008
All Over Project Sneak Peek (Staged Reading)
The Geraldine Page Salon for the Arts, NYC, June 3, 5, 2008
Original Works Night (O.W.N.)
Atlantic Theater Company Studio A, NYC, May 7, 2008
TCT Members
Natascha Borg*
Ruth Calder-Potts*
Paul Corning Jr.*
Marcus Dillon*
Lila Dupree*
Susannah Frith*
Shawn Kathryn Kane
Sarah Kauffman*
Jessi Kneeland*
Paulette Mihale*
Daisy Ouzts*
Michael Pantozzi*
Kate Pistone*
Elise Rohde-Hanssen*
*Founding Member
Founding TCT Board Members were Marcus Dillon (Training Director, 2008-9), Lila Dupree (Financial Director 2008-9, Managing Director 2009-10, co- Artistic Director 2010-11), Danny Mitarotondo (Artistic Director 2008-10, co-Artistic Director 2010-11), Daisy Ouzts (Managing Director 2008-9), Michael Pantozzi (Literary Director 2008-9), Kate Pistone (Fundraising Director 2008-9) and Louise Van Veenendaal (Marketing Director 2008-9).