Discover the PTW Difference
Helping Your Child Reach Their Full Creative Potential
Find the Perfect Fit for Your Child’s Schedule and Interests
At Performers Theatre Workshop, Expert Faculty Train the Total Performer in a Caring, Non-Competitive Environment
At Performers Theatre Workshop, we’ve spent over 40 years building a warm, supportive, culturally rich community where children of all ages and levels can find friendship, build confidence, and develop skills they will use for a lifetime.
With students ranging in level from complete beginner to professional performers, each student at PTW is celebrated. We meet with each student and their parents to customize a program for that individual student based on their goals, interests, age, and level. Students are placed in PTW classes and offerings that fit their age and level to maximize their positive experience and facilitate the greatest fun, learning, and growth possible.
Our school focuses on fun and learning in a kind, non-competitive atmosphere, so students feel free to take risks, try new things, and soar! Founded in 1981 by Juilliard graduates Esther and Howard Kravitz, our faculty is comprised of conservatory-trained experts, each hand chosen by Dean Kravitz, our Executive Artistic Director, not only for that teacher’s top-level expertise but also for that teacher’s ability to help students get to their next level in a positive, nurturing, and supportive way.
We offer over 100 classes, private lessons, masterclasses, summer programs, and shows, each geared to building different performing arts skills…so there is something wonderful for each student interested in getting to the next level in the performing arts! Class sizes are small, enabling each student to get one-on-one attention as part of the class environment – with teachers utilizing differentiated instruction techniques to help students work on opportunities for growth specific to that student.
Situated in Millburn, PTW proudly serves as a theater home for performers from all over New Jersey, including Essex, Morris, and Union Counties, and students in the greater Tri-state area. Our comprehensive approach and welcoming atmosphere have established us as the #1 Top NJ Performing Arts School.
Join the PTW family and discover a place where talents are honed and lifelong passions are ignited. Experience the difference at Performers Theatre Workshop, where we’ve empowered young artists for over 40 years!
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Our Objectives
Discovering the full potential that exists within each person is what we are striving for at PTW. Creating a warm, supportive and culturally rich environment where every person can feel good about themselves as they grow through creative expression.
PTW Mission
Performers Theatre Workshop’s mission is to provide the highest caliber of performing arts education to students of all ages and abilities, and to foster individual growth in a caring, supportive artistic community.
Top Reasons to Choose PTW for your Child
Why Performers Theatre Workshop
- Quality of instruction really does matter; mediocre instruction often leads a child to bad habits that get in the way of your child reaching their potential and their performing arts goals.
- Your child will learn accurate techniques from someone who has worked in the highest professional settings. Thorough knowledge of the subject and knowing how to teach it effectively means the straightest route to growth and progress.
- Students feel lucky that they can learn acting from a teacher who starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, study musical theatre from the star of Mary Poppins on Broadway, or master tap from a dancer who danced with Savion Glover & Gregory Hines.
Molly S., age 16, South Orange
Holly Palker, PTW Parent
PTW Students Have Graduated From:
PTW Students Have Performed in the Following Broadways Shows, Films & TV Shows:
Diane Lilli, Writer and PTW Parent
Diane Lilli, Writer & PTW Parent
Elaine Schwartz, Occupational Therapist & PTW Parent
Meryl Levenberg, PTW Parent
Kendall K., PTW Student
Jill Z., PTW Alumna
Holly Palker, PTW Parent
Diane Lilli, Writer & PTW Parent
Maryanne Hogarth, PTW Parent