Off-Broadway theatre company Potomac Theatre Project reflects "the nightmares and hoaxes by which we live." The company, which is operated in association with Middlebury College, was founded in 1987 by the artistic triumvirate of Cheryl Faraone, Jim Petosa and Richard Romagnoli. PTP is an outgrowth of The New York Theatre Studio, an Off-Off Broadway company founded by Richard Romagnoli and Cheryl Faraone which produced in Manhattan from 1977-1985. During its 20 seasons (1987-2006) in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, the company produced 75 main stage productions along with numerous new play readings and late night experimental productions.

In the summer of 2007, Potomac Theatre Project (now PTP/NYC) returned to New York, continuing to redefine political theatre for the 21st century with an annual month-long repertory season encompassing full productions, readings and a variety of ancillary events. 

Read about the PTP/NYC Debut!

In its 23 seasons, the voices of PTP’s writers have addressed the necessity and difficulty of art, pornography, AIDS, homelessness, censorship, totalitarianism, apartheid and gender wars, always in passionate, deeply human terms. 

PTP’s association with Middlebury is the only such collaboration in the country between a professional theatre company and an undergraduate liberal arts college. 

On April 27, 2009, the Drama Desk nominees for the 2008-09 season were announced; PTP is delighted to report that among the nominees for Best Leading Actress is Jan Maxwell, Galactia in our 2008 production of Scenes From An Execution.

Potomac Theatre Project is affiliated with the Theatre Program of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.