HISTORY OF A.R.T. 
January 19th, 2007
American Repertory Theater of Western New York receives incorporation status from New York State
May 21st, 2007
American Repertory Theater of Western New York, Inc is officially granted Non-For-Profit status receiving a Federal 501 C3 certification.
September 14th, 2007
As part of the 2007 Curtain Up! celebration American Repertory Theater throws a debutant party at the Town Ballroom, located in Buffalo, New York. The evening featuring an original one-act Superhero Blues musical acts "Caribbean Extravaganza" "Barroom Buzzards", "Dick Whiskey" and Grammy nominated recording artist Vanessa Carlton.
January 10th, 2008
ART begins it's inaugural season with the critically acclaimed original play Axeman's Jazz, written by Matthew LaChiusa, at Rust Belt Books, located in Buffalo, New York. Play receives an Artvoice "Best of Buffalo 2008" nomination for "Best Production".
June 2nd, 2008
In it's inaugural season, ART has two shows up for region's award ceremony, called the "Arties", for outstanding facets of Buffalo theater. Axeman's Jazz is nominated for "Best New Play" and The Rose Tattoo (pictured right) is nominated for "Best Ensemble".
November 29th, 2008
ART begins its second season with a production of Kaufman and Hart's The Man Who Came to Dinner. The production earns ART with another ARTIE nomination for "Best Ensemble" and Chris Standart, who plays the lead role of Sheridan Whiteside, receives an ARTIE nomination for "Best Actor". Later in in the 2008-09 season, ART produces a local playwright one-act showcase entitled The Smoking Gun Trio to critical acclaim.
November 19th, 2009
ARTIE Award nominated Chris Standart & veteran Equity actor, Thomas LaChiusa light up the Cabaret Theatre (downtown Buffalo) in the hilarious Americana comedy, Greater Tuna. Directed by Buffalo Theater Community lifer, Thomas Dooney, this production marks the beginning of ART's third season.
May 27th, 2010
ART concludes its third season with artistically successful productions of the original full-length, RED CLAY, written by Matthew LaChiusa and directed by ARTIE Nominated Drew McCabe, and the controversial dark comedy, The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia. The latter draws large audiences that are entertained by the compelling acting of Gary Darling with rich character work of Darryl Hart, Drew Piatek among others.
June 6th, 2010
American Repertory Theater of WNY receives its first local award for excellence in regional theater. In the 20th anniversary ceremony of the ARTIE Awards, Matthew LaChiusa wins the Emmanuel Fried Outstanding New Play award for his work, RED CLAY. Christopher Standart also receives his fourth (ART related) nomination for his costume design for RED CLAY.
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