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The AMORALISTS is a theatre company that produces work of no moral judgment. Dedicated to an honest expression of the American condition, our actor driven ensemble explores complex characters of moral ambiguity. We seek to initiate a dialogue between artists and audience, putting theatre at the heart of our community. Rollicking, rebellious, and raw, our work will go home with you...Boom!

The Amoralists Company Bio

The Amoralists is a critically acclaimed theatre company that was formed in November 2006 by actors James Kautz, Matthew Pilieci and playwright/director Derek Ahonen on a car ride to Las Vegas. With a goal of winning $50,000 to start their company they lost $5,000 and founded it regardless. Through it’s first three seasons The Amoralists have produced six original full-length plays to rave reviews and sold out houses in legendary spaces like PS122 and Theatre 80 Saint Marks.  In the summer of 2009, their play, The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side, ran from June 2nd to October 5th being extended two times before transferring successfully to it’s Off Broadway run.  The play was also named to numerous 2009 Top Ten Lists including Elisabeth Vincetelli's of The New York Post and Adam Feldman's of Time Out New York.  The company’s founders have been featured prominently on the cover of Backstage and in the pages of The New York Post, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Daily News and Time Out New York.   Amoralists plays are published and available at The Drama Bookshop, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.com.

The AMORALISTS' Points of Artistic Unity:

This document contains a code of creative values that artists working as part of The Amoralists adhere to and strive for.

1. First, let it be said that The Amoralists will never attack or try to dictate the method in which an artist works. An artist’s process is his or her own to wield as they see fit.
2. The Amoralists demand loyalty. We enter into a production as a family. Who you are becomes a part of this company.
3. Ours’ is a process of constructive challenging: every facet of an Amoralists’ production will demand input. Players are not merely hired and then relieved of accountability to the story’s inception. We demand artists who dig in. Who ask questions. Who experiment.
4. We seek out artists with swagger-(swagger: when confidence meets talent meets individuality).
5. We demand Artists who possess:
   • a willingness to facilitate a story that is larger than themselves.
   • a willingness to live within the work.
   • a willingness to invest all of themselves in the creative process.
   • a willingness to be fearless.
   • a willingness to be courageous.
   • a willingness to be dangerous.
   • a willingness to give up control.
   • a willingness to be uncomfortable.
   • a willingness to get dirty.
   • a willingness to be rattled.
   • a willingness to demand spontaneity.
   • a willingness to bleed, sweat, and cry.
   • a willingness to take another step when they assume they’ve taken their last.
   • a willingness to never retire at their peak-to always strive for more.
   • a willingness to be a vibrant color in a white washed scene.
   • a willingness to trust.
6. Finally, when working with us, know that The Amoralists work on the edge of the cliff, not three feet back, not three feet over. Yet we promise to construct a safe working environment for honing and shaping the creative chaos that our process will unleash.

These are the virtues that mark the respect we hold for the artists collaborating within this Company. These are the virtues that make up the Artistic Integrity of

The Amoralists.

…Boom!