Since 2007, we have been making things.

Images in the background might appear 2007 blurry. Smartphones were still new.

Our Story

Dream it.

In 2007 founding member, Amy E. Witting was working at an office job wondering how she got there. Upon receiving a gift of The Artist Way by a fellow creative traveller she found herself taking a risk and joining an acting class. She began to secretly bring in monologues she had written. Afraid of being found out she confided in a friend that she was writing her own material. Soon the secret was out and her teacher encouraged her to self-produce and form a company.

Build it.

The secret sauce to any creative endeavor is the collaboration with likeminded artists. This is where the seed of building a theatre company began to get watered. Amy’s oldest brother suggested the name aWe (her initials monogramed on a towel - not that she has ever had anything monogramed) and the Creative Group addition was the essence of what the company has always been focused on. Having a space folks can feel comfortable getting in touch with the pure process of creativity.

Grow it.

The art of living a creative life takes patience, trust, courage and love. Through various programs, including the very popular PlayFun! festival, aWe Creative Group has nurtured hundreds of actors, writers, and educators. Life is a learning process and creativity is a gift we all have inside us. It is never too late to remember the joy of stepping on stage for the first time, hearing your character’s voices read outloud, or connecting with a student in the classroom. We believe that the only constant is change. Our compnay has gone through different variations but has always continued to nuture the original impulse of creating powerful work with likeminded artists.

  • Amy E. Witting

    ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/FOUNDING MEMBER

    Amy is an Actor, Writer, and Educator living in Tudor City, New York. She received her bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College & MFA from Hunter College.

    Her plays include Make All Girls In Charge (NewYorkRep Commission), Archipelago (PlayPenn Development Conference, Haas Fellowship), Anne Page Hates Fun (American Shakespeare Center World Premiere), The House on the Hill (CATF World Premiere, Atlantic Theater Inaugural Launch Commission, NNPN Showcase, The Kennedy Center ACTF/NNPN MFA Alumni Playwright Workshop), A Bad Night (NewYorkRep Workshop, MTC Creative Space,), The Midnight Ride of Sean & Lucy (Roundabout Underground, Semi-finalist O’Neil Playwrights Conference), & Day 392 (The Kennedy Center ACTF/NNPN MFA Playwrights Workshop, Hunter Playwrights Week, Kilroy’s List).

    Her work has received a Jerome Foundation Fellowship, NEA Grant, Queens Council on the Arts Grant, NYFA Grant, and Anne Freedman Grant. She has been nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Weissberger Award, Stavis Award, and Theatre Visions Award. Her plays have been developed at Atlantic Theater, The Lark Play Development Center, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Pipeline PlayLAB, Tofte Lake Center, Roundabout Theatre Space Jam, National New Play Network, Abingdon Theatre, NewYorkRep, and The Kennedy Center. She currently has multiple TV/Film projects on the horizon as well as a poetry book. When she is not writing she is busy learning from her many students, curating original student work, and drinking many cups of delicious tea. Leading with love is her most important credit.