"Quietly and without fuss, Byrne and Joyce Piven have been mining dramatic gold in their theatre workshop in Evanston over the years."
  — Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune

Proud as we are of them, the Workshop’s greatest contribution may be to the thousands of alumni whose names are not famous, but who take into the community lives enriched by the Workshop’s emphasis on the deepest personal expression through focus on the communal experience that is theatre.

Paul Adelstein, Rosanna Arquette, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ann, Joan, John, Billy and Susie Cusack, Hope Davis, Aimee Garcia, Jeff Garlin, Jaimie Gertz, Alicia Goranson, Lauren Katz, Harry Lennix , Polly Noonan, Jeremy Piven, Shira Piven, Aidan Quinn, Paul Quinn, Sarah Ruhl, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Eric Saiet, Eric Simonson, Greg Sporleder, Lili Taylor, Jessica Thebus, Kate Walsh, and many more.