American Theatre Project (ATP) has as its mission to produce and present professional theater, providing exposure for artists through presentations which heighten the American experience and broaden the concept of the African American presence and influence on world aesthetics. ATP produces for a broad range of audiences, providing professional theatrical experiences for artists, playwrights, directors and technicians.

Multi-arts, multimedia and interdisciplinary in philosophy and purpose, American Theatre Project provides employment and training in theater management, technical theater, stage performance, production and play writing; producing theatre which highlights artists and technicians, while it builds a network of playwrights, directors, designers and performing artists to provide through qualitative theatre a venue for artistic focus and freedom, with professionalism and artistic awareness as a major emphasis.