On 1962 Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan, co-producers for the Repertory Theater, had outlined plans for thirty-member company of performers.
Robert Lewis was appointed head of their actor's training program and, at the suggestion of Kazan, Anna Sokolow was recruited to work with Lewis as instructor in body movement.

Among the Artists Selected to participate:
 

Faye Dunaway	Barry Primus
John Philip Law	Frank Langella
Jean Stapleton	Barbara Loden