Founded by the Manhattan Theatre Club, the Stargate Theatre Company immerses court-involved youth in the theater arts as a mechanism for coping with and overcoming negative factors in their lives. Stargate Theatre: A Defining Act offers an intimate look at this program, from acting exercises to rehearsals to the performance of the company’s original Off-Broadway play, “Deeper Than Skin.”

This film was produced by Ally Gimbel, Mary Lockhart, Darren Peister, Sophia Clark, and Brian Hwang.