Fractured Atlas was founded in 1998 by Executive Director Adam Huttler as a theater production company . Between 1998 and 2001 , the company produced or presented numerous theatre , dance , and performance art shows in New York City . Fractured Atlas 's final major production , Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome , opened on September 7 , 2001 at a theatre in lower Manhattan . Following the financial fallout of the September 11 terrorist attacks , Fractured Atlas began a shift from a production company to a service organization . The organization re-opened as a membership-based support organization for other artists in 2002 . In 2007 , it established the Open Arts Network , which closed in 2017
September 11 terrorist attacks
September 11 attacks
Fractured Atlas