The workshop started when veteran members of Lan Ling, Chin Shih-chieh and Cho Ming took over the Tien Experimental Theater Group and gathered around them a group of friends who loved movies and the theatrical arts.
民國六十七年的夏天，熱愛戲劇的金士傑和卓明，從吳渝手中接下了「耕莘實驗劇團」，又邀集一群愛好電影、戲劇的好友，組成了「蘭陵劇坊」。