Meghan Finn Joins The Tank as Co-Artistic Director

The Tank announces that Meghan Finn will join Rosalind Grush as co-artistic director when Rania Jumaily returns home to London in April.

Meghan Finn is directing The Tank's upcoming production of Carl Holders' CHARLESES at The Brick. Finn's work as a director include the critically acclaimed production of Mac Wellman's The Offending Gesture with The Tank, as well as last Fall's must-see art and theatrical mashup Pedro Reyes' Doomocracy and the first ever theater-in-a-taxi play Take Me Home.

"Rania came to The Tank at time of tremendous growth and because of her tireless work, we are a now an organization that supports more shows than ever before while providing a greater amount of resources for all of our artists. Her artistic vision has helped us build The Tank into a true home for emerging artists. With her, we have vastly expanded our developmental resources with programs like our Sunday Brunch Residencies; started inclusive, community-driven, and socially-minded programming initiatives like Fast & Furious (evenings of multi-disciplinary rapid responses to current events) and LadyFest (two weeks of programming by women); and so very much more. We are sad to see her return home to London," said artistic director Rosalind Grush. "But The Tank has a bright future ahead. Meghan is a powerhouse artist, producer, and arts administrator. I'm very excited to work with her on some big changes for The Tank, and I can't wait to collaborate on new endeavors that her vision and skill will bring to our artists."

"During my time at 3LD I had the pleasure of co-producing four critically acclaimed shows with The Tank," said incoming artistic director Meghan Finn. "There are few spaces left in Manhattan where young artists can walk in the front door and have a chance to make their work. At the same time, there are only a few producers who continue to take the kind of risks The Tank has in the last few seasons. Having the opportunity to work with Rosalind and shape the future of the organization is a dream come true."

The Tank is a Manhattan-based non-profit arts presenter and producer. We serve emerging artists engaged in the pursuit of new ideas and forms of expression. Our goal is to foster an environment of inclusiveness and remove the economic barriers from the creation of new work for artists launching their careers and experimenting within their art form. The heart of our services is providing free performance space in the 62-seat blackbox that we operate in Manhattan, and we also offer a suite of other resources such as free rehearsal space, promotional support, and artist fees. Our programming is multi-disciplinary, representing disciplines including theater, music, dance, comedy, film, and storytelling. We keep ticket prices affordable and view our work as democratic, opening up both the creation and attendance of the arts to all and positioning the arts within civic and socio-political discourse.

Founded in 2003 by nine emerging artists, The Tank has since provided an artistic home for tens of thousands of New York City-based performers. Recent successes produced by The Tank as part of Flint & Tinder include Manual Cinema's Ada/Ava (Drama Desk nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience, New York Times Critics' Pick), Mac Wellman's The Offending Gesture (New York Times Critics' Pick), Andrew Schneider's youarenowhere (Drama Desk nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience, New York Times Critics' Pick), and Torry Bend's The Paper Hat Game (New York Times Critics' Pick). Artists who have presented work at The Tank early on in their careers include Alex Timbers (Tony-nominated theater director), Reggie Watts (theater performer/comedian/ musician currently the bandleader on The Late Late Show with James Corden), Amy Herzog (Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright), Lucy Alibar (whose one-act play Juicy and Delicious premiered at The Tank and was adapted to be the Oscar-nominated film Beasts of the Southern Wild), Andrew Bujalski (film director, Computer Chess), and We Are Scientists (rock band). The Tank also presented the premiere of A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant by Kyle Jarrow, which won an Obie Award and went on to a national tour. The Tank has been honored with an official City Council proclamation, chosen for the WNYC *STAR* initiative, and featured on CNN, BBC, the New York Times, and more.