Noel Allain News

Get ready for an incredible season of theater at Soho Rep, featuring world premieres by Raja Feather Kelly, Becca Blackwell, and more. Find out what exciting productions are coming up and experience the groundbreaking work of these talented artists.

​On Friday, June 2nd, 2023 The Bushwick Starr held its Groundbreaking ceremony to mark the major moment of the start of construction on its permanent new home in Bushwick. Friends and supporters came out to celebrate, including city and state representatives and community leaders who delivered heartfelt speeches. Here are some highlights:

The 2023 Drama League Awards welcomes stars of the Broadway season and beyond, including Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, Ben Platt, Phillipa Soo, NaTasha Yvette Williams and more! See photos from the event!

The Drama League has announced the 2023 Drama League Awards Nominees. See the full list!

The Bushwick Starr partners with JAG Productions and Oye Group to present demons., a new Afro-Surrealist play written and directed by award-winning playwright Keelay Gipson.

The Bushwick Starr will partner with JAG Productions and Oye Group to present demons., a new Afro-Surrealist play written and directed by award-winning playwright Keelay Gipson.

Ryan J. Haddad's Dark Disabled Stories, the new co-production between The Bushwick Starr and The Public, officially opened at The Public's Shiva Theater on Thursday, March 9. Check out photos from the red carpet here!

The Public Theater Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director and Patrick Willingham, Executive Director) and The Bushwick Starr (Noel Allain, Co-Founder and Artistic Director and Sue Kessler, Co-Founder and Creative Director) have released rehearsal photos for the upcoming World Premiere of DARK DISABLED STORIES written by Public Theater Creative Rebuilds New York Resident Artist Ryan J. Haddad and directed by Jordan Fein. Check out the photos here!

The Public Theater Theater and The Bushwick Starr announced complete casting for the upcoming World Premiere of DARK DISABLED STORIES written by Artist Ryan J. Haddad and directed by Jordan Fein.

 The Bushwick Starr partners with One Whale's Tale to present QUINCE, written and co-created by Camilo Quiroz-Vázquez and directed and co-created by Ellpetha Tsivicos. Originally presented as an abridged workshop at the People's Garden in 2020, QUINCE is the story of a 15 year-old Chicana confronting her queer identity, family and religion on the eve of her quinceañera.

The Bushwick Starr will partner with One Whale's Tale to present QUINCE, written and co-created by Camilo Quiroz-Vázquez and directed and co-created by Ellpetha Tsivicos.

The Bushwick Starr is partnering with Jeremy O. Harris, El Puente, and Clubbed Thumb to present A Song of Songs by Agnes Borinsky and directed by Machel Ross.

Alex Poots, Artistic Director and CEO, today announced five new commissions by pioneering artists from across the performing arts, visual arts, and pop culture for The Shed’s winter/spring 2022 season.

American Conservatory Theater and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announced today that tickets are now on sale for the original film of The Bushwick Starr’s (Noel Allain, Co-Founder/Artistic Director; Sue Kessler, Co-Founder/Creative Director) critically-acclaimed production of Animal Wisdom, created by and starring Heather Christian. 

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and American Conservatory Theater announced today an original film of The Bushwick Starr’s production of Animal Wisdom, created by and starring Heather Christian. Animal Wisdom is currently being filmed at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C., in March of 2021, with a streaming release slated for Spring 2021. 

The popular “Off Broadway in the Boros: Pop-Ups” performances will make their broadcast television debut on NYC Life, the lifestyle channel of the City of New York’s broadcast network NYC Media, on Friday, January 15.  The series of five performances, 20 minutes each in length, will be available to New Yorkers via the network’s NYC Life channel. 

A series of five, innovative and entertaining 'Off Broadway in the Boros: Pop-Ups' performances, 20 minutes each in length, can now be enjoyed online. The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and small theatre groups collaborated on these outdoor pop-up performances, which took place in public plazas in each of the five boroughs.   

Today (April 15) in live streaming: R+H goes live with Kyle Selig, Tiler Peck turns it out with Shereen Pimentel, the cast of SCTV reunites on Stars in the House and so much more!

The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment today announces the first-ever study of its kind, 'ALL NEW YORK'S A STAGE: NYC Small Theater Industry Cultural and Economic Impact Study.' This groundbreaking report calls attention to the vibrance of the small theater community, and offers an in-depth portrait of the size, makeup, location, overall cultural importance and economic impact of the sector; as well as the challenges the industry is facing.

The Bushwick Starr has announced a new partnership with Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, NY: an Artist Residency Program to support Bushwick Starr artists in developing projects that will be produced in our upcoming Seasons. The first three residencies have been scheduled for December, 2019 and March, 2020, in support of The Conversationalists by James & Jerome, SKiNFoLK: An American Show by Jillian Walker, and Preparedness by Hillary Miller, all of which will be produced at the Starr in late Winter/Spring of 2020.