Theatre Row's Kitchen Sink Residency Program Will Launch In Fall 2019
Theatre Row, a program of Building for the Arts, has long provided a home in the Theater District to nonprofit theaters without a home of their own. To support the next generation of artists, Theatre Row is launching its most ambitious initiative yet: the Kitchen Sink Residency, designed to nurture smaller, emerging performing arts companies.
Theatre Row's Kitchen Sink Residency will offer five diverse companies a two-year commitment of space and support, as well as a sustained artistic home base as they create and present a new, never-before-produced work. In the 2019-2021 cycle of the Kitchen Sink Residency, companies will be invited to apply based on recommendations by staff and artistic leadership of both Building for the Arts and Theatre Row, as well as by Theatre Row's newly formed Artistic Advisory Committee. Applications will be reviewed by Theatre Row and Building for the Arts leadership, under the direction of Sarah Hughes, Theatre Row's newly appointed Director of Artistic Programming, and Stephanie Rolland, Theatre Row's new Director of Theatre Operations, as well as by the Artistic Advisory Committee, led by Board Member Andy Hamingson. All styles, forms, and genres of live performance will be considered, with the goal of creating a Kitchen Sink cohort that is diverse in as many ways as possible.- Chase Brock, Choreographer and Artistic Director, The Chase Brock Experience
- Rachel Karpf, Artistic Producer, WP Theater
- Nidia Medina, Director of the Studio/Associate Producer, Theatre for a New Audience
- Handan Ozbilgin, Associate Artistic Director, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
- Drew Petersen, Artistic Director, Trusty Sidekick Theater Company
- Alyssa Simmons, Creative Producer; Assistant General Manager, The Public Theater
- Kit Yan, Playwright, Poet, Musical Theater Writer, and Co-Founder of Trans Lab
- Moe Yousuf, Associate Artistic Director, Target Margin Theater
The Kitchen Sink Residency is unique in its extended development timeline. It is designed to provide consistent support during the artistic process, from first draft to full production, with well-spaced opportunities to show work as it grows. Theatre Row will provide rehearsal time, stipends, and producing and marketing assistance throughout both years of the two-year Residency. Year One culminates in the five-week Kitchen Sink Festival (July-Aug 2020), which will feature each Kitchen Sink company in its own four-performance workshop at Theatre Row. Year Two culminates in a three-week World Premiere production (Spring/Summer 2021) at Theatre Row for each company, resulting in 15 weeks of exciting new works at Theatre Row.
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