ASTORIA
A new family drama by Richard Ploetz explores themes of mortality, the fallibility of memory, and the meaning of home.
About the Theatre
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY (TNC) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning community cultural center that is known for its high artistic standards and widespread community service. One of New York’s most prolific theatrical organizations, TNC produces 30-40 premieres of new American plays per year, at least 10 of which are by emerging and young playwrights. Many influential theater artists of the last quarter century have found TNC’s Resident Theater Program instrumental to their careers, among them Sam Shepard, Moises Kaufman, Richard Foreman, Charles Busch, Maria Irene Fornes, Miguel Piñero, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Vin Diesel, Oscar Nuñez, Laurence Holder, Romulus Linney and Academy Award Winners Tim Robbins and Adrien Brody. TNC also presents plays by multi-ethnic/multi-disciplinary theater companies who have no permanent home. Among the well-known companies that have been presented by TNC are Mabou Mines, the Living Theater, Bread and Puppet Theater, the San Francisco Mime Troupe and COBU, the Japanese women’s drumming, and dance group.TNC also produced the Yangtze Repertory Company’s 1997 production of BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, which was the only play ever produced in America by Gao Xingjian before he won the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature. TNC seeks to develop theater audiences and inspire future theater artists from the often-overlooked low-income minority communities of New York City by producing minority writers from around the world and by bringing the community into theater and theater into the community through its many free Festivals. TNC productions have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and over 42 OBIE Awards for excellence in every theatrical discipline. TNC is also the only Theatrical Organization to have won the Mayor’s Stop The Violence award.Upcoming Shows
Boy Santos
Charlie Santos is visited by memories of his childhood in the tenements of Spanish Harlem, 1962. He sees the street games, the legal and illegal enterprises, the captives of heroin, the desperate poor and a traumatic event he believes caused the death of his infant brother. It...
How to Get to Heaven from the Crawfish Pond
Playwright, director and poet Melanie Maria Goodreaux returns to her longtime creative home, Theater for the New City (TNC), with the world premiere of How to Get to Heaven from the Crawfish Pond, a darkly comic Louisiana love story about death, desire, family, faith and the...
The Flowers of Forest Hills
Set after World War II, “The Flowers of Forest Hills” follows a family who emigrates from Austria to Queens. We see three generations of women, including a girl, a mother and a grandmother (as part of a cast of seven characters) as they adapt to life in the United States. Family...
SantaCon The Play
New York City's annual SantaCon. Many residents consider it the worst day of the year. Who among us hasn't been going about their life on a brisk December morning only to realize, with slowly encroaching dread, that there are an unusually high number of Santas about? And in the...
Getting COMPLETE
Getting COMPLETE... what happens when the bully grows up!
Articles
Tango and Havana Fiesta Brings Latin American Dance Traditions Together in Miami
Miami’s Flamingo Theater became the setting for Tango y Havana Fiesta: Music & Dance Celebration, a production conceived, directed and produced by Analía Farfan that brought together several traditions of Latin American and Hispanic music and dance.…
Emanuele Fiore Expands His Role as a Performer in Pinocchio Pop and Across New York's Dance Scene
For Emanuele Fiore, dance has increasingly become one part of a broader performance language that includes theater, music, and choreography. Since his work in the 2024 Off-Broadway production Sempreverde: Evergreen, Fiore has continued to take on increasingly prominent roles while working with dance…
Review: THE VESSEL at 59E59-An Excellent Thought-Provoking Production
'The Vessel' is A Through the Tollbooth Co. Production in association with Thrown Stone Theatre Company.…
Sofía Terceros Arce Joins the FIFA Club World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony as Her Theater and Film Career Continues to Flourish
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Review: Brits Off-Broadway’s DAVID COPPERFIELD at 59E59 Theaters-A Gem
Here’s one play you don’t want to miss! 'David Copperfield' is now on stage at 59e59 Theaters as part of the Brits Off-Broadway 2026 festival of plays. …
ANIMALS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Opens at the United Nations With Art, Dance, and Environmental Advocacy
On May 20, World Bee Day, the United Nations became the setting for an ambitious interdisciplinary event that merged visual art, dance, environmental awareness, and international collaboration. The opening of Animals for Social Justice, a multimedia exhibition created by journalist and multimedia ar…
Review: NOT NOBODY at 59E59 Theaters-Thought Provoking
Brian Dykstra's Not Nobody at 59E59 Theaters explores justice and moral dilemmas as a former ethics professor becomes a person of interest after aiding a wounded officer.…
Past Shows
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THEATER FOR THE NEW THEATER and Executive Director Crystal Field PRESENT ALISON COOK BEATTY DANCE: AN EVENING OF MODERN DANCE
On April 4th and 5th, the NYC-based modern dance company will showcase a wide array of acclaimed repertory. The evening will include world premieres, ABC News featured original work, repertory which has toured the nation, and more! The performance with feature dancers: Maddie...
Can You Hear The Pigeons
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY — 155 FIRST AVE. -- 212 254 1109 CRYSTAL FIELD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRESENTS… “CAN YOU HEAR THE PIGEONS” Writer/Director William Electric Black A Boldly Reimagined Lord of The Flies FEBRUARY 27th TO MARCH 16TH * THURSDAY TO SAT. 8PM *SUN 3PM TIXS: $20...
The Six Paths
Theater for the New City, Executive Director Crystal Field is proud to present The Six Paths, a spiritual exploration of Vietnamese Buddhism that delves into identity, enlightenment, and cultural heritage. Inspired by the short story "Coi Luan Hoi" by Than Long and translated by...
THE SHINE CHALLENGE 2025
Playwright Ishmael Reed has taken the proto rap about Shine, a Black man who survives the Titanic’s sinking, and expanded it into a courtroom drama.
WHEN GOLD TURNS BLACK
Tommie Smith and John Carlos are heralded world class sprinters bound for Olympic glory when their controversial college professor challenges them to speak out against racism on campus. They would become emboldened at the idea that they could effect change by boycotting the 1968...
The Prior 55
In a rural part of southeastern Louisiana, Mahala, raised by her parrain Takoda, became an upwardly-mobile professional and upon losing him realizes all she has
EXHUMED: Scenes of Revelation and Revival
EXHUMED: Scenes of Revelation and Revival PRODUCED BY MARJIE SHRIMPTON FEATURING TORI ERNST*, JEFFREY GROVER*, GINA MANZIELLO*, ELI NESLUND*, AYLA PARSONS, JAMIE GORE PAWLIK*, NAAMA POTOK*, MARJIE SHRIMPTON*, DEREK SPEEDY*, AND HAMID TAVAKOLI Join us for a collection of scenes...
The Christmas Express
Christmas arrives early this year on August 29! A new holiday musical arrives at Theater for the New City with music ranging from rock t
Tongs and Bones Shakespeare
Theater for the New City, Crytal Field (Artistic Director), FFP, and Stage Voices proudly present the Off-Off Broadway world premiere of “ Tongs and Bones Shakespeare ,” based on footnote, or, generally, off-marquee characters, in the Bard’s plays. The theatrical quartet, by Bob...
FeaturedRodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. Featuring songs such as "Impossible/It's Possible" and more!
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Blue Gum, Brooklyn Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre (10/09-10/25) |
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54 Below DUELS Volume III: Halloween Edition 54 Below (10/25-10/25) |
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Broadway Magic Hour Broadway Magic Hour: Magic Show (7/25-1/02) |
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Falling Into Now Greenroom42 (10/24-10/24) |
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Finishing School Hampton Theatre Company (10/15-11/01) |
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Frankenstein Manes Studio Theatre of Long Island (10/09-10/31) |
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Kate, Allie and the '86 Mets Asylum (11/05-11/10) |
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No nos merecemos soñar Teatro LATEA (10/28-10/30) |
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Professor Lammergeier's Evening of Poe's Poetry & Prose Stag & Lion Theatre (10/31-11/01) |
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Trump and Melania american theatre of Actors (10/28-11/01) |
