THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY

Melanie Maria Goodreaux’s New Play, THE POPES OF FARRAGUT STREET, Premieres at Theater for the New City

Theater for the New City's Dream Up Festival, Crystal Field, Exec.Dir., presents the NY premiere of Breaking the Trust, a darkly humorous new play written...

A world-premiere play about epiphany and revival after a woman lost the sense of loving herself and others written and performed by Ayaka Yamamoto

Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir face their most challenging philosophical experiment: two sisters. A new comedy by award-winning playwright William Cane.

Camera Ready is a new musical by Gary LeGault, Camera Ready follows the life of documentary filmmaker Nelson Sullivan, from his Southern roots to his...

Camera Ready is a new musical by Gary LeGault, Camera Ready follows the life of documentary filmmaker Nelson Sullivan, from his Southern roots to his...

“Chagall In New York" — A Journey Through Art, Love, and SurvivalNew York, NY - "Chagall In New York," a compelling new play by David...

Under The Ice is a surreal and introspective theatrical piece that explores themes of grief, loss, and the afterlife. The story follows Kailan, a neurotic...

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY — 155 FIRST AVE.  -- 212 254 1109CRYSTAL FIELD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRESENTS…“CAN YOU HEAR THE PIGEONS”Writer/Director William Electric Black                                               ...

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY — 155 FIRST AVE.  -- 212 254 1109CRYSTAL FIELD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRESENTS…“CAN YOU HEAR THE PIGEONS”Writer/Director William Electric Black                                               ...

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.

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

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,”...

This hour long cabaret style performances features songs from some of our favorite past musicals, including Into the Woods, West Side Story, and more!

"Party?" a poignant comedy described by playwright Anne Marilyn Lucas as "A Doll's House meets Neil Simon" provides a fresh and often humorous look at marriage...

MARY SHELLEY’S TIMELESS NOVEL about the creation of a Monster who is abandoned – is brought to the stage by Emmy Award-winning writer (Sesame Street)...

#∞ With a cast of women whose ages span six decades, #∞ weaves personal stories reflecting women’s oppression through video, spoken word, monologue, and scenes...

Mining the comedy of missed connections, This Random World asks the serious question of how often we travel parallel paths through the world without noticing.

In the land of Erehwon, everything is just the way it should be. Then the leader decides to make things “better.” A musical comedy inspired...

STOP KISS is a powerful and heart-wrenching love story that will take you on a journey of laughter, tears, and ultimately, hope. This non-linear narrative...

Mirror, Mirror written by Stephen Cornine, Jonothon Horton and Susan Bucci is the story of a group of people throughout seven different time frames. Every...

"Who Murdered Love?" by Lissa Moira and Richard West is a Dadaist musical comedy set in 1924 New York City and in a Paris dreamscape....

Defne Halman* appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association in an Equity approved Showcase in the world premiere of the one woman show 'Noises In My...

Expelled from high school and arrested for antiwar activity, teenaged Samantha loses her college scholarship. Her mom despairs, and her Puerto Rican boyfriend actually wants...

HAMLET IN HARLEMBy Alberto FerrerasA comedy of errors about a tragedy of errors: an all-Latino version of Hamlet that promises thrills, chills, offensive stereotypes and...

White Rabbit Red Rabbit by the Iranian author Nassim Soleimanpour: forbidden to leave his home country, he wrote a one-performer play as a letter that...

Playwright Ishmael Reed uses satire to explore aspects of American culture and history overlooked by others. His "The Slave Who Loved Caviar" is a theatrical...

A historical play set in the mid-19th century in a now landmarked building in Battery Park--the entry point to the United States prior the facility...

A high-spirited female buddy road trip story set in the time of the great Rabbi Judah. Written by Douglas Lackey, directed by Alexander Harrington. World...

Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts returns May 28-30, 2021 as an indoor and outdoor live audience event with...

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY WILL LAUNCH "OPEN 'THO SHUT" NOV. 14 TO DEMONSTRATE A NEW, UNCONVENTIONAL CONCEPT FOR SAFE PERFORMANCE AS PART OF "MORE...

They Came to the Castle: Immigrants, a Tenor and Lola Montez is a historical play set in the mid- 19th century in a now landmarked...

Theater for the New City presents the world premiere of HOOKED ON HAPPINESS, a new musical about global warming, for a limited engagement November 7th...

The Rosen family, battered and blessed, celebrates life as their hearts lie gasping on the floor. Broadway's Loni Ackerman, who starred as Eva Peron in...

Daniel Pavacic, Marisa Gold, Peter Tarantino and Abigail Grizzle star in this play by Claude Solnik, directed by Jim Keeler, about a pivotal time in...

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, Crystal Field Executive Director, proudly presents Generations of Pride, an evening of speakers and performances reflecting LGBT history pre-Stonewall, the...

A Pow-Wow is more than just a spectator event: it is a joyous reunion for native peoples nationwide and an opportunity for the non-Indian community...

The Bohemians is a comedy about a couple who move into the elegant-sounding Waldorf Towers, which has seen better days. Their parents immediately go to...

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Tony nominated theatre luminary Austin Pendleton’s WARS OF THE ROSES: HENRY VI & RICHARD III, his adaptation of Shakespeare’s greatest villain,...

"Recovery," written by Anne Marilyn Lucas and directed by Stephan Morrow, is a drama of three young women, all lost in the pain of addiction,...

Theater for the New City (TNC) Dream Up Festival presents the world premiere of Masseur, written and directed by Christian Ávila. Masseur opens September 6,...

A seasoned assassin is hired to wipe out an obscure fringe playwright. Yet as she moves closer to the kill, she uncovers an inexplicable link...

Take off those Spanx and get ready to let loose for FAT ASSES: THE MUSICAL. Theater for the New City, Crystal Field, Executive Director is...

Innumerable American children and teens are exposed to gun violence at home, in school, in their communities and in the media. In "Subway Story (A...

Part of our shared experience as Americans today is how we strain under the weight of the tech sector. Millionaires are made overnight and we...

ROSES: HENRY VI & RICHARD III, his adaptation of Shakespeare’s greatest villain, Richard III, returns for three nights only, December 3rd, 4th and 5th at...

When a mother and therapist are confronted with an unexpected dilemma in the raising of a disabled young woman, they must face decisions neither of...

Aspen’s acclaimed Theater Masters will present its eleventh annual “Take Ten,” an exciting, fast-paced evening of eight 10-minute plays from award-winning MFA graduate playwriting students...

Beatles songs come to life, not with music, but as stories and situations. A cast of 15 presents this world premiere theatrical tribute for fans...

Ghost Light Now & Then is a “time-fluid” play that is both historic and contemporary. A ghost light is a single light left on onstage...

“Victoria Woodhull,” a play by Claude Solnik, tells the story of the first woman to run for president in 1872 even before women had the...

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY TO PRESENT "THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN (A WALK BY)" BY WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK For Gun Awareness Month, an...

Life is just fine in the picturesque Irish town of Corofin when an American tourist arrives. But when the caretaker of a few cottages dies...

Julian Carthy returns from prison to his father’s trailer on the Texas-Mexico border, hell-bent on carving a fresh life and finding his daughter. There he...