Theater for the New City

One-Act Pride Festival

Jun 18 – Jun 21, 2026

Village Playwrights is proud o present three One-Act plays by queer artists. The program includes a tribute to Robert Heide. Please celebrate with us!!!!

Miss Universe: My Hot Sexy Alien Girlfriend

Jun 25 – Jul 5, 2026

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITYExecutive Director, Crystal FieldPresentsMiss UniverseBy Josie Hawley & Emilio GarciaDirected by Asal AzariJune 25, 2026 – July 5, 2026Thursday, Friday, Saturday...

Getting COMPLETE

Jan 14 – Jan 31, 2027

Getting COMPLETE is what happens when the bully grows up!

The Needless Burden of Conscience

Jun 4 – Jun 7, 2026

After almost twenty years of employment, Eileen Redman is in the running for a once in a lifetime work promotion. Eileen fears that this opportunity...

Alison Cook Beatty Dance to Perform in the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts

May 22

Alison Cook Beatty Dance to Perform at the Lower East Side Festival of the ArtsNew York, NY — Alison Cook Beatty Dance is honored perform at...

A Package Full of Memories

Apr 30 – May 17, 2026

In present day, a package of photos and documents from two lives provide the stories of the play. A guide, along with actors, brings the...

THE DECAY OF A ROSE

Apr 9 – Apr 26, 2026

Written and directed by the award-winning playwright Victor Vauban Júnior, this theatrical production is premiering at the Theater for the New City on April 9th....

Theater for the New City & Executive Director Crystal Field Presents: An Evening of Modern Dance with Alison Cook Beatty Dance

Apr 10 – Apr 11, 2026

New York, NY — ALISON COOK BEATTY DANCE announces its Spring Season 2026 with two distinct programs presented April 10 and 11 at 8:00 PM...

Johnny Doo Wop Dracula (A Drac-apella Musical) Musical)

Feb 19 – Mar 8, 2026

GREASE MEETS TWILIGHT – in Emmy Award winning, Regional Tony Award winning… writer and director, William Electric Black’s bopping Drac-apella Musical – JOHNNY DOO WOP

Freedom for a Night

Feb 19 – Feb 22, 2026

Through aerial performance, spoken word, song, and dance, the iconic “dangerous” women of ancient Greek mythology step out of the shadows and reclaim their narratives....

The Popes of Farragut Street

Nov 6 – Nov 23, 2025

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

Breaking the Trust

Sep 2 – Sep 17, 2025

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...

In Search of "True Love"

Sep 2 – Sep 14, 2025

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

To Feed the Roses

Sep 2 – Sep 13, 2025

A romantic comedy about falling in love again.

Sartre and Simone: A Comedy of Redemptive Love

Aug 26 – Sep 12, 2025

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

Kind Stranger…a memory play

Aug 24 – Sep 3, 2025

Based on Tennessee Williams’ MEMOIRS, Kind Stranger depicts the poignant journey of Tennessee Williams as the legendary playwright recounts his life, art, and love affairs....

Camera Ready

Jul 3 – Jul 6, 2025

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...

"Us"

May 25

Blending movement, text, and ensemble storytelling, “US” is part of the choreographer/director Charly Wenzel’s larger project ‘HUMAN – Layers of Identity’, which explores themes of discrimination,...

Chagall In New York

May 1 – May 18, 2025

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

The Road Ahead

Apr 10 – Apr 27, 2025

THE ROAD AHEAD was inspired by Rod Serling’s classic television series “The Twilight Zone.” A married couple on a nighttime journey is transported by a...

THEATER FOR THE NEW THEATER and Executive Director Crystal Field PRESENT ALISON COOK BEATTY DANCE: AN EVENING OF MODERN DANCE

Apr 4 – Apr 5, 2025

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...

Can You Hear The Pigeons

Feb 27 – Mar 16, 2025

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                                               ...

The Six Paths

Feb 19 – Feb 23, 2025

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...

THE SHINE CHALLENGE 2025

Jan 30 – Feb 16, 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

Jan 30 – Feb 16, 2025

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...

The Prior 55

Dec 19 – Jan 5, 2025

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

The Christmas Express

Sep 29 – Oct 14, 2024

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

Sep 1 – Sep 11, 2024

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,”...

The Briefest Year

May 16 – May 19, 2024

It’s the day before New Year’s Eve when two people meet at a concert in this new play by Theater for the New City resident playwright...

Party?

Mar 14 – Mar 31, 2024

"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...

Fair Winds and Winds of War

Mar 7 – Mar 24, 2024

"LEAVES"

Feb 1 – Feb 18, 2024

‘LEAVES’ is a love story like you've never seen before.

#∞ (Hashtag Infinity)

Sep 21 – Oct 8, 2023

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

A Tale of Love and Perimenopause

Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2023

This show, about the ups and downs of a woman’s romantic relationships during perimenopause, mixes humor with drama. The result is an unpredictable journey through perimenopause,...

This Random World

Sep 21 – Sep 23, 2023

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.

THE CONDUCTOR

Aug 24 – Sep 10, 2023

For the second appearance of his newest play, THE CONDUCTOR, Ishmael Reed has revived the Living Newspaper, a 1930s WPA theatrical form that was shut...

A Stitch in Time

Jun 22 – Jul 9, 2023

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...

Dance Out: Wonderland

Jun 11 – Jun 18, 2023

Lace up those boots and follow the White Rabbit to Wonderland! Set your clocks and get ready for a very important date as you have...

Stop Kiss

May 18 – May 21, 2023

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...

The Devil and The Playwright

Apr 26 – Apr 30, 2023

Jordy, a struggling playwright, makes a deal with the Devil, her soul in exchange for the Devil’s help in writing a single original play. Along...

Mirror, Mirror - A musical in seven times

Apr 6 – Apr 23, 2023

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...

ADA

Feb 16 – Mar 5, 2023

Theater for the New City presents ADA by Demetria Daniels from February 16 to March 5, 2023 at the Johnson Theater, 155 First Avenue, New...

Who Murdered Love?

Feb 2 – Feb 19, 2023

"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....

The Very Last Dance of Homeless Joe

Dec 1 – Dec 18, 2022

You will never look at a homeless person the same way after seeing "The Very Last Dance of Homeless Joe," a new play by actor/playwright/comedian/visual...

Strokes of Genius

Sep 13 – Sep 18, 2022

Strokes of Genius is a pivotal drama about abstract expressionist painters, Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler, and Elaine de Kooning. Told in their own words, this...

ROOM WITH STARS

Jun 2 – Jun 19, 2022

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...

The Oracle

May 18 – May 22, 2022

Is knowledge power in corporate America? Or is some other less lofty commodity the secret ingredient to success and elevation to the C-Suite? When the...

Hamlet In Harlem

Apr 7 – Apr 24, 2022

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...

The Unamerican

Feb 24 – Mar 13, 2022

This new play about Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe and Elia Kazan follows their lives framed around Millers testimony before the House Unamerican Activities Committee or...

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

Mar 13

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...

I Just Want to Tell Somebody

Jan 6 – Jan 23, 2022

Ronald "Smokey" Stevens earned a place on Broadway thanks to raw talent and his wits, becoming a prominent musical comedy performer in such productions as...

The Slave Who Love Caviar

Dec 23 – Jan 9, 2022

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...

The Voire Dire Project 5.0: Images in Sepia

Nov 4 – Nov 21, 2021

The Voire Dire Project 5.0: Images in Sepia Directed by Liz Amadio 3 Sepia Photographs/3 Plays/16 Artists/1 Integrative Experience Behind the Shadow by Liz Amadio#&...

They Came to the Castle: Immigrants, a Tenor and Lola Montez

Nov 4 – Nov 21, 2021

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...

Village Halloween Costume Ball

Oct 31

Theater for the New City (TNC) has presented its Village Halloween Costume Ball annually since 1976. With safety paramount this year, the fete will take...

The Wayward Daughter of Judah the Prince

Sep 23 – Oct 10, 2021

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...

TNC's Lower East Side Short Film Series

Sep 26

Join us for A Fabulous Evening Of Short Films From Award Winning Directors. Only $20. Including a remastered print of the great Charlie Chaplins The...

Lower East Side Festival of the Arts

May 28 – May 30, 2021

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...

Sex, Shoplifting and Rock & Roll

May 13 – May 23, 2021

A shoplifter and a security guard meet and move in together, changing each other's lives....

Open 'Tho Shut

Nov 14

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...

TNC PRIDE 2020

Jun 26 – Jun 28, 2020

Theater for the New CityCrystal Field, Executive Director Celebrates PrideFREE ONLINETNC PRIDE 2020www.theaterforthenewcity.net.Theater for the New City (TNC), in its 50th season, joins the LGBT...

They Came to the Castle

Mar 19 – Apr 4, 2020

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...

The Medea of Euripides

Feb 6 – Feb 23, 2020

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director, in collaboration with producers Olivia Pane & Natalia Presents: The Medea of Euripides, Directed and...

Hooked on Happiness

Nov 7 – Dec 1, 2019

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...

A Life in the Rye

Nov 7 – Nov 24, 2019

A Life In The Rye looks at J.D. Salinger's life and the impact that Catcher In The Rye had on him, his fans, fanatics obsessed...

REVOLUTIONARY

Sep 5 – Sep 15, 2019

Theater for the New City, Crystal Field (Artistic Director) presents, in the Dream Up Festival: REVOLUTIONARY a sci-fi, acoustic rock musical about a conscious revolution...

Birds of Paradise

Jun 6 – Jul 14, 2019

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...

Generations of Pride

Jun 24

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...

Where Do All the Ghosts Go?

Apr 11 – Apr 28, 2019

Five ghosts who faced adversity in life will be homeless when the historic NYC building they inhabit is demolished. Sarah Bernhardt, baptized Catholic, faced antisemitism...

THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS' 44th ANNUAL DANCE CONCERT AND POW-WOW

Jan 25 – Feb 3, 2019

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...

Beltsville/Rockville, Part 1: Rise of the Goatman

Jan 3 – Jan 13, 2019

In this pseudo-Southern Gothic dark comedy, a vibrant group of teens from two very different suburban neighborhoods clash over class differences, drugs, and sex and...

The Bohemians

Dec 6 – Dec 22, 2018

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...

WARS OF THE ROSES: HENRY VI & RICHARD III

Dec 3 – Dec 4, 2018

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,...

Citizens of the Gray or the Dark Thing that Sleeps Inside Me

Nov 9 – Nov 25, 2018

Playwright/director Elia Schneider is known for hauntingly visual productions that transcend language with strong imagery and a dreamlike fresco of movement and design. Her newest...

Recovery

Oct 11 – Oct 28, 2018

"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,...

Arendt-Heidegger: A Love Story

Sep 27 – Oct 14, 2018

"Arendt-Heidegger: A Love Story" by Douglas Lacket, directed by Alexander Harrington, dramatizes the troubling, lifelong affair between Zionist Hannah Arendt and Nazi sympathizing philosopher Martin...

Masseur

Sep 6 – Sep 14, 2018

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,...

Apes at Play

Aug 26 – Sep 3, 2018

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...

Grace is Good

May 31 – Jun 24, 2018

At a time when me too moments are sparking conversation and debate, Grace is Good brings a new me too story to the stage. Theater...

Fat Asses: The Musical

May 3 – May 20, 2018

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...

Around the World - one act plays set around the globe

Apr 9

Theater For the New City presents this one night only special event with one-act plays by Claude Solnik, Craig Pospisil and Robert Previto that take...

"Subway Story (a shooting)"

Feb 22 – Mar 18, 2018

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...

"Josh: The Black Babe Ruth"

Feb 8 – Feb 25, 2018

The play dramatizes the life, loves and ultimately the tragic decline of Josh Gibson, who was perhaps the greatest slugger of the Negro leagues and...

Or Current Resident

Feb 3 – Feb 25, 2018

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...

"One Drop"

Feb 1 – Feb 18, 2018

"One Drop," a family drama with music by Andrea J. Fulton, brings to life the politics of a young mixed-race man's "passing" for white in...

The Voire Dire Project 1.5 @ The Dream Up Festival

Sep 7 – Sep 16, 2017

4 plays/4 paintings/20 artists/1 integrative experience J. Lois Diamond’s 'In Alabama' Liz Amadio’s 'In the Attic' Maxine Kern’s 'Dostoyevsky' Coni Koepfinger’s 'AfterLife' Inspired by the...

Katie

Aug 28 – Sep 11, 2017

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...

Nowhere Man

Jun 8 – Jun 18, 2017

He got a chance to be a Beatle for 100 days at the height of the band's popularity. The story of Paul McCartney's double. Theater...

Take Ten: National MFA Playwrights Festival

May 2 – May 6, 2017

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...

The Fare

Mar 16 – Mar 26, 2017

A Pakistani cabbie and a Connecticut banker's lives collide in this new play for our times, exploring everything from immigration to identity, class to color,...

Imagine

Mar 9 – Mar 12, 2017

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...

Northbound

Feb 9 – Feb 26, 2017

This play mixes historic figures such as Lincoln, John Brown, Frederick Douglass and slavery advocate Stephen A. Douglas in their own words with the fictional...

Ghost Light Now & Then

Mar 2 – Feb 19, 2017

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...

Luigi and Langston

Feb 2 – Feb 12, 2017

An evening of famous and new playwrights, Luigi and Langston presents a rarely performed one-act by Langston Hughes, a classic by Luigi Pirandello (presented as...

Victoria Woodhull

Nov 17 – Dec 4, 2016

“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...

Millennium Mom

Sep 9 – Sep 18, 2016

Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Artistic Director) Presents: Millennium Mom by Liz Amadio A Cosmic Orchid production of an Equity-Approved Showcase as part of The...

"THE DEATH OF A BLACK MAN (A WALK BY

Jun 2 – Jun 19, 2016

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...

The Three-Mile Limit

Mar 17 – Apr 3, 2016

The Three-Mile Limit dramatizes a voyage aboard a transatlantic ocean liner in 1927. Real-life and fictional characters reflect the diversity of the passengers and crew....

The Caretaker of Corofin

Jul 2 – Jul 12, 2015

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...

Night by Charles L. Mee

Apr 24 – May 10, 2015

The New Stage Theatre Company is proud to present the world premiere of Night, or Thyestes 2.0, a movement theatre piece written by Charles L....

Devil Lay Me Down

Aug 17 – Aug 22, 2014

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...