Peter Jay Sharp Theater (at Playwrights Horizons)

Address:
416 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

SEATING CAPACITY: 128
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Peter Jay Sharp Theater (at Playwrights Horizons) History

The Peter Jay Sharp Theater is an intimate theater with 128 seats. With lobby space, a booth, two dressing rooms equipped with bathrooms and showers, and seasonal sound/lighting packages, the Sharp Theater is suitable for anything from invited readings up to full productions.

Shows at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater (at Playwrights Horizons)

DATES PRODUCTION

12/31/2024 - 12/8/2024 This Is My Favorite Song (2024)

9/24/2024 - 10/6/2024 Book of Travelers / Magnificent Bird (2024)

4/12/2024 - 5/19/2024 Staff Meal (2024)

11/8/2023 - 12/10/2023 School Pictures (2023)

11/8/2023 - 12/3/2023 Amusements (2023)

11/2/2023 - 12/10/2023 Sad Boys in Harpy Land (2023)

3/22/2023 - 4/30/2023 Regretfully, So the Birds Are (2023)

10/14/2022 - 11/20/2022 Catch as Catch Can (2022)

4/13/2022 - 6/5/2022 Wish You Were Here (2022)

3/27/2020 - Selling Kabul (2020)

11/22/2019 - The Thin Place (2019)

8/23/2019 - 10/6/2019 Wives (2019)

4/5/2019 - The Pain of My Belligerence (2019)

10/12/2018 - 12/2/2018 The Thanksgiving Play (2018)

9/6/2017 - 10/22/2017 The Treasurer (2017)

3/17/2017 - 4/30/2017 The Profane (2017)

7/20/2016 - 8/21/2016 Men on Boats (2016)

1/21/2016 - 2/13/2016 Sojourners (2016)

10/16/2015 - 12/6/2015 Hir (2015)

1/9/2014 - 2/9/2014 Craving for Travel (2014)

1/19/2013 - 2/24/2013 All The Rage (2013)

8/31/2012 - 9/22/2012 Normalcy (2012)

6/14/2012 - 7/21/2012 The Bad and the Better (2012)

12/28/2011 - 1/29/2012 How the World Began (2011)

12/28/2011 - 1/29/2012 How the World Began (2012)

10/13/2011 - 11/20/2011 Milk Like Sugar (2011)

3/24/2011 - 5/1/2011 Go Back to Where You Are (2011)

8/24/2010 - 9/26/2010 It Must Be Him (2010)

5/8/2010 - 6/27/2010 This Wide Night (2010)

3/4/2010 - 4/11/2010 A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick (2010)

3/23/2009 - 4/5/2009 Inked Baby (2009)

10/13/2008 - 11/2/2008 Kindness (2008)

6/23/2008 - 7/13/2008 Palace of the End (2008)

3/26/2008 - 4/14/2008 The Drunken City (2008)

10/17/2007 - 11/11/2007 A Feminine Ending (2007)

3/28/2007 - 4/15/2007 Essential Self-Defense (2007)

10/10/2006 - 10/29/2006 Blue Door (2006)

5/31/2005 - 6/12/2005 BFE (2005)

10/10/2004 - 10/31/2004 Spatter Pattern (Or, How I Got Away With It) (2004)

6/13/2004 - 7/11/2004 Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine (2004)

10/26/2003 - 11/14/2003 Wilder (2003)

- A Delicate Ship (2015)

- A Long and Happy Life (2013) [Cancelled]

- My Manana Comes (2015)

News

The Tent Theater Company Will Host LASTINGNESS Benefit Photo

The Tent Theater Company Will Host LASTINGNESS Benefit
by Stephi Wild - Dec 2, 2025

The Tent Theater Company will host its 2025 benefit, LASTINGNESS next week at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons. Learn more about the event here!

THE GREAT PRIVATION U.S. Premiere Adds Performance At SoHo Rep Photo

THE GREAT PRIVATION U.S. Premiere Adds Performance At SoHo Rep
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2025

Soho Rep has added an additional, final performance to its U.S. premiere production of Nia Akilah Robinson's The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar), directed by Evren Odcikin.

THE GREAT PRIVATION Extends at Soho Rep Through Late March Photo

THE GREAT PRIVATION Extends at Soho Rep Through Late March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 18, 2025

Soho Rep has added two performances to its U.S. premiere production of Nia Akilah Robinson’s The Great Privation (How to flip ten cents into a dollar), directed by Evren Odcikin. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Full Cast And Creative Team Set for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM In-School Touring Produ Photo

Full Cast And Creative Team Set for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM In-School Touring Production
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 13, 2025

This Spring Red Bull Theater and Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble will be offering an in-school touring production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, specially designed for student audiences. Learn more!

Red Bull Theater & Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble to Bring A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Photo

Red Bull Theater & Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble to Bring A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM To Area Schools
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 24, 2025

Red Bull Theater has announced that this Spring Red Bull would be offering a brand new in-school touring production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, in a partnership with Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble.

Cast Set For Nia Akilah Robinson's THE GREAT PRIVATION at Soho Rep Photo

Cast Set For Nia Akilah Robinson's THE GREAT PRIVATION at Soho Rep
by Stephi Wild - Jan 23, 2025

Soho Rep's first production at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons will be the U.S premiere of Nia Akilah Robinson's The Great Privation. Casting has now been announced for the production, which will begin performances next month.

Nia Akilah Robinson's THE GREAT PRIVATION Will Receive U.S Premiere at Soho Rep Photo

Nia Akilah Robinson's THE GREAT PRIVATION Will Receive U.S Premiere at Soho Rep
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2024

Soho Rep's first production at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Playwrights Horizons will be the U.S premiere of Tia Akilah Robinson's The Great Privation. Tickets will go on sale in December.

Playwrights Horizons Extends STAFF MEAL Photo

Playwrights Horizons Extends STAFF MEAL
by Stephi Wild - May 6, 2024

Playwrights Horizons has extended its world premiere production of Staff Meal, Abe Koogler's funny, startling new play.

Cast Set for Abe Koogler's STAFF MEAL at Playwrights Horizons Photo

Cast Set for Abe Koogler's STAFF MEAL at Playwrights Horizons
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 5, 2024

Playwrights Horizons has revealed the cast of Staff Meal. See who is starring and the production and learn how to purchase tickets.

Alexandra Silber, Christian Coulson & More to Star in THE REVENGE at Red Bull Theater Photo

Alexandra Silber, Christian Coulson & More to Star in THE REVENGE at Red Bull Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2023

RED BULL THEATER has revealed the cast for the next offering of the new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: The Revenge by Edward Young, directed by Nathan Winkelstein.

Playwrights Horizons Extends SAD BOYS IN HARPY LAND and SCHOOL PICTURES Photo

Playwrights Horizons Extends SAD BOYS IN HARPY LAND and SCHOOL PICTURES
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 28, 2023

Discover the new closing dates for Sad Boys in Harpy Land and School Pictures at Playwrights Horizons. Hurry and get your tickets now to catch these extended performances of these highly acclaimed shows. Don't miss out on this opportunity to experience these productions.

Cast Revealed For STRAPPED at The Downtown Urban Arts Festival Photo

Cast Revealed For STRAPPED at The Downtown Urban Arts Festival
by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2023

The Creative Co-Lab, in partnership with The Downtown Urban Arts Festival, is proud to announce casting for the showcase production of sTrapped, a new play by Arelia Johnson & Award-winning playwright Bryan-Keyth Wilson. Wilson is set to direct the piece, which follows seven strangers as they navigate conversations surrounding race, intimacy, trauma, sex, and sexual identity.

Pearl Sun, Kristine Nielsen & More to Star in REGRETFULLY, SO THE BIRDS ARE World Pre Photo

Pearl Sun, Kristine Nielsen & More to Star in REGRETFULLY, SO THE BIRDS ARE World Premiere at Playwrights Horizons
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2023

Playwrights Horizons and WP Theater will present the world premiere of Julia Izumi’s Regretfully, So the Birds Are, directed by Jenny Koons. See who is starring in the production, performance dates, and how to purchase tickets!

Videos

Shows at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater (at Playwrights Horizons)
DATES			PRODUCTION
12/31/2024	-	12/8/2024	This Is My Favorite Song (2024)
9/24/2024	-	10/6/2024	Book of Travelers / Magnificent Bird (2024)
4/12/2024	-	5/19/2024	Staff Meal (2024)
11/8/2023	-	12/10/2023	School Pictures (2023)
11/8/2023	-	12/3/2023	Amusements (2023)
11/2/2023	-	12/10/2023	Sad Boys in Harpy Land (2023)
3/22/2023	-	4/30/2023	Regretfully, So the Birds Are (2023)
10/14/2022	-	11/20/2022	Catch as Catch Can (2022)
4/13/2022	-	6/5/2022	Wish You Were Here (2022)
3/27/2020	-		Selling Kabul (2020)
11/22/2019	-		The Thin Place (2019)
8/23/2019	-	10/6/2019	Wives (2019)
4/5/2019	-		The Pain of My Belligerence (2019)
10/12/2018	-	12/2/2018	The Thanksgiving Play (2018)
9/6/2017	-	10/22/2017	The Treasurer (2017)
3/17/2017	-	4/30/2017	The Profane (2017)
7/20/2016	-	8/21/2016	Men on Boats (2016)
1/21/2016	-	2/13/2016	Sojourners (2016)
10/16/2015	-	12/6/2015	Hir (2015)
1/9/2014	-	2/9/2014	Craving for Travel (2014)
1/19/2013	-	2/24/2013	All The Rage (2013)
8/31/2012	-	9/22/2012	Normalcy (2012)
6/14/2012	-	7/21/2012	The Bad and the Better (2012)
12/28/2011	-	1/29/2012	How the World Began (2011)
12/28/2011	-	1/29/2012	How the World Began (2012)
10/13/2011	-	11/20/2011	Milk Like Sugar (2011)
3/24/2011	-	5/1/2011	Go Back to Where You Are (2011)
8/24/2010	-	9/26/2010	It Must Be Him (2010)
5/8/2010	-	6/27/2010	This Wide Night (2010)
3/4/2010	-	4/11/2010	A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick (2010)
3/23/2009	-	4/5/2009	Inked Baby (2009)
10/13/2008	-	11/2/2008	Kindness (2008)
6/23/2008	-	7/13/2008	Palace of the End (2008)
3/26/2008	-	4/14/2008	The Drunken City (2008)
10/17/2007	-	11/11/2007	A Feminine Ending (2007)
3/28/2007	-	4/15/2007	Essential Self-Defense (2007)
10/10/2006	-	10/29/2006	Blue Door (2006)
5/31/2005	-	6/12/2005	BFE (2005)
10/10/2004	-	10/31/2004	Spatter Pattern (Or, How I Got Away With It) (2004)
6/13/2004	-	7/11/2004	Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine (2004)
10/26/2003	-	11/14/2003	Wilder (2003)
	-		A Delicate Ship (2015)
	-		A Long and Happy Life (2013) [Cancelled]
	-		My Manana Comes (2015)

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