Founded in 1970 by Crystal Field, and located in New York's East Village, Theater for the New City is a one-of-a-kind cultural hub that has garnered a national reputation for its commitment to supporting established and emerging playwrights who experiment with new forms, and for presenting other experimental and developmental theater makers through an active program of community art services and festivals.
English theater and vibrant Indian dance drama, exploring the inner life of Egypt's ruler.
Anne Marilyn Lucas' new comedy exploring the ups & downs of marriage.
Turbulent theater dynamics explore ambition's cost and stage-screen tensions.
Love confronts trauma in a risky journey toward healing.
In Rubber, the rubber room is closing, and Phil from the teacher’s union has arrived.
Toxic beauty ideals haunt teenage girls in a haunting original musical set in a gas station.
At eternity's edge, they confront the unknown, questioning identity, past, and lost futures.
A screenwriter's comical quest to resurrect the dead leads to chaos and introspection.
1939 NYC: Personal conflicts echo U.S.-European tensions amid World’s Fair optimism.
William Electric Black's pens & directs this adaptation of Mary Shelley's gothic novel.
Neshama dreams of dance, suspended from school, seeks change in community, discovers betrayal.
A puppet adaptation brings to life Hašek's satire on war's futility and human folly.