Theater for the New City

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.

Productions (193)

82
Great
1 Review
Ends Mar 31
NYC: East Village

English theater and vibrant Indian dance drama, exploring the inner life of Egypt's ruler.

81
Great
9 Reviews
Ends Mar 31
NYC: East Village

Anne Marilyn Lucas' new comedy exploring the ups & downs of marriage.

100
Must See!
1 Review
Ends Mar 31
NYC: East Village

Turbulent theater dynamics explore ambition's cost and stage-screen tensions.

71
Good
1 Review
Ends Apr 14
NYC: East Village

Love confronts trauma in a risky journey toward healing.

Score it Buy from $18
Unreviewed
Opens Apr 04
NYC: East Village

In Rubber, the rubber room is closing, and Phil from the teacher’s union has arrived.

Score it Buy from $20
Unreviewed
Opens Apr 04
NYC: East Village

Toxic beauty ideals haunt teenage girls in a haunting original musical set in a gas station.

Score it Buy from $15
Unreviewed
Opens Apr 25
NYC: East Village

At eternity's edge, they confront the unknown, questioning identity, past, and lost futures.

Score it Buy from $18
Unreviewed
Opens May 09
NYC: East Village

A screenwriter's comical quest to resurrect the dead leads to chaos and introspection.

Unreviewed
Closed
NYC: East Village

1939 NYC: Personal conflicts echo U.S.-European tensions amid World’s Fair optimism.

73
Good
7 Reviews
Closed
NYC: East Village

William Electric Black's pens & directs this adaptation of Mary Shelley's gothic novel.

Unreviewed
Closed
NYC: East Village

Neshama dreams of dance, suspended from school, seeks change in community, discovers betrayal.

58
Middling
5 Reviews
Closed
NYC: East Village

A puppet adaptation brings to life Hašek's satire on war's futility and human folly.

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