Signature Theatre Company
Founded in 1991 by James Houghton, Signature Theatre is unique in that it is a company that regularly makes an extended commitment to a playwright’s body of work. Signature serves this mission at The Pershing Square Signature Center, a three-theatre facility on West 42nd Street designed by Frank Gehry Architects. At the Center, Signature continues its founding Playwright-in-Residence model as Residency One, a first-of-its-kind, intensive exploration of a single writer’s body of work. Residency Five supports multiple playwrights by guaranteeing each writer three productions over a five-year period. The Legacy Program invites writers from both residencies back for productions of premiere or earlier plays.
Productions (33)
A world premiere drama about fatherhood from Drama Desk Award-winner Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale).
An epic, time-straddling new play that traces the stories of two Black American women.
The historical Rodney King verdict is explored from multiple viewpoints in a series of monologues.
An immersive experience created by Pultizer-winner Lynn Nottage and Miranda Harmon at Signature Theatre.
Katori Hall's ("Our Lady of Kibeho") new comedy centers around the annual "Hot Wang Festival" in Memphis, TN.
This darkly funny, electric new play with music tells the story of a Khmer Rouge survivor returning to…
Anna Deavere Smith's groundbreaking one-person show takes a multi-faceted look at the Crown Heights Riots of…
Danger waits just underneath the surface in Horton Foote’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of an aging couple…
Three-time Tony Award-nominee Dave Malloy ("Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812") begins his Residency 5…
Last produced in NYC by Signature more than 20 years ago, this new production of "Curse of the Starving Class"…
In Athol Fugard's "Boesman and Lena," the human need for kindness, hope and compassion is on display in the…
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage’s fast-paced, sly satire takes you on a seventy-year journey…
