NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
425 LAFAYETTE STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10003 www.publictheater.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: AS THE NATION'S FOREMOST PRODUCER OF SHAKESPEARE AND NEW WORK, THE PUBLIC THEATER IS DEDICATED TO ACHIEVING ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE WHILE DEVELOPING AN AMERICAN THEATER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT TO ALL PEOPLE THROUGH PRODUCTIONS OF CHALLENGING NEW PLAYS, MUSICALS AND INNOVATIVE STAGINGS OF THE CLASSICS.

THROUGH THE PUBLIC THEATER, SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK AND JOE'S PUB, NYSF IS DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING AN AMERICAN THEATER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT TO ALL PEOPLE.

DOWNTOWN SEASONTHE PUBLIC THEATER'S MAINSTAGE SEASON AT 425 LAFAYETTE STREET FEATURES A DIVERSE LINE-UP OF NEW PLAYS AND MUSICALS, AS WELL AS SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER CLASSICS, IN FIVE THEATERS. THE DOWNTOWN PROGRAMMING AIMS TO PRESENT THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES OF THE TIME, AS TOLD BY THE FIELD'S MOST CUTTING-EDGE VOICES, TO THE BROADEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE. FOUR PLAYS RECEIVED THEIR WORLD PREMIERE - PATRICIA IONE LLOYD'S EVE'S SONG, SUZAN-LORI PARKS' WHITE NOISE, JORDAN COOPER'S AIN'T NO MO', AND TIM BLAKE NELSON'S SOCRATES. NEW YORK PREMIERES INCLUDED WILD GOOSE DREAMS BY HANSOL JUNG, MOJADA BY LUIS ALFARO, MOTHER OF THE MAID BY JANE ANDERSON, AND SEA WALL/A LIFE SIMON STEPHENS/NICK PAYNE.THE FIFTEENTH UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL, A PLATFORM FOR US-BASED AND INTERNATIONAL DEVISED THEATER GROUPS, PRESENTED THE WORK OF 22 CONTEMPORARY THEATER COMPANIES FEATURING OVER 165 ARTISTS FROM ACROSS THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD. THE 12-DAY FESTIVAL IN JANUARY 2019 ATTRACTED AN AUDIENCE OF OVER 7,500 PEOPLE TO 31 SHOWS AT THE PUBLIC THEATER AND ITS THREE PARTNER VENUES.

SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKFREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK AT THE DELACORTE THEATER IN CENTRAL PARK EMBODIES THE PUBLIC THEATER'S MISSION TO OFFER THE HIGHEST QUALITY WORK TO EVERYONE, FREE OF CHARGE. SINCE ITS INCEPTION MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ENJOYED PERFORMANCES BY BOTH EMERGING AND WORLD-RENOWNED ARTISTS. CONTINUING A LONG-HELD TRADITION, ALL TICKETS FOR SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK ARE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE THROUGH A VARIETY OF DISTRIBUTION METHODS IN ALL FIVE BOROUGHS DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE ACCESSIBILITY. FOR PATRONS WITH HEARING AND VISION IMPAIRMENTS, THE PUBLIC THEATER OFFERS A SIGN-INTERPRETED, OPEN-CAPTIONED AND AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCE FOR EACH PRODUCTION. THE 2019 FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK SEASON, ITS 57TH SEASON AT THE DELACORTE, PRESENTED TWO PRODUCTIONS OVER NINE WEEKS, REACHING AN AUDIENCE OVER 100,000. THE FIRST PRODUCTION WAS MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, DIRECTED BY KENNY LEON, FEATURING DANIELLE BROOKS, GRANTHAM COLEMAN, AND JEREMIE HARRIS. THE SECOND WAS CORIOLANUS DIRECTED BY DANIEL SULLIVAN FEATURING JONATHAN CAKE, KATE BURTON, AND TEAGLE F. BOUGERE.

JOE'S PUBONE OF NEW YORK CITY'S MOST CELEBRATED VENUES FOR EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED PERFORMANCE ARTISTS, JOE'S PUB IS COMMITTED TO REFLECTING THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT IT REPRESENTS IN ITS AUDIENCE AND ON ITS STAGE BY PROGRAMMING A VARIETY OF HIGH-QUALITY PERFORMANCES, WHILE KEEPING TICKET PRICES AT A MINIMUM. NAMED FOR PUBLIC THEATER FOUNDER JOE PAPP, JOE'S PUB DEBUTED IN 1998 AND PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE PUBLIC THEATER'S MISSION OF SUPPORTING YOUNG ARTISTS WHILE PROVIDING ESTABLISHED ARTISTS WITH AN INTIMATE SPACE TO PERFORM AND DEVELOP NEW WORK. AS PART OF THE PUBLIC THEATER'S 2018-19 PROGRAMMING DOWNTOWN AT 425 LAFAYETTE STREET, JOE'S PUB PRESENTED TALENT FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, HOSTING APPROXIMATELY 800 SHOWS AND SERVING OVER 100,000 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. THE DIVERSE ROSTER OF PROGRAMMING FEATURED TOP PERFORMERS FROM BROADWAY, CABARET, DANCE, WORLD, SINGER-SONGWRITER, JAZZ, COUNTRY AND INDIE GENRES.

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