THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION INC
155 FIRST AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10003 www.theaterforthenewcity.net

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY FOUNDATION, INC. PRODUCES AND PERFORMS NEW WORKS, MOSTLY BY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS. THROUGH THE OPERATION OF A FOUR THEATER FACILITY, IT SERVES AS A COMMUNITY-BASED CULTURAL CENTER FOR THE EAST VILLAGE, LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN, PROVIDING EXTENSIVE OUTREACH PROGRAMS AS WELL AS EXPERIMENTAL THEATER PERFORMANCES FOR THE THEATER-GOING PUBLIC. THE THEATER ALSO COMMISSIONS NEW WORKS FROM AMERICA'S ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS AND OFFERS A TRAINING PROGRAM WITH AN EXTENSIVE WORKSHOP SERIES FOR PERFORMERS IN STREET THEATER AS WELL AS A PLAYWRIGHT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INVOLVING WORKSHOPS AND PRODUCTION.

THE THEATER NURTURES AND DEVELOPS WRITERS FOR THE AMERICAN STAGE. THE THEATER DOES ONLY NEW WORK - ALL PREMIERS. IT PRODUCES A PLAYWRIGHT MORE THAN ONCE, AS THE WRITER GAINS STRENGTH OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. IT DOES FULL-LENGTH PLAYS, MANY WITH MUSIC AND SONG AND CHOREOGRAPHY. EACH YEAR, THE THEATER PRODUCES BETWEEN 30-40 NEW AMERICAN PLAYS BY BOTH EMERGING WRITERS, ESTABLISHED WRITERS, AND THEATER COMPANIES THAT HAVE NO PERMANENT HOME. THE RESIDENT THEATER PRODUCES 20-30 NEW AMERICAN PLAYS PER YEAR, PROVIDING A FORUM FOR BOTH NEW AND MID-CAREER WRITERS TO EXPERIMENT WITH THEIR WORK AND DEVELOP AS ARTISTS.

PRESENTING THEATER - THE PRESENTING THEATER PROGRAM IS THE THEATER'S VEHICLE TO PROVIDING A SHOWCASE FOR PERFORMING GROUPS WITHOUT A PERMANENT BASE. EACH WINTER, THE PRESENTING PROGRAM HOSTS BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER, THE OLDEST CONTINUING EXPERIMENTAL THEATER COMPANY IN AMERICA AND THE THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCE CONCERT AND POW-WOW, WHICH OFFERS RITUAL AND SOCIAL DANCES FROM 17 TRIBES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THIS IS THE ONLY NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE CONCERT AND POW-WOW IN THE EAST WHERE NATIVE AMERICANS CAN SEE THE DANCES OF EACH OTHER'S TRIBES. NATIVE FOODS AND CRAFTS ARE SOLD IN THE LOBBY.

STREET THEATER - THE ANNUAL SUMMER STREET THEATER IS A FREE OPERETTA-FOR-THE-STREETS THAT TOURS 13 LOCATIONS IN ALL 5 BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY. BEGUN IN THE EARLY 1970S AND EMBODYING THE GRASSROOTS IDEALS OF THAT DECADE, STREET THEATER AIMS TO RAISE SOCIAL AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITIES IT PERFORMS IN, CREATING CIVIC DIALOGUE THAT INSPIRES A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD BEYOND THE COMMUNITIES' GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES. STREET THEATER PLAYS TO AN ESTIMATED 25,000 PEOPLE EACH SUMMER.

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