Organizational News

Theatre for a New Audience celebrated Shakespeare√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s 445th birthday with the annual Spring Gala on Monday, May 11 at The Powerhouse at the American Museum of Natural History. Juliet Rylance and Christian Camargo, who played Desdemona and Hamlet in the Theatre√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s spring productions of Othello and Hamlet, respectively, led the event as Masters of Ceremonies.…Read More »

Wednesday, July 15 Save the date, and join Brooklyn’s Dreamers for√Ǭ†Prospero√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Island: A Mid-Summer√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Bash! We’ll celebrate the best of Brooklyn at an Island-themed bash in fabulous Fort Greene, Brooklyn. This year we are delighted to partner with our future neighbors in the BAM Cultural District, The Irondale Ensemble Project. Live Music * Local Food…Read More »

The Theatre has, for the third time, received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts’ Shakespeare for a New Generation program. This grant will enable 1,500 students from 15 NYC Public School to study in-depth and attend performances of our upcoming season’s production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, directed by Arin Arbus. √Ǭ†For more…Read More »

Having two back-to-back,√Ǭ†critically acclaimed, sold-out productions is a problem that every theatre would like to have.√Ǭ†However, this situation creates a unique challenge for√Ǭ†Theatre for a New Audience: consecutive hits (Hamlet and Othello)√Ǭ†that the Theatre has produced√Ǭ†in rented space, with little flexibility to extend. In a recent article in The New York Times, Patrick Healy writes…Read More »

At Woodbourne Correctional Facility in upstate New York, a group of twenty inmates are in rehearsal for Starting Over, a play about the impact of incarceration on families. The group wrote and developed the work under the guidance of Arin Arbus, Theatre for a New Audience’s Associate Artistic Director and director of this season’s acclaimed…Read More »

THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢S 2009 SPRING GALA CELEBRATING SHAKESPEARE√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢S BIRTHDAY Honoring Tony Award-winner Mark Rylance with the Samuel H. Scripps Award for Extraordinary Commitment to Promoting the Power of Language in Classical and Contemporary Theatre Monday, May 11, 2009 The Powerhouse at the American Museum of Natural History Columbus Avenue at 79th Street, New…Read More »

√Ǭ† Edward Bond (b. 1934) is considered one of Britain’s most important, innovative and controversial playwrights. His career spans nearly 50 years and has incited the widest range of reactions from his critics. “I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners,” he once said.√Ǭ† Bond was born into a working class…Read More »

Hugh Hardy is the founder of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, and is known for his prolific career designing distinctive new buildings, restoring historic structures and planning projects for the public realm. He has worked on the Theatre for a New Audience Capital Project since its inception. Over his 40 year career, Mr. Hardy has made…Read More »

Theatre for a New Audience is proud to announce that our Associate Artistic Director, Arin Arbus, is the recipient of a 2008 Princess Grace Award.√Ǭ†√Ǭ† The Princess Grace Foundation-USA annually awards emerging artists in theater, dance, and film with grants in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships.√Ǭ†Arbus, who will receive the 2008 Princess Grace…Read More »

Summertime may have started with early June’s heat wave, but Brooklyn’s Dreamers officially kicked off the season with their annual Summer Bash on June 18. Held at the Forté Condos in Fort Greene, the party overlooked the site of Theatre for a New Audience’s new home in the BAM Cultural District. Revelers from all walks…Read More »