Organizational News

Join us for Theatre for a New Audience’s 30th Anniversary Gala Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday Monica G-S. Wambold, Gala Chair Including the presentation of the Sixth Annual Samuel H. Scripps Award for Extraordinary Commitment to the Power of Language in Classical and Contemporary Theatre to Julie Taymor & Elliot Goldenthal Reception, auction and seated dinner at…Read More »

The New York Times recently featured Theatre for a New Audience Associate Artistic Director Arin Arbus and her volunteer work with prisoners at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Arbus, who directed the Theatre’s current production of Measure for Measure as well as last seaso’s Othello, has spent her free time working with…Read More »

Thanks to everyone who voted for Theatre for a New Audience a few weeks back in Chase Community Giving’s Facebook contest. While we didn’t win, our friends at Stella Adler Studio of Acting did – and now they’re the only New York theatre organization in the running for a $100,000 or a $1,000,000 grant! Please…Read More »

This month’s issue of American Theatre Magazine, the premiere national monthly magazine for the American professional non-profit theatre, includes a feature article on Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director of Theatre for a New Audience. The article chronicles Jeffrey’s storied history with the Theatre, from its optimistic founding in 1979 with funds from a lawsuit settlement,…Read More »

In celebration of our 30th anniversary, Jay Briggs, Theatre for a New Audience alumnus, writes about creating a new audience. The task of creating theatre for a new audience is two-fold. The obvious aspect is increased accessibility, a goal that Theatre for a New Audience fulfills through its education residencies in public schools as well…Read More »

Legendary theatrical press agent and Theatre for a New Audience Artistic Council member Merle Debuskey was honored at a ceremony at The Public Theater on Wednesday, November 4. Friends and colleagues attended the event, paying tribute to Debuskey’s “invaluable contributions to The Public Theater and Free Shakespeare in the Park,” and presenting him with an…Read More »

This month, we continue our feature on Theatre for a New Audience’s Artistic Council, a diverse group of professional leaders who bring expertise in a wide variety of artistic disciplines to our Board of Directors. John Berendt: A native of Syracuse, NY, John Berendt studied English at Harvard University, where he was on staff at…Read More »

Theatre for a New Audience’s Artistic Council includes a diverse group of professionals who bring expertise in a wide variety of artistic disciplines to our Board of Directors. This fall, we will feature a few Artistic Council members in each newsletter so you can get to know our leadership. Robert A. Caro: Winner of two…Read More »

Prospero’s Island came to life on Wednesday, July 15, as Theatre for a New Audience’s Brooklyn’s Dreamers hosted their third annual Summer Bash. This year the group collaborated with the Theatre’s future BAM Cultural District neighbors Irondale Ensemble Project at their home, The Irondale Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. The party was attended by Dreamers,…Read More »

Mark Rylance is one of the world’s greatest classical actors. Born in Kent, England, Rylance spent his early years in Connecticut and later Wisconsin, where his father was headmaster at a preparatory school. Rylance later attended the school, where he began acting in their Shakespeare festival. He then won a scholarship the Royal Academy of…Read More »