Our First Home

Are you passionate about the arts? Do you like to have fun and meet new people? Join Brooklyn√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Dreamers for exclusive parties with each of our spring productions, Othello and Hamlet. See the production, then gather for cocktails and apps with members of the cast. All proceeds go toward the building of the Theatre√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s first…Read More »

You√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re invited to join us for our two upcoming special events: Wed., Nov. 19th: The Grand Inquisitor We√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re teaming up with New York Theatre Workshop√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s 4th Street Bar Association to celebrate this acclaimed production. Join us for pre-show wine and cheese, the performance, then meet and mingle with like-minded arts supporters and actor Bruce Myers!…Read More »

Architect Hugh Hardy and his team are beginning the final design of Theatre for a New Audience’s new home in the BAM Cultural District, following our site change earlier this year. The new design will customize the building for its new site, Ashland Place between Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street, and create an engaging façade…Read More »

Please join us on Wednesday, November 19th, when Brooklyn√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s Dreamers join forces with New York Theatre Workshop√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s young patrons√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ group, and the 4th Street Bar Association, to celebrate the New York Premiere of The Grand Inquisitor. Attend a pre-show cocktail party, then see the play. Following, gather at a neighborhood bar for a unique opportunity…Read More »

More good news on the Capital Campaign front: Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has allocated $1 million to our new home! Impressed by the energy and success of our Inaugural Capital Campaign Benefit in February of this year, Marty wanted to add to the momentum with a gift straight from our future home borough. Marty…Read More »

This August, Charles Isherwood wrote in The New York Times, New York audiences could surely support a first-class Shakespeare theater. The need is real.  Shakespeare is the taproot of the English-language theater, a limitless source of inspiration for theater artists of all kinds, an ever-renewable source of pleasure for audiences. To read him is a…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 »

In 2003, Frank Gehry and Hugh Hardy began to collaboratively design Theatre for a New Audience’s first home in the BAM Cultural District.√Ǭ† Due to Frank Gehry’s busy schedule, our site change and the project’s timing, Mr. Gehry is unable to contribute to this final phase of design. Hugh Hardy will now be our sole…Read More »

On Wednesday, July 23, friends of Theatre for a New Audience gathered on the Great White Way for an exclusive theatre event. First, attendees saw a performance of Boeing-Boeing at the Longacre Theatre.√Ǭ† The show won two 2008 Tony Awards: Best Revival of a Play and Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play,…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 »