Rattlestick Theater

Founded in 1994, Rattlestick Theater has been steadfast in supporting diverse, provocative work and fostering the future voices of the American theater. Our mission is to produce adventurous new plays that are formally inventive and theatrically expansive. Now led by Artistic Director Will Davis, the first transgender person to run an off-Broadway theater, Rattlestick is redoubling its efforts to support theater artists who are responding to the complexities of our culture through the radical distribution of resources toward the creation of new theatrical work. 

From our historic West Village theater, Rattlestick has produced the first plays and early works of some of today’s leading voices, including Annie Baker (The Aliens, Obie for Best New American Play), Martyna Majok (Ironbound), Diana Oh (mylingerieplay), and Heidi Schreck (There Are No More Big Secrets). We are proud to make Rattlestick a place where some of our nation’s most celebrated playwrights feel safe to test their boldest ideas, including Dael Orlandersmith (Until the Flood), José Rivera (Massacre, Sing to Your Children), Samuel D. Hunter (Lewiston/Clarkson, nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play), and Arturo Luíz Soria (Ni Mi Madre, which won a 2023 Obie Award for Best Solo Performance).