Resource Directory

The 3 pillars of our mission: empowering artists to generate a dynamic, uniquely global program of adventurous work, innovating and celebrating the power of live theatre; pro-actively and meaningfully inviting our NYC community to engage in this artistic work; providing affordable access to ensure that our theatre is available to all.

Est. 1981. Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization. We provide and preserve the space for artists in film, theatre, film composing, and digital media to create and thrive. We're dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences. Through our programs, the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work.

Est. 1994. The Lark Play Development Center is a laboratory for new voices and new ideas. We provide playwrights and their collaborators with resources to develop their work in a supportive yet rigorous environment and encouraging artists to define their own goals and creative processes in pursuit of a unique vision

The Directors Company is an award-winning not-for-profit theatre company with an extraordinary record in its mission to develop and produce groundbreaking new plays and musicals initiated and generated by outstanding directorial talent, for the American theatre public.

Founded in 1970, MTC is committed to the creation of new plays and musicals through an intensive Artistic Development Program that offers commissions, script evaluation, dramaturgical support, readings and workshops. Using the work on its stages, MTC’s Education Program promotes active participation in the arts through in-class instruction, student and family matinees, teacher training, internships and internet-based distance learning. In constantly seeking new ways to innovate, MTC keeps theatre alive and relevant.

Second Stage Theater produces work entirely by 21st century American playwrights both on and off Broadway. Dedicated to adventurous contemporary plays and musicals, bold new interpretations, and unique theatrical experiences, the work at Second Stage reflects diversity and inclusiveness.

Triumvirate Artists produces new plays that will, wherever possible, utilize the talents of gifted theatre professionals over the age of 55: actors, directors, playwrights, stage managers, scenic and costume designers, tech staff, etc. We also plan to reach out to our aging population by bringing programs and performances to those no longer able to attend theatre.

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC partners with community members at local organizations to form theatre troupes. These troupes devise and perform plays based on their challenges confronting economic inequality, racism, and other social, health and human rights injustices. After each performance, actors and audiences engage in theatrical brainstorming – called Forum Theatre – with the aim of catalyzing creative change on the individual, community, and political levels. Theatre of the Oppressed is a format of theatre activities and performances that engages communities in social change. Theatre of...

Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB) is the only professional Off-Broadway theater organization dedicated to advancing artists and developing audiences of people with disabilities and altering the misperceptions surrounding disability by proving, once and for all, that disability does not affect the quality or integrity of our art or artists.

The Orchard Project is a leading American arts institution committed to supporting the most innovative artists and companies from the US and globally in the creation of new bold new work. Through its residency program and other accelerator programs in both New York City and Saratoga Springs, NY, the Orchard Project identifies and promotes new and established voices, supporting both individual artists and companies at the beginning of their careers and well into them.

Waterwell is a civic-minded theater company. Through entertainment and arts education, we hope to inspire audiences and students to change their lives and the world in which they live.

We provide playwrights with time, space and resources in the company of gifted peers to create work, realize their artistic potential, and make lasting contributions to the theatre. Work at ND is literally writer-led in order to fully empower them artistically and professionally. Artistic Home: a building that includes two theaters, a classroom, a manuscript library of our resident playwright and alumni work, a private writing studio, and residence rooms for out-of-town writers.