Causes: Arts & Culture, Music, Performing Arts Schools, Theater
Mission: Playwrights Horizons is the only New York Off-Broadway theater of its size and stature that produces new plays and musicals exclusively by American writers. Playwrights Horizons believes that writers are the future of the theater and that there is a great importance in nurturing, in particular, American voices. The 39 year-old company has helped to launch the careers of hundreds of writers, served thousands of theater artists and audiences, made a significant contribution to the American theater repertory, and established a nationwide reputation as a leading advocate for new plays and musicals.
Programs: Production and play development:this program consists of production and presentation of new works by american playwrights, composers and lyricists including productions, workshops and readings. There were 6 full theatrical productions, 21 readings and 8 musical theater readings.
theater school:operated in association with new york university's tisch school of the arts, this undergraduate program offers training in playwriting, directing, acting, voice and theater management. The theater school had 184 students in the year ending june, 2014.
ticket central:a low cost box office serving primarily not for profit performing groups. Ticket central served 86 groups that produced 123 shows with attendance of 277,782.Ticket central provides a service both to the theatrical producing community and audience by providing a central hub to which audience members can come to learn about productions throughout new york city.
440 studios
Mission: Playwrights Horizons is the only New York Off-Broadway theater of its size and stature that produces new plays and musicals exclusively by American writers. Playwrights Horizons believes that writers are the future of the theater and that there is a great importance in nurturing, in particular, American voices. The 39 year-old company has helped to launch the careers of hundreds of writers, served thousands of theater artists and audiences, made a significant contribution to the American theater repertory, and established a nationwide reputation as a leading advocate for new plays and musicals.
Programs: Production and play development:this program consists of production and presentation of new works by american playwrights, composers and lyricists including productions, workshops and readings. There were 6 full theatrical productions, 21 readings and 8 musical theater readings.
theater school:operated in association with new york university's tisch school of the arts, this undergraduate program offers training in playwriting, directing, acting, voice and theater management. The theater school had 184 students in the year ending june, 2014.
ticket central:a low cost box office serving primarily not for profit performing groups. Ticket central served 86 groups that produced 123 shows with attendance of 277,782.Ticket central provides a service both to the theatrical producing community and audience by providing a central hub to which audience members can come to learn about productions throughout new york city.
440 studios
416 W 42 St, New York, NY 10036
212-564-1235
Arts & Culture
New York
