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Lower East Side Festival of the Arts Reveals 2026 Lineup Featuring Over 200 Acts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 4, 2026

Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 30th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts.

Theater For The New City To Honor Estelle Parsons
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 17, 2026

Academy Award-winning actress Estelle Parsons is returning to Theater for the New City as the honoree at its annual Love and Courage gala to raise money to present the work of emerging playwrights.

TO FEED THE ROSES Will Be Performed as Part of Theater For The New City's Dream Up Festival
by Stephi Wild - Sep 2, 2025

TO FEED THE ROSES is about an older couple whose past secrets get in the way of their falling in love again. This romantic 'dramedy' is written by Amy Losi and directed by Laurie Rae Waugh.

Theater For The New City Will Present TILTED AXES: CIRCLE WITH NO CENTER in October
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 25, 2025

Theater for the New City will present Tilted Axes: Circle With No Center from October 2–5, 2025. Created by composer Patrick Grant, the immersive performance features mobile electric guitars, percussion, and choreography, blending concert, dance, and theater into a living ritual of sound and movement.

BREAKING THE TRUST to Make New York Premiere at Theater For The New City DREAM UP Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2025

Theater for the New City’s Dream Up Festival will present the New York premiere of Bill Rogers’ Breaking the Trust September 2–7, directed by Gerald vanHeerden. The dark comedy follows four sisters whose family secrets erupt after their brother’s unexpected $4 million estate divides them.

ONE IN TWENTY-FIVE World Premiere to be Presented at Theater For The New City
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 5, 2025

“One in Twenty-Five,” a new play that dramatizes one of the most consequential moments in American scientific history will receive its world premiere at Theater for the New City's Dream Up Festival 2025. Learn more!

UNDESIRABLE SECRETS To Make NYC Premiere At Dream Up Festival and United Solo
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 10, 2025

Undesirable Secrets, the searing and unforgettable solo play based on the life of Mexican American WWII medic and Holocaust survivor Anthony C. Acevedo, will make its New York City premiere this August. Learn more.

TNC Street Theater's HOME SWEET HOME to Tour All Five Boroughs
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2025

Theater for the New City's award-winning Street Theater Company will open its 2025 annual tour with 'Home Sweet Home, or A Life In New York'. Learn more here!

A HOUSE FULL OF FLIES Begins At Theater for the New City in June
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2025

From June 19 to July 6, Theater for the New City will present the world premiere of 'A House Full of Flies,' written and directed by WillieAnn Gissendanner. The play is a meditation on family, identity, religion and the corrosive legacy of racism and repression.

Theater for the New City to Present 30th LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 22, 2025

Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 30th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts. Learn more!

FOUR EVANGELISTS WALK INTO A FOG By Douglas Lackey Comes To TNC
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 7, 2025

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote four differing gospels and created Christianity. These four evangelists actually never met, but they do--as members of a comedic literary synod --in 'Four Evangelists Walk into a Fog' by Douglas Lackey. The results are hilarious and profound. Theater for the New City (TNC), which has been Lackey's theatrical home since 2003, will present the work's premiere run May 1 to 18, directed by Mark Harborth.

Theater For the New City to Present FOUR EVANGELISTS WALK INTO A FOG in May
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 7, 2025

Theater for the New City (TNC), which has been Douglas Lackey's theatrical home since 2003, will present the premiere of Four Evangelists Walk into a Fog from May 1 to 18, directed by Mark Harborth.

Theater For The New City To Present REMEMBRANCE By Patricia Goodson
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2025

Plays and movies about Alzheimer's Disease tend to focus on the patient. However 'Remembrance,' a new play by Patricia Goodson, centers on their caregivers. 

REMEMBRANCE By Patricia Goodson is Coming to Theater for the New City
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 22, 2025

'Remembrance,' a new play by Patricia Goodson, centers on their caregivers. A product of Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program, the production will run this spring. Learn more.

FOG AND FILTHY AIR, A New Drama By Tom Diriwachter, to Play TNC in March
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 25, 2025

Theater for the New City Executive Artistic Director Crystal Field to present Fog and Filthy Air, a new drama inspired by real life events written by Tom Diriwachter about family, fog, and a road trip gone horribly wrong.

Theater for the New City Presents LOVE 'N COURAGE Gala In February
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 3, 2025

Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program will be beneficiary of the theater's 22nd annual 'Love 'n Courage' benefit Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South.

Theater For The New City Presents 50th Annual THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS' POW-WOW AND DANCE CONCERT
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 16, 2024

Theater for the New City will present its 50th annual Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Pow Wow and Dance Concert from January 10 to 19, 2025.

SHELLEY AND LOVELACE NEVER MET to Play Theater for the New City Beginning in January
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 15, 2024

Theater for the New City will present a new show in conjunction with Ottawa playwrights Becky McKercher and Sarah Thuswaldner: 'Shelley and Lovelace Never Met,' the conversation that never happened.

THE GIGGLING GRANNY Comes to Theater For the New City in January
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2024

'The Giggling Granny,' a solo play written for Marilyn Chris by Marsha Lee Sheiness, will be presented by Theater for the New City, in January. Learn more here!

Leah Forster's THAT'S YENTATAINMENT! Now Open At Theater for the New City
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 2, 2024

The groundbreaking Jewish comedy satirist Leah Forster, who boasts a fast-growing social media following over 100,000 strong, stars in her first solo stage show, “That's Yentatainment!” which opens tonight at Theater for the New City.