Donate to Abingdon Theatre Company in New York City

Abingdon Theatre Company is first and foremost a developmental home for artists and brave new work. As a new works company, ATC is committed to producing at least one original, innovative, and affordably-priced Off-Broadway production a year while nurturing early career artists of all disciplines through our Artist Development programs. These programs include the Carolyn Halpert Artist-in-Residence Program, the Around the Table reading series, the DMW Greer One Night Only series, Brave New Voices, Abingdon Virtual, and Raise the Page, Uplift the Word: A BIPOC Festival of Short Plays. ATC’s artist programs are accessible to artists of all backgrounds, regardless of education or credits. We bring artists from different points in their career together, whether recent arrivals or Tony Award winners.

Established over 30 years ago, Abingdon Theatre Company develops and produces critically acclaimed brave, new American work by emerging and established artists. Mainstage Productions include the Off-Broadway premiere of Robin & Me: My Little Spark of Madness written and performed by Dave Droxler, the New York premiere of Queens Girl in the World, which was nominated for Outstanding Solo Performance for the Vivian Robinson Audelco Recognition Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre, and the NYT Critics’ Pick Get on Your Knees written and performed by Jaqueline Novak, nominated for a Drama Desk Award. The DMW Greer One Night Only Series has showcased work such as Alex Edelman’s Just for Us which went on to receive Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations and has just completed its run on Broadway; Back by Matt Webster starring Emmy Award nominee Madeline Brewer and Tony Award nominee James Cusati-Moyer; The Prompter starring Oscar-winning actress Estelle Parsons; Date of a Lifetime, a new musical with book and lyrics by Carl Kissin and music by Robert Baumgartner Jr. ATC’s Around the Table Series has produced staged readings of new plays such as The Inferno by Chris Sherman and Arancini by Joey Merlo. In 2020, ATC established Abingdon Virtual led by Executive Producer Chad Austin, and has since produced three award-winning films, including As Apple Pie written and directed by Artist-in-Residence Pierre Marais, which was an official selection of the Cannes World Film Festival for Best Young Filmmaker and won multiple awards at festivals including Best Cinematography, Best Director, and Best Drama USA; Abingdon Virtual’s premiere film, It Cries Too Loudly, was an official selection of the Prague International Short Film Awards and won Best Cinematography and Best Short Film at the Eastern European Film Festival.