Second Stage Theater to Host Fair Chance Job Fair

On Monday, June 6th, Second Stage Theater will host the Fair Chance Job Fair. Fair Chance Hiring means that employers refrain from including questions about conviction history in the application process before a job offer is made. This job fair will focus on citizens impacted by the justice system and will connect them with job opportunities and other career resources such as resume writing and interview preparation skills. Second Stage is partnering with the Youth Justice Network and other groups focused on employment services for returning citizens.

The Fair Chance Job Fair is part of Second Stage's social justice initiatives, which were launched in conjunction with last fall's production of Lynn Nottage's Tony nominated play, Clyde's. A funny, moving, and inspiring new play, Clyde's centered around the lives of four formerly incarcerated kitchen staff working at a sandwich shop and looking to reclaim their lives. Second Stage's efforts also included:

Paid apprenticeship program with Second Stage Theater for justice system-impacted youth
A live simulcast viewing of Clyde's to a select population at Rikers Island
Weekly talkbacks and discussions hosted by advocates and service providers in the social justice field
An art exhibit at the Hayes Theater featuring works by people impacted by the justice system
Subsidized tickets for formerly incarcerated individuals and their families

In attendance at the job fair will be employers and community programs such as the Saint Nicks Alliance, Defy Ventures, Housing Works Justice Initiatives Reentry Program, Housing Works HR, Exodus Transitional Community, The Public Theater, Roundabout Theater and more.

The Fair Chance Job Fair will take place on Monday, June 6 from 10am to 2pm at the Hayes Theater and the Youth Justice Network Mobile Career Unit, Shifting Gears, at 240 West 44th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue. For more information, please email Cassidy Kaye at ckaye@2st.com.

INCARCERATION/RETURNING CITIZEN STATISTICS

There are 2 million people in U.S. prisons and jails-a 500% increase over the last 40 years. Changes in sentencing law and policy, not changes in crime rates, explain most of this increase. These trends cause prison overcrowding and fiscal burdens on states, despite evidence that mass incarceration does not achieve public safety.
The unemployment rate for returning citizens is nearly five times higher than the unemployment rate for the general United States population.
The strongest indicator of recidivism is poverty. Individuals who are able to secure a job within two months of release, ideally at higher than minimum wage, are far less likely to return to prison in comparison to those who don't have paid work

Second Stage Theater'S 42nd SEASON

Second Stage Theater's 42nd season continues its mission as a theater company exclusively dedicated to producing living American Playwrights.

The season kicked off at the Tony Kiser Theater on September 14th 2021 with the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's LETTERS OF SURESH, directed by May Adrales. This new play continued the story of origami whiz Suresh, who was first introduced in Joseph's play, Animals Out of Paper, which was produced at Second Stage's Uptown space in 2008.

The season continued with the production of Lynn Nottage's CLYDE'S, directed by Kate Whoriskey at The Hayes Theater.

At the Kiser Theater, Second Stage presented the world premiere comedy, TO MY GIRLS, written by JC Lee and directed by Stephen Brackett. Featuring Bryan Batt, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Carman Lacivita, Maulik Pancholy, Noah J. Ricketts, and Britton Smith, this Second Stage-commissioned play officially opened on April 12th.

Currently, Second Stage is presenting Richard Greenberg's Tony Award-winning play, TAKE ME OUT, directed by Scott Ellis. The production, which features Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Jesse Williams, officially opened on April 4th at Broadway's Hayes Theater.

Second Stage will close out the season with the return of the Pulitzer Prize-winning BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Guirgis' original collaborator, Austin Pendleton. Previously produced at Second Stage's Off-Broadway home to critical acclaim, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY will make its Broadway Premiere at the Hayes Theater in fall of 2022.

ABOUT Second Stage Theater

Under the artistic direction of Carole Rothman, Second Stage Theater operates three New York City venues, exclusively dedicated to producing living American Playwrights. Second Stage's first season on Broadway at The Hayes Theater included Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by Trip Cullman (Tony nominee for Best Revival of Play, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role, Michael Cera and Brian Tyree Henry) and Straight White Men by Young Jean Lee and directed by Anna D. Shapiro. Among Second Stage's 180 productions are the 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis; the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey; the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegria Hudes; Mary Page Marlowe by Tracy Letts; The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown; Dogfight by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Peter Duchan; Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage; Trust and Lonely, I'm Not by Paul Weitz; Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl; The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz; Everyday Rapture and Whorl Inside a Loop by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott; Let Me Down Easy and Notes From the Field by Anna Deavere Smith; Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo; Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein; Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl; The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane; Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin; Jitney by August Wilson; Crowns by Regina Taylor; Saturday Night by Stephen Sondheim; Afterbirth: Kathy & Mo's Greatest Hits by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy; This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan; Coastal Disturbances by Tina Howe; A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller; The Good Times Are Killing Me by Lynda Barry; and Tiny Alice and Peter and Jerry by Edward Albee.

The company's more than 130 citations include six 2017 Tony Awards for Dear Evan Hansen (Best Musical; Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Ben Platt; Best Featured Actress in a Musical, Rachel Bay Jones; Best Book of a Musical; Best Original Score; Best Orchestrations); the 2009 Tony Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Musical (Alice Ripley, Next to Normal), Best Score (Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, Next to Normal), and Best Orchestrations (Tom Kitt and Michael Starobin, Next to Normal); the 2007 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed); the 2005 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (Rachel Sheinkin, ...Spelling Bee) and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Dan Fogler, ...Spelling Bee); the 2002 Tony Award for Best Director of a Play (Mary Zimmerman for Metamorphoses); the 2002 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work, 29 Obie Awards, eight Outer Critics Circle Awards, three Clarence Derwent Awards, 13 Drama Desk Awards, nine Theatre World Awards, 20 Lucille Lortel Awards, the Drama Critics Circle Award and 23 AUDELCO Awards.

In 1999, Second Stage Theater opened The Tony Kiser Theater, its state-of-the-art, 296-seat theater, designed by renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. In 2002, Second Stage launched "Second Stage Theater Uptown" to showcase the work of up and coming artists at the 99-seat McGinn/Cazale Theater. The Theater supports artists through several programs that include residencies, fellowships and commissions, and engages students and community members through education and outreach programs. In 2018, Second Stage began producing at its 581 seat Broadway home, The Hayes Theater. Originally named "The Little Theater" and built in 1912, the city landmark has been remodeled by David Rockwell of Rockwell Group.

For more information, please visit www.2ST.com.