Sanford Meisner Theater

Venue Location and Information

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164 11th Avenue New York, NY 10011 Between 22nd and 23rd Take the C, E to 23rd St. and the M23 cross-town bus to 11th Ave.  Air Conditioned

About This Venue

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Home to the Vortex Theatre Company, this theater was named for the famous actor and director. It is a small, comfortable space located in a Chelsea brownstone.

Current Production

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Mine Nov 13 - 22, 2009 Read the Synopsis » View The Schedule »

Past Productions

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• The Folly of Crowds Nov 13 - 21, 2009
• A Midsummer Nightmare May 22 - Jun 13, 2009
• The Bus Stop Apr 1 - 19, 2009
• The Jewbird Mar 11 - 22, 2009
• Sunset Motel Oct 9 - 25, 2008
• What I Did for Love Oct 3 - 5, 2008
• The Maiden's Prayer Oct 1 - 5, 2008
• Appetite for Destruction Aug 6 - 10, 2008
• WASHING MACHINE Jun 23 - Jul 19, 2008
• The Ghost Dancers May 8 - 24, 2008
• BritBits 3 Apr 14 - 23, 2008
• The Secret Rapture Apr 3 - 27, 2008
• Sabrina Ward Harrison: True Living Project Apr 3, 2008
• The Gay Barber's Apartment Mar 6 - 22, 2008
• Cherubina Feb 4 - 23, 2008
• A Christmas Carol : the new musical (Meisner) Nov 29 - Dec 22, 2007
• The Maids Oct 17 - 21, 2007
• Kiss of the Spider Woman Sep 13 - Oct 6, 2007
• Green Sea Festival Jul 24 - 29, 2007
• The File on Ryan Carter May 25 - Jul 8, 2007
• The Bald Soprano & The Lesson May 10 - 20, 2007
• This Story of Yours Apr 26 - May 6, 2007
• Fear and All of Me & Can't Turn Around Apr 17 - 22, 2007
• H.M.S. Pinafore Mar 5 - 31, 2007
• The Merchant of Venice Jan 16 - 20, 2007
• The Ledge Dec 1 - 17, 2006
• The Marriage Bed Oct 12 - Nov 19, 2006
• Alice (squared): A Multimedia Wonderland Sep 15 - 23, 2006
• Proof by Disproof Jul 12 - 15, 2006
• Hamlet Jun 22 - Jul 9, 2006
• The Carla Fazio Dance Company Jun 15 - 17, 2006
• The Death of Little Ibsen Apr 29 - Jun 11, 2006
• Erik The Amazing & The Shallahballah (Sanford Meisner) Apr 29 - May 21, 2006
• The Head Doctor Couple's Theater Mar 20 - 26, 2006
• The Ends of the Earth Mar 16 - 26, 2006
• Black Lovers & Little White Lies Feb 17 - 19, 2006
• The Northern Quarter Jan 7 - 22, 2006
• Dog in the Manger Jan 6 - Feb 4, 2006
• 86 Street Dec 6 - 11, 2005
• Beyond Therapy Dec 1 - 4, 2005
• Deviant Oct 7 - 23, 2005
• The Roof Sep 15 - Oct 1, 2005
• Fires Aug 16 - 28, 2005
• Closer Aug 13, 2005
• Top Ten Jul 7 - 31, 2005
• Little Mary Jun 2 - 26, 2005
• Abandonment Apr 12 - May 14, 2005
• Sin: A New Fashioned Spectacle of Legendary Vice Mar 24 - Apr 2, 2005
• A Devil Inside Mar 16 - 19, 2005
• Speak the Unspeakable Feb 17 - 19, 2005
• The Lizard Brain Variety Hour Feb 8 - 13, 2005
• Loose Knit Jan 19 - 30, 2005
• Cowboy Mouth Dec 16 - 18, 2004
• Samuel the Fourth Oct 29 - Nov 13, 2004
• The House of Yes Oct 20 - 24, 2004
• An Evening of Five One-Act Plays by Alan Ball Sep 16 - 18, 2004
• The Best Part of Breakin' Up Sep 8 - 12, 2004
• Dissenters Sep 7 - 22, 2004
• The All-Male Importance of Being Earnest Aug 16 - Sep 5, 2004
• Inspector Pansy and the Curious Case of the Prickly Privates Jul 30 - Aug 22, 2004
• Brimstone and Treacle Jun 16 - 20, 2004
• Hind Sight / Behind the Closed Door May 12 - 23, 2004
• Virtuosa Mar 4 - 7, 2004
• Toby Feb 12 - 28, 2004
• Invisible Child Jan 29 - Feb 1, 2004
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses Jan 6 - 11, 2004
• Another Spring Dec 28, 2003
• The Lark Nov 29 - Dec 21, 2003
• Deptford Players Fall New Play Festival Oct 16 - 26, 2003
• Agnes of God Oct 9 - 10, 2003
• Spike Heels Sep 3 - 14, 2003
• The Merchant of Venice / Dreamscape Theatre Aug 15 - 23, 2003
• Young and Beautiful (or Hello! I'm Old!) Jun 21 - Jul 20, 2003
• Maggie: A Girl of the Streets May 22 - Jun 1, 2003
• Romeo and Juliet May 8 - 18, 2003
• Otherwise Engaged Apr 30 - May 4, 2003
• Shirley Valentine Mar 26 - Apr 13, 2003
• Steve DeVries Goes to Fundamentalist Islam Heaven Mar 13 - 23, 2003
• Moving On: Three One-Act Plays Mar 6 - 9, 2003
• The Sultan's Wife Feb 22 - Mar 2, 2003
• Uncle Vanya (Deptford Players) Feb 20 - Mar 2, 2003
• W.E.B. DuBois: Prophet in Limbo Feb 2 - 16, 2003
• A Glance at New York Jan 30 - Feb 16, 2003
• Nude Boys Prancing About Dec 30, 2002 - Jan 26, 2003
• Feste San Gatti Dec 18 - 22, 2002
• Wrestlers Dec 4 - 8, 2002
• Two Men Walking A Breast Nov 14 - 24, 2002
• Script Tease Improv + No Drink Minimum Nov 1 - 2, 2002
• Bubboon's Tunes Oct 26 - Nov 2, 2002
• Hell in a Handbasket Oct 24 - 31, 2002
• Zimmerman Oct 10 - 20, 2002
• Games People Play Sep 25 - Oct 6, 2002
• Triple Threat: Boobs, Break-Ups and Beauty Pageants Sep 24 - Oct 1, 2002
• Art Sep 12 - 15, 2002
• A Different Man Aug 3 - Sep 8, 2002
• Lynn Harris On Ice Jul 11 - 21, 2002
• Love Among Squirrels Jun 11 - 23, 2002
• Cute Boys In Their Underpants Versus the Wicked Queen May 11 - Jun 9, 2002
• In My Dream, I Am Surrounded by Dancing Naked Men Mar 18 - Apr 14, 2002
• Belly Up Feb 2 - 23, 2002
• Private Eyes Jan 16 - 20, 2002
• Conversations With the Pool Boy Dec 21, 2001 - Jan 13, 2002
• Habeas Corpus Nov 1 - 18, 2001
• Flats Fixed Sep 5 - 22, 2001
• Nude Boys Prancing About Aug 10 - Sep 2, 2001
• Women & Wallace Aug 1 - 5, 2001
• Picasso at the Lapin Agile Jul 20 - 27, 2001
• Past Back In Jun 21 - 30, 2001
• Igloo May 3 - 19, 2001
• Marisol Mar 1 - 11, 2001
• Seascape with Sharks and Dancer Oct 26 - Nov 5, 2000
• Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief Oct 13 - 22, 2000
• Wanderers Sep 13 - 24, 2000
• Harold and the Nudist Jul 25 - Aug 20, 2000
• Miss Julie Jul 10 - 15, 2000
• Bed Head Jun 27 - 29, 2000
• The Playboy Stories: Forty-Five Years of Fiction in the Flesh Jun 7 - 24, 2000
• Descent: A Darwinian Comedy May 4 - 20, 2000
• This Is A Test Jan 17 - Feb 6, 2000
• Flesh and Blood Dec 10, 1999 - Jan 9, 2000
• Melville Boys, The Nov 10 - 14, 1999
• Travesties Oct 24 - Nov 7, 1999
• Playboy Stories: Forty-Five Years of Fiction in the Flesh, The Jun 7 - 24, 1998