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Theater for the New City
Venue Location and Information
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155 First Avenue New York, NY 10003
212-254-1109 www.theaterforthenewcity.net 155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets Take the L train to First Avenue; 6 train to Astor Place.  Handicapped Accessible  Air Conditioned
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About This Venue
 Theatre for the New City is an integral East Village arts complex. Comprised of four spaces, ranging in size from 74 to 240, the company continually churns out experimental and innovative productions. TNC is a Pulitzer Prize-winning center dedicated to the discovery of relevant new writing and the nurturing of new American playwrights.
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Past Productions
Soldier Boys Nov 9, 2009
DQT Fundraiser Play and Cabaret Nov 7, 2009
The Seagull Sep 29 - Oct 17, 2009
To Love and to Cherish Sep 3 - 20, 2009
Swimming in the Shallows Aug 28 - 30, 2009
Hecuba Aug 13 - 23, 2009
Out of Whack: The All-Kids Rock Musical Workshop Jun 14 - 17, 2009
Auto Graphic Novel Jun 8, 2009
Belle of the Ball Bearings Jun 4 - 21, 2009
In The Silence Of The Heart May 28 - Jun 14, 2009
All Aboard The Marriage Hearse Apr 23 - May 16, 2009
Paula: A Concert Apr 9 - 26, 2009
The Lonely Soldier Monologues (Women At War In Iraq) Mar 5 - 22, 2009
Laugh, Damn Ya, Laugh! Feb 5 - 21, 2009
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Jan 30 - Feb 8, 2009
Stay Over Jan 8 - 31, 2009
Here Comes the Change Dec 18, 2008 - Jan 4, 2009
Times Square Angel Dec 15, 2008
Nutcracker: Rated R Dec 10, 2008 - Jan 3, 2009
Shadowboxing Dec 10 - 14, 2008
The Sourdough Philosophy Circus (for kids of all ages) Dec 4 - 21, 2008
The Sourdough Philosophy Spectacle and Circus (for grownups) Dec 4 - 21, 2008
The Very Sad Story of Ethel & Julius Nov 28 - Dec 14, 2008
Wonder Woman Wears Raggedy Ann Pajamas Nov 17, 2008
Dancing in the Dark Nov 13 - 30, 2008
For Flow Nov 8 - 23, 2008
31st Annual Village Halloween Costume Ball Oct 31, 2008
Nobody Suspects a Butterfly Oct 23 - 24, 2008
Militant Language Oct 20, 2008
Spirited Astray Oct 16 - 19, 2008
No Applause, Just Throw Money Sep 18 - Oct 5, 2008
King of Shadows Sep 7 - 28, 2008
Eksua Itsi: Behind the Mirror Aug 8 - 9, 2008
Make It So Jun 19 - Jul 13, 2008
Brunch at the Luthers Jun 19 - Jul 6, 2008
Forbidden City West Jun 18 - Jul 2, 2008
Crother Spyglass and The Resistible Rise of Fatlinda Paloka Jun 11 - 15, 2008
The Great American All-Star Traveling War Machine May 16 - Jun 15, 2008
Phallic Fables: A Rabelaisian Epic May 1 - 18, 2008
Whistle Me Higher - Imaginary Dances From Bingo Palace May 1 - 4, 2008
On Naked Soil - Imagining Anna Akhmatova Apr 12 - May 4, 2008
Collapsing Universe Apr 10 - 27, 2008
From A Long Last Poem Before Dying Apr 10 - 27, 2008
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether Apr 10 - 27, 2008
New York Uke Fest 2008 Apr 3 - 6, 2008
Sex! Drugs! & Ukuleles! Mar 13 - Apr 6, 2008
The Further Adventures of Uncle Wiggily: Windblown Visitors Feb 28 - Mar 23, 2008
The Man Who Appear**ed Feb 28 - Mar 9, 2008
Looking Up: A Romance with Trapeze Feb 21 - Mar 2, 2008
Topless Go-Go Girls at the Troll Hole Jan 28, 2008
Amerindians: The Return Jan 17 - 20, 2008
Swing Dec 10, 2007
Jester of Tonga Dec 6 - 9, 2007
Night Shade Dec 6 - 9, 2007
Nutcracker: Rated R Nov 29 - Dec 23, 2007
Divine Reality Comedy Circus Nov 29 - Dec 16, 2007
The Divine Reality Comedy Nov 29 - Dec 16, 2007
Tiger Plus Nov 29 - Dec 2, 2007
Tin Lightning Nov 29 - Dec 2, 2007
Ryuji Sawa the Return Nov 6 - 11, 2007
Village Halloween Costume Ball Oct 31, 2007
Globesity Festival: Hunger Strike Theatre Oct 22 - 28, 2007
Night Over Taos Oct 1 - 20, 2007
The Poison Man Jun 7 - 24, 2007
The Well of Immortality Jun 7 - 10, 2007
9/11: Voices Unheard Jun 1 - 23, 2007
Love In Tears And Laughter May 31 - Jun 17, 2007
In the Schoolyard May 4 - 20, 2007
My Inner Mark Berman May 3 - 20, 2007
New York Uke Fest 2007 Apr 26 - 29, 2007
Before God Was Invented Apr 5 - 22, 2007
Betty & The Belrays Mar 8 - Apr 1, 2007
Sleep Over Mar 8 - 25, 2007
The Further Adventures of Uncle Wiggily: Windblown Visitors Mar 1 - 25, 2007
Parental Consent Mar 1 - 18, 2007
Artfuckers Feb 17 - Mar 4, 2007
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers: Annual Dance Concert and Pow Wow Feb 9 - 18, 2007
Brooklyn Playwrights Collective: Winter Showcase of Readings Feb 5 - 6, 2007
Voideville, The Last Show on Earth Feb 1 - 18, 2007
Greener Grasses Jan 11 - Feb 4, 2007
Angry Young Women in Low-Rise Jeans with High Class Issues Jan 4 - Feb 24, 2007
Nutcracker: Rated R Dec 14, 2006 - Jan 6, 2007
Woden Dec 14 - 30, 2006
Tully (In No Particular Order) Dec 8 - 10, 2006
An Optimistic Picture Dec 7 - 23, 2006
The Battle of the Terrorists and the Horrorists Nov 30 - Dec 17, 2006
Everything is Fine Circus Nov 30 - Dec 17, 2006
The New York Arab-American Comedy Festival: Sketch Comedy Nights Nov 17 - 19, 2006
Walk The Mountain Nov 14 - Dec 3, 2006
Job's Passion Nov 9 - Dec 3, 2006
Theatre Of Science Nov 9 - 12, 2006
Theater for the New City's 30th annual Village Halloween Costume Ball Oct 31, 2006
How I Fixed My Engine with Rose Water Oct 19 - 22, 2006
The Traveler Oct 19 - 22, 2006
Boom Oct 15, 2006
Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival Oct 12 - 22, 2006
Slow Ascent Oct 12 - 15, 2006
Warhol Oct 12 - 15, 2006
Greater Buffalo Oct 7 - 22, 2006
The Liar Oct 6 - 7, 2006
Corrective Lens Oct 5 - 22, 2006
Allende Sep 21 - Oct 8, 2006
The Funniest Show in the World... Sep 7 - Oct 1, 2006
Circus Contraption's Grand American Traveling Dime Museum Aug 11 - Sep 23, 2006
The Pisces Encounter Jul 24, 2006
Greater Buffalo Jun 19, 2006
Jesus and Mandy Jun 10 - Jul 2, 2006
Luo Shen Jun 8 - 25, 2006
Desert Sunrise May 5 - 21, 2006
Suck Sale...and Other Indulgences May 4 - 21, 2006
The Wendy Osserman Dance Company May 4 - 14, 2006
NY Uke Fest Apr 27 - 30, 2006
Long Time Passing Mar 9 - Apr 2, 2006
What Do I Know About War? Mar 9 - 26, 2006
Rue Mar 3 - 19, 2006
Republic Of Iqra Feb 23 - Mar 19, 2006
The Liberation of Little Lulu or Martin Luther King Detained in Limbo Feb 16 - Mar 4, 2006
3rd Annual Love N' Courage Benefit Feb 13, 2006
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Children's Performance Feb 11 - 19, 2006
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Annual Dance Concert & Pow-Wow Feb 10 - 18, 2006
Follies of Grandeur Feb 2 - 19, 2006
The Art of Love Jan 12 - Feb 5, 2006
Trouble Jan 12 - Feb 5, 2006
The Funniest Show in the World About the History of Comedy... Jan 12 - Feb 4, 2006
The Love Show Jan 12 - 29, 2006
Times Square Angel Dec 19, 2005
Your Town Dec 15 - 30, 2005
Fear Itself: Secrets of the White House Dec 10, 2005 - Jan 8, 2006
Bread & Puppet Theater in Cardboard Celebration Circus Dec 10 - 18, 2005
Bread & Puppet Theater in The National Circus and Passion of the Correct Moment Dec 8 - 23, 2005
Mrs. Wright's Escape (Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival) Dec 8 - 11, 2005
Nikolai Gogol's The Nose (Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival) Dec 8 - 11, 2005
Catskill Sonata Dec 1, 2005 - Jan 1, 2006
Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival Dec 1 - 11, 2005
The Adventures of Charcoal Boy (Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival) Dec 1 - 4, 2005
Portraits - Night & Day (Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival) Dec 1 - 4, 2005
Beyond the Mirror Nov 17 - Dec 4, 2005
My Julliard Nov 11 - 27, 2005
Legend of the Siguanaba Nov 10 - 20, 2005
Shock and Awe A-Go-Go Nov 4 - 29, 2005
Allende Nov 3 - 27, 2005
TNC's 29th Annual Village Halloween Costume Ball Oct 31, 2005
We Are The Sperm Cells Oct 5 - 23, 2005
Desert Sunrise Sep 29 - Oct 23, 2005
Soul Searching Sep 8 - Oct 2, 2005
Homeland Sep 8 - 25, 2005
Circus Contraption's Grand American Traveling Dime Museum Sep 1 - Oct 1, 2005
Parallel Lives Aug 26 - Sep 10, 2005
You Two Should Have Your Own HBO Special Aug 12 - Sep 2, 2005
Bangladesh Theatre of America (BTA) in A Man Died Jun 25 - Jul 3, 2005
The Scaffolding: A Chamber Opera Jun 23 - 26, 2005
Pier 13 Jun 2 - 19, 2005
Ren Ah, Ren (You, O You Humans) Jun 2 - 19, 2005
Six Characters: Best Show Ever! Jun 2 - 19, 2005
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts May 27 - 29, 2005
Cabaret Re-Voltaire Ad Libitum: A Seance To Raise The Spirit! May 6 - 15, 2005
DADAnewyork in Cabaret Re-Voltaire ad Libitum: A Séance to Raise the Spirit May 6 - 15, 2005
Riding The Bull Apr 28 - May 22, 2005
Homeland Apr 21 - May 15, 2005
Wise Guise: The Craig, Scott, Juan & Dan Show Apr 14 - 30, 2005
Orange Flower Water Apr 7 - May 8, 2005
Narcisse Apr 7 - 10, 2005
Fore New York Mar 31 - Apr 3, 2005
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus: The Cavalcade of Youth Mar 13 - 27, 2005
We Are The Sperm Cells Mar 9 - 20, 2005
Epstein & Hassan in You Two Should Have Your Own HBO Special Mar 4 - Apr 29, 2005
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus: From the Gutter to the Glitter Feb 25 - Apr 3, 2005
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret Feb 24 - Mar 31, 2005
The Ballad of Baxter Street Feb 24 - Mar 13, 2005
Waiting: A Trilogy Feb 24 - Mar 13, 2005
Love 'N Courage Feb 7, 2005
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Feb 4 - 13, 2005
Finding Claire Feb 3 - 20, 2005
Honky Tonk Tornado Warnings Feb 3 - 20, 2005
Wasted: The History/Mystery of Public Education in the United States and How It Got That Way Jan 20 - Feb 19, 2005
The Axis of Evil Vaudeville Revue Jan 14 - 23, 2005
Why? Dec 16, 2004 - Jan 9, 2005
Pride and Soul Dec 16 - 19, 2004
Times Square Angel Dec 13, 2004
Lavinia Co-Op in Installations Instillettos Dec 9 - 12, 2004
Bread & Puppet Theatre Presents Upside Down World Circus Dec 4 - 19, 2004
Best Sex of the XX Century Sale Dec 3, 2004 - Jan 17, 2005
Bread & Puppet Theatre's World on Fire & Daughter Courage Dec 2 - 19, 2004
Piecework Nov 20 - Dec 12, 2004
Secret Agent Nov 18 - Dec 5, 2004
Un-Lonely Planet Nov 11 - 21, 2004
Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival Nov 4 - 14, 2004
Theater for the New City's Annual Halloween Ball Oct 31, 2004
Pub Oct 7 - 24, 2004
The Sun Shall Rise Oct 1 - 17, 2004
The Claiming Race Sep 18 - Oct 17, 2004
New Love Sep 16 - Oct 3, 2004
Beyond the DMZ Sep 16 - 19, 2004
Saint Arlecchino Sep 10 - Oct 2, 2004
Foul Shots Sep 9 - Oct 3, 2004
Dubya & the Gang of 7 Aug 30 - Sep 2, 2004
Ring of Death Jun 10 - 27, 2004
City Light Jun 4 - 5, 2004
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! Jun 3 - 20, 2004
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts May 28 - 30, 2004
Second Skin May 20 - 24, 2004
Variations in a Foreign Land V May 13 - 16, 2004
Rite of Return Apr 29 - May 23, 2004
Nossig's Antics Apr 22 - May 23, 2004
Soldier Boys Apr 22 - May 23, 2004
Pyrates! The Courtship Chronicles Apr 15 - May 9, 2004
Elaina Vance's Last Dance Apr 2 - 25, 2004
American Eyeball Apr 1 - 17, 2004
Hello Mrs. President Mar 26 - 27, 2004
The Fist Mar 25 - Apr 11, 2004
Tulips and Cadavers Mar 18 - Apr 11, 2004
Baggage Claim Mar 11 - 13, 2004
Big Love Feb 27 - Mar 14, 2004
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers Feb 13 - 22, 2004
Love 'n Courage Feb 9, 2004
LIV'N DEAD Jan 16 - 31, 2004
One Innocent Woman Dec 10 - 28, 2003
Victory Over Everything Circus (Bread & Puppet) Dec 6 - 21, 2003
Muslim Glitter Dec 4 - 28, 2003
How to Turn Distress into Success and Standing-in-the-way-Bystander Commemoration Dec 3 - 21, 2003
Bread and Puppet Double Bill Dec 3 - 20, 2003
September's Song Nov 28 - Dec 14, 2003
Legends in Our Own Minds: The Wycherly Sisters Nov 21 - Dec 7, 2003
Machinal Nov 15 - Dec 6, 2003
An Evening With Johnny Valiant Nov 15 - 29, 2003
Romeo and Juliet (Bond Street Theatre) Nov 12 - 16, 2003
Living in Virtual Paradise Nov 6 - 23, 2003
Theater for the New City's Annual Halloween Ball Oct 31 - 30, 2003
Kick, Slaps, and Tickles Stage Combat Workshop Oct 26, 2003
Physical Actresses of the 19th Century Lecture Oct 25, 2003
Whip Cracking Workshop Oct 25, 2003
Camilla: Vergil's Warrior Princess Oct 19 - 24, 2003
Female Gladiators Lecture Oct 18, 2003
Intro to Swordfighting Workshop Oct 18, 2003
Women-at-Arms Festival 2003 Oct 16 - 26, 2003
Women-at-Arms Short Plays Oct 16 - 26, 2003
Legends in Our Own Minds: The Wycherly Sisters Oct 3 - 19, 2003
World War 3 Illustrated Release Party Sep 29, 2003
The Identical Same Temptation Sep 18 - Oct 26, 2003
Cherry Hill Sep 3 - 21, 2003
Survived By Aug 8 - 17, 2003
Spettacolo Provolone Jun 5 - 15, 2003
The Soongs: By Dreams Betrayed May 30 - Jun 8, 2003
Lean on the Wind May 29 - Jun 15, 2003
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts May 23 - 25, 2003
Minus One May 1 - 18, 2003
Last of the Suns Apr 27 - May 11, 2003
The Alchemists Apr 26 - May 18, 2003
Resistance Apr 26, 2003
Destiny Manifested Apr 24 - May 11, 2003
The Vengeance of Mami Wata Apr 10 - 27, 2003
Destinations Apr 3 - 13, 2003
The Lady Was a Gentleman Mar 20 - Apr 13, 2003
The Golden Bear Mar 13 - Apr 6, 2003
Cabaret Re-Voltaire III - Beautiful Absurdities Mar 13 - 30, 2003
Khaddish in East Jerusalem Mar 13 - 30, 2003
Abbott's Dance Mar 6 - 8, 2003
A Perfect Picture of Picture Perfect Feb 20 - Mar 9, 2003
Destinations Feb 12 - Mar 2, 2003
The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers In Concert Feb 7 - 16, 2003
The Volunteer Jan 30 - Feb 16, 2003
Pure Thoughts and Dirty Loving Jan 23 - Feb 9, 2003
World War Zero Jan 16 - Feb 2, 2003
At a Plank Bridge Jan 9 - 26, 2003
The Vengeance of Mami Wata Dec 26 - 29, 2002
Cardboard Circus Dec 7 - 22, 2002
Democracy in Islam Dec 5 - 29, 2002
The Oratorio of the Possibilitarians Dec 5 - 15, 2002
Oratorio of the Possibilitarians Dec 4 - 22, 2002
Ichssa Mrittu Nov 29 - Dec 8, 2002
Dreams of a Picture Bride Nov 7 - 24, 2002
Once Around the Sun Nov 7 - 24, 2002
Open Sky Nov 7 - 24, 2002
Phoenix Park (A Poet's Journey) Nov 7 - 24, 2002
Sudden Enlightenment Nov 7 - 24, 2002
Theater for the New City's 29th Annual Village Halloween Costume Ball Oct 31, 2002
Women-at-Arms Festival Oct 3 - 6, 2002
Connections Sep 24 - Oct 20, 2002
Stalking Christopher Walken Aug 11 - 24, 2002
Portrait of a President Aug 10 - 25, 2002
In the Swing Aug 10 - 24, 2002
The Making of the Black Man Aug 10 - 24, 2002
Sajjil Aug 10 - 24, 2002
Dismiss All the Poets Aug 10 - 23, 2002
Last Call Aug 10 - 21, 2002
It's All About Me Aug 9 - 25, 2002
Wasting Zen Aug 9 - 25, 2002
One (the Other) Aug 9 - 22, 2002
Orestia Jun 6 - 15, 2002
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts 2002 May 24 - 26, 2002
The Golden Spiral May 3 - 18, 2002
Eulogy for the Blackman May 2 - 19, 2002
The Murals of Rockefeller Center Apr 16 - May 18, 2002
The Short ,Violent Life of Margie Good Apr 6 - 28, 2002
Cabaret Re-Voltaire Encore--Beyond Civilized Apr 4 - 21, 2002
Chocolate in Heat -- Growing Up Arab in America Feb 21 - Mar 10, 2002
Dream Star Cafe Jan 31 - Mar 3, 2002
The Cock Machine Jan 31 - Feb 24, 2002
The Gates of Hell Jan 31 - Feb 24, 2002
Insurrection Mass Dec 6 - 30, 2001
The Depleted Uranium Cantata Dec 6 - 22, 2001
Peter Pan Nov 27 - Dec 22, 2001
The Asthma Conspiracy Nov 8 - Dec 2, 2001
New Day Nov 8 - Dec 2, 2001
Theater for the New City Halloween Costume Ball Oct 31, 2001
Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself Oct 5 - Dec 1, 2001
Morning Milking, Evening Milking Oct 4 - 21, 2001
It's Not My Fault, It Was on Fire When I Got There Sep 27 - Oct 14, 2001
Babes in America Sep 13 - 30, 2001
2001: A Downtown Stage Oddity Sep 10, 2001
The Hat Left Behind Sep 6 - 23, 2001
Chelsea Murder Mystery Aug 19 - 26, 2001
School for Salomes Aug 19 - 26, 2001
At Home with the Nixons! Aug 18 - 26, 2001
After Wednesday Aug 18 - 25, 2001
Curiouser & Curiouser Aug 17 - 26, 2001
Wrecking Ball Fundraiser Aug 16, 2001
Flamenco Twist Aug 13 - 25, 2001
Talking to Strangers Aug 12 - 23, 2001
Bang Big Aug 11 - 26, 2001
Jesus Gets the Blonde Aug 11 - 25, 2001
Equal Protection Aug 11 - 20, 2001
Man at Work Aug 11 - 17, 2001
Me, Myself and Groove! Aug 11 - 16, 2001
The Ballad of Larry the Flyer Aug 10 - 25, 2001
Loader #26 Aug 10 - 25, 2001
Never Live Long in Cages Aug 10 - 23, 2001
Headcase Aug 10 - 19, 2001
Wasn't Any Law Could Take Him Alive Aug 10 - 19, 2001
One Drives While the Other Screams Aug 10 - 18, 2001
Candida and Her Friends Jun 4 - 24, 2001
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts Jun 1 - 3, 2001
Okeechobee Split May 3 - 20, 2001
In the Jungle of the City May 2 - 26, 2001
The Lady in Question Apr 29, 2001
7 1/2 Secrets of a Very Successful Marriage Apr 5 - 21, 2001
The Zip Code of Atlantis Mar 29 - Apr 15, 2001
The Open Gate Mar 22 - Apr 6, 2001
The Tempest-Tossed Mar 15 - Apr 1, 2001
Sweet-Pea and the Duke Feb 22 - Mar 18, 2001
The Man Who Shot His Washing Machine Jan 25 - Feb 18, 2001
Sketching Utopia Jan 25 - Feb 18, 2001
Brecht on Brecht Dec 6 - 23, 2000
Village Halloween Costume Ball Oct 31, 2000
Sport-F**kers Oct 5 - 22, 2000
Gloria Oct 5 - 21, 2000
The Dance Sep 21 - Oct 8, 2000
House on Fire Jun 8 - 25, 2000
The Trails of Tears: A Drama from the Public Record Jun 8 - 25, 2000
Pope and the Witch, The May 3 - 21, 2000
Joanna Mar 30 - Apr 16, 2000
Benny's Barbershop Mar 16 - Apr 9, 2000
Bohemia on Wry Mar 9 - 26, 2000
Three by Grace (Paley) Mar 9 - 26, 2000
Gospel of Cyrus According to Cyrus, The Feb 17 - Mar 5, 2000
House on Fire Feb 14 - Mar 25, 2000
To Kiss the Cheek of the Moon Feb 12 - Mar 5, 2000
Bread and Puppet Circus Feb 12 - 20, 2000
Bread and Puppet Theater Feb 9 - 20, 2000
Baby Boomer, The Jan 27 - Feb 13, 2000
Jews & Christians in the End Zone Jan 16 - Feb 6, 2000
Idiot, The Dec 28, 1999 - Jan 23, 2000
Savannah Bay Nov 22 - Dec 19, 1999
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