New Georges

Since its founding in 1992, New Georges has gained a reputation for innovative productions of ambitious new plays, and as a productive home for the country’s most promising and accomplished women theater artists. New Georges is interested in the creativity and vision with which artists theatricalize the world, and in expanding the boundaries of contemporary theater in ways that challenge both artists and audiences. New Georges operates on two tiers: production and play/artist development. We are hands-on producers who work closely with director and playwright to bring highly theatrical works to audiences. And we provide essential resources and opportunities to an ever-growing community of affiliated artists, primarily through The Room, our permanent workspace for women theater artists, located at A.R.T./New York's Spaces at 520. New Georges has premiered 31 full-length plays and presented 10 festivals of new work; in addition, hundreds of projects have passed through The Room on their way to venues throughout New York City and beyond. We commit to our affiliated artists (150 playwrights, directors, actors and designers) for the long term, providing a community of colleagues they can draw upon as well as the resources and support they need to compete in a difficult field. At New Georges, we produce plays that take less-familiar form, by playwrights who experiment with language, structure or elements of production. Continuing to guide less conventional plays, and giving them first productions which argue for their viability, is our best chance – and our artists’ -- to impact and invigorate the American theater.