Theater Labrador Inc

Programs: New georges is a strategically small theater company with a national reputation for launching exuberantly theatrical women artists and sustaining them individually, as collaborators, and as a community. Since 1992, we've cultivated our boundary-pushing aesthetic in a nimble, artist-driven production environment: committing to projects early, equipping them with processes rooted in strong collaborations, and providing steady artistic support. We serve the largest ongoing working community of women theater artists in new york city more than 200 playwrights, directors, actors and designers with premiere productions, a variety of play development programs, and the room, our permanent workspace and the year-round hub of our activities. Our community of artists uses the room for their own creative projects at subsidized rates a critical resource in manhattan, where the scarcity of affordable space has significant impact on new works development. Indeed, our 22-year commitment to providing our artists with free or low-cost workspace is unique among small theaters and has incubated thousands of new plays. New georges has premiered 45 new full-length plays and produced 12 festivals of new work; our plays and our people have received 3 obie awards, the lilly award, the susan smith blackburn and kesselring prizes, and the influx of new georges artists into the field over the last 25 years has had marked impact on the representation of women nationwide in theater, film, television and arts education. Fy17 programs included:mainstage production new georges produced the world premiere of (not) water, co-conceived by sheila callaghan and daniella topol, at 3ld art & technology center from june 5-30, as part of works on water, a month-long, multidisciplinary art event featuring (not) water and an inaugural triennial of art that works on, in and with the water;the audrey residencies, a year-long residency during which artists spend 3 weeks developing a new play in the room accompanied by monthly meetings;the jam, an ongoing collaboration-based lab for early-career playwrights and directors;subsidized workspace for affiliated artists in the room;new georges supported productions, a program that provides mentorship and an institutional platform to artists who produce their work independently;space grants/special projects, which include artist-initiated readings or workshop presentations of new works created or developed in the room;affiliated artist services, such as playwright/director matching; play library and casting files; networking events; and frequent e-mail blasts regarding opportunities at new georges and theaters nationwide.