The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York celebrated the official opening of their two new state-of-the-art subsidized performances spaces located at 502 West 53rd Street. The venues seat up to 87 and 149, respectively, Tony winner Billy Porter hosted the ribbon-cutting ceremony January 18.
As previously announced, the 21 nonprofit companies that are occupying the space for its inaugural 2017–2018 season are Amas Musical Theatre, Broken Box Mime Theater, Buran Theatre, The Civilians, Dramatic Question Theatre, Houses on the Moon Theater Company, Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Movement Theatre Company, NAATCO, New Georges, New York City Children’s Theater, New York Neo-Futurists, One Year Lease Theater Company, Pioneers Go East Collective, Pipeline Theatre Company, The Play Company, Project Y, Prospect Theater Company, Target Margin Theater, Theater Breaking Through Barriers, and Transport Group Theatre Company.
Scroll through photos of the ribbon-cutting below:
