ART/New York: Founded in 1972, A.R.T./New York assists over 400 member theatres in managing their theatre companies effectively so they may realize their rich artistic visions and serve their diverse audiences well. Over nearly five decades, A.R.T./New York has earned a reputation as a leader in providing progressive services to our members—from shared office and rehearsal spaces to technical assistance programs for emerging theatres—which have made the organization an expert in the needs of the New York City nonprofit theatre community.
Pipeline Theatre Company was founded in 2009 at the Atlantic Acting School, presenting Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Love of the Nightingale. With Charles Busch’s cult classic, Psycho Beach Party, in 2010, came the beginning of another facet of Pipeline, the Second Stage projects followed by the Brave New Works series. After seven successful installments of this series, Pipeline refocused second stage programming on directly supporting playwrights to create finished plays through the PlayLab in 2014. To date, Pipeline’s productions have included: Alex Mills’ Shakespeare the Dead (World Premiere, part of the Dream Up! Festival at Theater for the New City); Bekah Brunstetter’s Fat Kids on Fire (directed by Tony-nominee Peter Frechette); Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle (2011 NY IT Award for Best Original Score for composer Cormac Bluestone, Nomination for Best Lighting Design for Eric Southern, ITBA Special Citation for Outstanding Production); Colby Day’s Felix & The Diligence (World Premiere, 2012 NY IT Award Nomination for Best Set Design for Andy Yanni); Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Ash Girl (directed by Jessika Doyel), Colby Day’s Giant Killer Slugs (World Premier, part of the Dream Up! Festival at Theater for the New City), Adam Szymkowicz’s Clown Bar, (New York Times Critics Pick, 2013 NY IT Award Nominations for Outstanding Featured Actor for Andrew Farmer, for Outstanding Featured Actress for Kelley Rae O’Donnell, for Outstanding Ensemble, and for Outstanding Costume Design for Meghan Gaber), Nate Weida’s folk gibberish musical BYUIOO (world premier), Andrew Farmer’s The Gray Man (world premier), Jason Craig and Dave Malloy’s Beardo (New York premiere; Drama Desk Nominee for Outstanding Music, Dave Malloy), Jaclyn Backhaus’ Folk Wandering (created with a team of nine singer songwriters, world premiere), and upcoming Kevin Armento, Jaki Bradley, and Marcus Miller’s Playing Hot (Spring 2019).
