Free Night NYC

October 15th 2009 was officially
"Free Night of Theater Day" in New York City!

This year over 100 theatre companies in New York City opened their doors to over 8,000 new theatergoers!

Thank you to all of the participating theaters and audience participants for making the Free Night of Theater program possible!

Check out pictures of the Free Night NYC celebration!

 

Free Night of Theater Ovation TV Spot from Theatre Communications Group on Vimeo.

Ovation TV is the only television channel dedicated to the arts and contemporary culture. From the mainstream to the avant garde, Ovation TV offers viewers a daily mashup of programming about artists and the art they create, including visual art, music, architecture, film, photography, performance art, dance, theater, design and more.

Many thanks to Free Night NYC's Participating Theatres! :

52nd Street Project
59E59 Theaters presenting Greenway Arts Alliance, Immediate Theater Company and Monarch Theater Company
Ars Nova
ATARA, The Arts & Torah Association for Religious Artists
Atlantic Theater Company
BAM presenting William Forsythe, So Percussion, Ex Machina / Theatre Sans Frontieres, Meredith Monk and Ann Hamilton, Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner, and Matthew Ritchie
BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange
BB Kings
Caribbean Cultural Theatre
Castillo Theatre/All Stars Project
Cherry Lane Theatre
Chocolate Factory Theater presenting John Jesurun
Classical Theatre of Harlem in association with Irish Arts Center
Dance Theater Workshop presenting Neal Medlyn and Dance Gang
Daryl Roth Theatre
Dixon Place presenting PAMELA SNEED and Superhero Clubhouse
DNA/Dance New Amsterdam presenting Eleanor Goudie-Averill/Stone Depot Dance Lab, Indah Boyle, Catherine Galasso, GoGoVertigoat Dance, Amanda Szeglowski/cakeface, and Makiko Tamura/small apple co, Howling Vicw/ Aimee Norwich's mini-orchestra, The Bill Murray Experience, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Dulce De Leche, Fetchin' Gretchen, Honi Harlow, Nasty Canasta, Plum Manchego, Robin Cloud, Susana Cook, Tallulah Love & Miss Wendyloo Jones
Dzieci
Electric Pear Productions at The Theatre at 30th Street
Emerging Artists Theatre Company
Epic Theatre Ensemble
galapagos art space presenting ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble) and Matt Haimovitz: Figment with Du Yun
Gingold Theatrical Group
HERE's Dream Music Puppetry Program & FiveMyles presenting Hanne Tierney
Highline Ballroom
Horizon Theatre Rep at the Flea
Horse Trade Theater Group presenting The Pumpkin Pie Show, The Dark Heart of Meteorology, and TOLD.
Ice Theatre of New York
Irish Repertory Theatre, The
KEEN COMPANY
La MaMa E.T.C. presenting Kendall Cornell and Clowns Ex Machina, The Talking Band and The Traveling Players
Lark Play Development Center
LPAC presenting Diane Walkstein and Anita Ratman.

Magis Theatre company
Manhattan Theatre Club
Ma-Yi Theatre Company
MCC Theater
Metropolitan Playhouse
New Federal Theatre
New Heritage Theatre Group
New Perspectives Theatre Company
New York Neo-Futurists
New York Theatre Experiment
Nursha Project
OneTime Productions and Baruch Performing Arts Center
Ontological-Hysteric Incubator presenting New York Neo-Futurists, Jennie MaryTai Liu, free103point9's Radio Festival NYC
Page 73 & New Georges
Pan Asian Repertory Theatre
Pearl Theatre Company
Performance Space 122 presenting Temporary Distortion, Morgan Thorson, John Jahnke/Hotel Savant and 31 Down
Primary Stages
Queens Theatre in the Park
Red Fern Theatre
Repertorio Espanol
Riant Theatre
Roundabout Theatre Company
ShakespeareNYC
St. Ann's Warehouse presents
DRUID Ireland
Swandive Studio
Take Wing And Soar Productions
Teatro IATI/I.A.T.I, Inc.
Teatro Las Tablas, Inc
terraNOVA Collective
The Actors Company Theatre
The Algonquin Theater
The Barrow Group
The Brick
The City Island Theater Group
The Clockwork Theatre
The Culture Project
The Ensemble Studio Theatre
The Flea
The Living Theatre
The Looking Glass Theatre
The Nerve Tank
The New Group with Immigrants' Theatre Project
The Public Theatre
The Secret Theatre
The Serious Theatre Collective
The Vineyard Theatre
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Theatre Group Dzieci
Toy Box Theatre Co.
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
Unidentified Artists
Wagner College Theatre
Wingspan Arts, Inc.
woken'glacier theatre company
Women's Project
WorkShop Theater Company

Free Night NYC is a joint initiative of the Arts & Business Council of New York, The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, the League of Independent Theater, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, The New York State Council on the Arts, and Theatre Development Fund brought together under Theatre Communication Group's national program.

Support for Free Night of Theater comes from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.