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The Public Theater is a major Off-Broadway performing arts venue and theater company located in New York City. Founded in 1954 by Joseph Papp, it has been housed in the former Astor Library building in the East Village since 1967. The institution is known for originating the free Shakespeare in the...

Almeida Theatre is a small but internationally respected producing house in Islington, London, founded in 1980 in a converted Victorian literary institute and known for bold revivals and new writing that frequently transfers to the West End and Broadway.

La Jolla Playhouse is a professional regional theater company located in La Jolla, California, founded in 1947 by actors Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. The theater has established a reputation for developing and premiering new works that subsequently transfer to Broadway, including "...

Playwrights Horizons is a nonprofit off-Broadway theater founded in 1971 in New York City, dedicated to producing new American plays and musicals. It has premiered works such as Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins, Stephen Karam's The Humans, and the musical Grey Gardens. Operating out of...

New York Theatre Workshop is a nonprofit Off-Broadway theater company founded in 1979 and based in Manhattan's East Village. It develops and produces new stage works, often supporting projects through readings, workshops, and full productions. The company presented the original New York production o...

The Berkeley Repertory Theatre is a nonprofit regional theater located in Berkeley, California, founded in 1968. It has gained national recognition for its commitment to producing bold new plays and adaptations, receiving the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in 1997. The institution serve...

Founded in Edinburgh in 1963, the Traverse Theatre is a dedicated venue for the development and production of new dramatic writing. It is a major institution for contemporary performing arts in Scotland and frequently serves as a central hub during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The company originat...

Manhattan Theatre Club is a nonprofit theatrical production company based in New York City. Founded in 1970, the organization operates across both Broadway and off-Broadway venues, including the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre and New York City Center. The company focuses on developing and producing new...

Bush Theatre is a producing theatre in Shepherd's Bush, London, founded in 1972 above a pub and celebrated for premiering new plays, relocating to its current purpose-built home in a former library in 2017.

Second Stage Theatre is an American theater company founded in New York in 1979 to produce works by living American playwrights. It programs new and contemporary plays and became a Broadway-producing organization when it took over the Hayes Theater as its primary venue in 2018.

The Vineyard Theatre is a non-profit off-Broadway theater company located in the Union Square neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1981, the organization is dedicated to producing bold new theatrical works and fostering the development of emerging and established playwrights. It has a long hist...

Atlantic Theater Company is a nonprofit Off-Broadway theater organization founded in New York City in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy, and fellow collaborators. Its artistic approach was shaped by the Practical Aesthetics acting technique developed by Mamet and Macy. The company produces new pl...

Soho Theatre is a producing and presenting venue on Dean Street, London, opened in 2000 and dedicated to developing new comedy and theatre writing, with a particular reputation for nurturing emerging talent.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is a nonprofit theater founded in Washington, D.C., in 1980 by Howard Shalwitz, Roger Brady, and Linda Reinisch. It specializes in provocative new work, including plays that address American politics, identity, and social conflict, and has supported emerging and underr...

Hampstead Theatre is a producing theater in Swiss Cottage, northwest London, founded by director James Roose-Evans in 1959. New writing has been central to its program since its first season, which included Harold Pinter's The Room and The Dumb Waiter. Its purpose-built 325-seat main venue opened in...

The Finborough Theatre is a small fringe venue located above the Finborough Arms pub in Earl's Court, West London. Founded in 1980 by director Simon Callow and producer Peter Jay, the 50-seat theatre has built a national reputation for staging new writing and rediscovering neglected plays, particula...

Kiln Theatre is a producing venue in Kilburn, London, founded in 1980 as the Tricycle Theatre and renamed in 2018, known for politically engaged new work and verbatim theatre exploring multicultural themes.

New Diorama Theatre is a nonprofit performance venue near Euston in London, opened in 2010. It focuses on developing and presenting work by independent theater companies and ensembles, including emerging groups creating new productions. In addition to hosting performances in an intimate auditorium,...