Dixon Place
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Dixon Place is an Obie Award winning, Off-Off Broadway New York City theater devoted exclusively to presenting original pieces of theater, dance, performance art and literature that are works in progress.
[edit] History
Dixon Place was founded in 1986 as a non-profit organization by artistic director Ellie Covan. Working through several workshop series', commissioned artists and festivals Dixon Place hosts about 400 artists annually [1].
Some notable performance artists who have done work at Dixon Place include Reno, David Cale, Holly Hughes, Frank Maya, Craig Lucas [2], Lisa Kron, John Leguizamo [3], Alva Rogers and the Blue Man Group.
The theater won Obie Award grants in 1990 and 1999. In 1999 the theater won the Edwin Booth Award for Excellence in Theater.
[edit] New Space
Dixon Place is planning to move to its new space at 161 Chrystie Street at some point in 2008. The theater will include a fully-equipped, flexible, 130 seat laboratory theater, a community space with a lounge and smaller second stage, and a rehearsal studio. Dixon Place has estimated their programming and services will double in the first three years of the space's existence.
