Primary Stages Theater
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Primary Stages was founded in l984 by Casey Childs as a New York State non-profit theater company with the mission of producing new plays and fostering the artistic development of emerging and established playwrights.
In 2004, Primary Stages moved from its 99-seat home of 17 years on West 45th Street to the 199-seat theater at 59E59 Theaters, easily accessible by the 456NQR subway lines.
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[edit] History
Primary Stages has given life to more than 90 new plays, many of them world premieres, by writers such as Horton Foote, A.R. Gurney, Willy Holtzman, Julia Jordan, Romulus Linney, Donald Margulies, Christopher Durang, Terrence McNally, John Henry Redwood, John Patrick Shanley, Mac Wellman, Lee Blessing and David Ives.
Primary Stages 9th season included the world premiere of All in the Timing by David Ives, the most produced play in the United States during the 1995/1996 season[1]
[edit] Education
Primary Stages is host to the Dorothy Stresln New American Writers Group, which brings together six to eight emerging playwrights with the specific mission of creating new works for the American theater. The Group meets weekly to share and receive constructive feedback on the development of new works from its members along with the Primary Stages Artistic Director, Associate Artistic Director, and Literary Manager. Since its inception, over 45 full-length plays have been written in the Group, many of which have been produced by prominent local and national theaters including Long Wharf Theatre, Blue Light, South Coast Repertory, The New Group, New York Stage and Film, Cherry Lane Theatre, and of course, Primary Stages.
Current Members: Courtney Baron, Alex Beech, David Caudle[2], Darren Canady, and Rogelio Martinez
Past Members: Tanya Barfield, Brooke Berman, Andrew Case, Cusi Cram, Josh Fox, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Rinne Groff, Jerome Hairston, Rolin Jones, Julia Jordan, Dan O’Brien, Edwin Sanchez, Lucy Thurber, and Sheri Wilner.
[edit] Awards
The company has received eleven Obie Awards, three AUDELCO Awards for excellence in Black theatre, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama League Award and several Drama Desk nominations.[3]
