Cherry Lane Theatre, located at 38 Commerce Street in Greenwich Village, is the oldest and a front-runner of Off-Broadway theatre in New York. The theatre has been dedicated to not only the development of new American theatre works, but also diverse productions of both new and classic theatre plays since 1924.
In pursuit of the Cherry Lane’s mission, “To cultivate an urban artist colony, honor our groundbreaking history, and engage audiences as partners in creating theater that illuminates contemporary issues, and at its best, transforms the spirit,” its historical main-stage, the birthplace of Off-Broadway, has 179 seats, the art lighting system, sound equipment and enough space for crewmembers. Also, the studio theatre, 60-seat, is smaller than the mainstage, but it includes a full package of equipment and rooms. Two stages are available for rent, and thus the theatre company encourages the other independent film productions to perform their plays.
Not only do two different types of stages strongly support the production company’s mission, but also the theatre offers development programs, such as its famous program, Mentor Project. For its process, Cherry lane will start taking submissions around May or June. The staff gets approximately 150 submissions every year. The Mentor project costs estimated $250,000 every year to produce diverse …show more content…
They help young emerging playwrights learn a professional working process of production, especially meetings, readings and workshops. According to its officials, over 50 selected stories from Mentor Project have been produced since 1999, and the selected stories have been presented by a co-production with the other companies or produced by Cherry Lane Theatre. That indicates that the project offers great chances to young playwrights after development and
In pursuit of the Cherry Lane’s mission, “To cultivate an urban artist colony, honor our groundbreaking history, and engage audiences as partners in creating theater that illuminates contemporary issues, and at its best, transforms the spirit,” its historical main-stage, the birthplace of Off-Broadway, has 179 seats, the art lighting system, sound equipment and enough space for crewmembers. Also, the studio theatre, 60-seat, is smaller than the mainstage, but it includes a full package of equipment and rooms. Two stages are available for rent, and thus the theatre company encourages the other independent film productions to perform their plays.
Not only do two different types of stages strongly support the production company’s mission, but also the theatre offers development programs, such as its famous program, Mentor Project. For its process, Cherry lane will start taking submissions around May or June. The staff gets approximately 150 submissions every year. The Mentor project costs estimated $250,000 every year to produce diverse …show more content…
They help young emerging playwrights learn a professional working process of production, especially meetings, readings and workshops. According to its officials, over 50 selected stories from Mentor Project have been produced since 1999, and the selected stories have been presented by a co-production with the other companies or produced by Cherry Lane Theatre. That indicates that the project offers great chances to young playwrights after development and