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HERE Arts Center

Field	Value
name	HERE Arts Center
native_name_lang
image	File:Dominick St 6th Av td (2018-11-07) 05 - HERE Arts Center.jpg
address	145 Sixth Avenue
city	New York City
country	United States
public_transit	New York City Subway:
at Spring Street
at Houston Street
at Prince St.
NYCT Bus:
capacity	Mainstage: 150
Dorothy B. Williams: 71
type	Off-off-Broadway
opened	1993
website

at Spring Street at Houston Street at Prince St. NYCT Bus: Dorothy B. Williams: 71

HERE Arts Center is a New York City off-off-Broadway producing and presenting venue, founded in 1993. Their location includes two stages specializing in hybrid performance, dance, theater, multi-media and puppetry in addition to art exhibition space and a cafe. Since 1993, HERE reports having supported over 15,000 artists and hosted over 1,000,000 audience members.

HERE is located in Hudson Square, Lower Manhattan, on 145 Avenue of the Americas, between Spring Street and Broome Street. In 2008 the space underwent extensive renovations which saw the venue take its current form.

History

Founded in 1993, The New York Times said HERE "has produced innovative new theatrical work since it was founded". Examples include productions of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, Basil Twist's Symphonie Fantastique, and Young Jean Lee's Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven. Work produced and presented at HERE has garnered 16 OBIE awards, two OBIE grants for artistic achievement, a 2006 Edwin Booth Award ("for Outstanding Contribution to NY Theatre") from the CUNY Graduate Center, seven TONY nominations, six Drama Desk nominations, two Berrilla Kerr Awards, two Bessie awards, four NY Innovative Theatre Awards and two Pulitzer Prizes and one nomination and two MacArthur fellowships. In 2005, HERE purchased its long-time home and completed a complete renovation in 2008, all through a five-year, $5 million "Secure HERE's Future" campaign. There are two theatres, a cafe, gallery, and support spaces. In July 2025 HERE announced the appointment of Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, and Lauren Miller as co-directors of the institution, succeeding founding artistic director Kristin Marting.

Prototype Festival

Main article: Prototype Festival

January 2013 marked the launch of the PROTOTYPE Opera/Theater/Now festival featuring contemporary artists from around the world, co-produced with Beth Morrison Projects. The festival lasts for less than two weeks and works are staged at various venues around New York City. The 2021 Prototype Festival occurred in a digital format. The 2022 festival had planned to return in person but had to be cancelled due to Covid.

Significant productions

Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues
Basil Twist's Symphonie Fantastique
Hazelle Goodman's On Edge
Young Jean Lee's Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven
Faye Driscoll's 837 Venice Boulevard
Basil Twist and Joey Arias's Arias with a Twist
Mohammed Fairouz's Sumeida's Song
2016 world premiere of Hansol Jung's Among the Dead

References

Isherwood, Charles. (2009-06-10). "Arts Groups Seek Safety in Numbers". The New York Times.
Soloski, Alexis. (2022-01-03). "Coronavirus Is Surging. Avant-Garde Arts Festivals Are Closing.". The New York Times.
Norman, Robert. (2016-11-14). "Review: Among the Dead at HERE".

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