The city is our stage

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“Together with artists, we imagine theatre that has never been done before in places where it has never happened.”
— Anne Hamburger, Executive Artistic Director, En Garde Arts

Uncommon Voices - Upcoming events

  • Joan D. Firestone Award Ceremony

    October 22nd

    St. Michale’s Church - 225 W. 99th Street

    7pm

    Join us as we celebrate the extraordinary artists shaping the future of performance, featuring a special work-in-progress showing from JDFA 2024 award recipient, Taibi Magar, followed by a panel led by David Henry Hwang with Taibi, Irina Kruzhilina (former recipient)  and Flako Jimenez, our 2025 recipient. 

    The Joan D. Firestone Fund gives an unrestricted grant of $18,000 per year to an artist working at the intersection of theatre and social change.

  • Playdate! October

    OCTOBER 23rd PLAYDATE

    Maker’s Space - BUSHWICK

    Our intimate backyard performance series returns this fall, but this time we’re INDOORS and in BUSHWICK! showcasing emerging artists testing the boundaries of live performance.

    Featuring work from: Chloe Xtina, Lucy Parks Urbano, and MJ Upstairs with direction from Kaycie Sweeney and conceptual design by Cat Pfingst.An evening featuring works-in-progress that center on “yearning” -- insatiable sexual appetites, masochistic desire, and the intoxicating await of something explosive. Each piece explores the sexy fervor in wafting through the mundane, by different magical means.

en garde arts in the press

  • The Best Theater of 2024 List

    Vulture

  • "Affectionate, emotive, playful”

    The New York Times

  • “God bless companies like En Garde Arts... real trust and investment in big, weird, specific, local ideas.”

    New York Magazine