This year, inspired by the exciting wave of change afoot in American culture and politics, New York Theatre Experiment (NYTE) is embarking on an exploration of American theatre, voices, images, ideas, and themes. During this season-long endeavor, which we have affectionately dubbed “The American Experiment,” we will explore and celebrate great voices from the past with readings of some of the most influential and powerful American plays, and we will work to nurture new voices in the American theatre through several exciting initiatives designed to generate, support and produce new works.
This year, each month, we will present a reading of a great American work as part of One NYTE Stands: Great American Plays. We invite you to expand your knowledge of the American canon by participating in and/or attending these free monthly readings.
Also in development this year, and culminating this fall, New York Theatre Experiment will present Capture the Flag: A Festival of New Plays Inspired by Iconic American Photographs. NYTE will bring together playwrights, directors, and actors to participate in this exciting and unique collaboration. This past June, using a collection of selected iconic American photographs, photographer Leah Reddy restaged these powerful American images with the help of actors from the NYTE community. The resulting photographs were unveiled at NYTE’s Great American Pie-off, and will provide the inspiration for new works of theatre, which will be produced as part of the Capture the Flag Festival. We look forward to gathering a team of fantastic artists for this large and innovative project.
The programming described above is just the beginning of what we've got in store for 2008. As always, we will be hosting community events, readings of new works, creative and professional development events and much more.
We look forward to sharing it all with you!
