NYTW connected with close to 1,800 artists through our Artist Development Activities. These activities fostered col- laboration, growth and exploration for artists at all stages of their careers.


NYTW’s Usual Suspects, a community of 482 affiliated theatre artists, benefited from: free tickets to NYTW productions, the opportunity to present work in the Sus- pects’ Studio reading series, a Suspects membership website and free rehearsal space opportunities.


Artist Development Activities


This year, NYTW was able to offer a group of Usual Suspects the chance to travel through NYTW’s Suspects Abroad pro- gram. With generous funding from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, NYTW took a group of Usual Suspects to Israel and Palestine for extensive international exchange opportunities and to further our growing partnership with The Freedom Theatre of Jenin in the West Bank. Partici- pating Suspects included Lameece Issaq, Jacob Kader, Erin Mee, Naomi Wal- lace and Sturgis Warner. In addition, two Suspects spent four weeks teaching at The Freedom Theatre’s actor training program.


NYTW nurtured new work during Mondays @ 3 and Suspects Studios, offering art- ists attention from literary and casting staff and constructive feedback. This Season’s participating artists included playwrights Thomas Bradshaw, Winter Miller and William Mastrosimone and directors Francesca Zambello, Chay Yew and Daniel Aukin.


Our Emerging Artists of Color Fellow- ship Program provided rising artists the opportunity to further develop their talents while making use of the resources of an established nonprofit producing company. Previously granted to four artists, this year, NYTW awarded fellowships to six artists: directors Aravind Enrique Adyanthaya, Ed Sylvanus Iskandar and Pirronne Yousefzadeh, and playwrights Bushra Laskar, Jackie Sibblies Drury and Matthew Lopez.


As part of our Larson Lab Studios, NYTW granted small theatre companies or groups of theatre artists space and technical sup- port to mount developmental workshops in our 70-seat Fourth Street Theatre or third floor rehearsal studio. The following projects were part of our Larson Lab program: • Piece of My Heart, written by Daniel Goldfarb, Brett Berns and Cassandra Berns and directed by Leigh Silverman


• Shapeshifting: Veteran Voices, an evening of readings about lives trans- formed by war


• Recycling: Washi Tales, a multi- disciplinary performance of Japanese folktales directed by Elise Thoron


• A Movement of the Soul, a project for deaf actors by Carol Schneider and directed by Joe Cacaci


• Canary by Molly Rice and Ray Rizzo and directed by Rachel Chavkin


Through our Companies-in-Residence program, NYTW supported small theatre companies with guidance, free rehearsal space and office supplies. NYTW’s current Companies-in-Residence are celebrated experimental ensemble Elevator Repair Service and Noor Theatre, a company dedicated to supporting artists of Middle Eastern descent.


NYTW facilitated its 19th year of Summer Residencies at Dartmouth College, al- lowing artists to gather for project develop- ment and mentorship outside of New York City. Six projects received an intensive workshop, constructive feedback and a staged reading at Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center for the Arts. This year’s plays included: • Ole! written and performed by Carmelita Tropicana


• Benedictus by Motti Lerner • The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac Plus written and performed by Taylor Mac


• The Bandaged Place by Harrison David Rivers


• Draw the Circle written and performed by Deen


• The Anatomy of a Female Pope by Joan Vail Thorne


Top to bottom: (1) Jim Nicola, Linda Chapman and Geoffrey Scott with Fellows at Wagner College retreat, (2) Monday @ 3 rehearsal for Je Tremble, (3) NYTW Suspects Abroad at The Freedom Theatre, (4) Usual Suspect Karen Kandel in Recycling: Washi Tales performance as part of Larson Lab Studios.


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