Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York

At A.R.T./New York, a good bit of our work is done remotely. But this past week, our full-time staff gathered together for our annual staff retreat! This time together is always affirming and special — it's a time to pause the work so that we can celebrate wins, share challenges, address organizational ghosts, and dare to dream even bigger... for something that we deeply love — the theatre!

🎭 Cheers to our incredible staff and another year of doing what we love! 🎭

Join A.R.T./New York for a two-part virtual workshop series with Think Outside the Vox, led by Deaf and Blind accessibility experts Olivia Reinebach and Kwaku Darko.

📅 Session 1: June 10, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:15 PM
Explore alt text, image descriptions, captioning, and accessibility tools that strengthen your content and expand your reach.

📅 Session 2: June 24, 2026 | 11:00 AM–12:15 PM
Learn practical strategies for building an accessible social media practice that supports Deaf, Blind, and neurodivergent audiences.

Attend one or both sessions on Zoom — while designed to build on each other, each workshop can also stand alone.



Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc4r2961gqVTUpisaNErqmOvPqnRDbuWbk7fqFEJZeBDySUfw/viewform

Image Description: A purple promotional graphic for an upcoming A.R.T./New York Shout-Out event titled “Accessible Media & Marketing with Think Outside the VOX.” Large white and pink text at the top announces the event title. Beneath, bold black text reads: “June 10th & 24th | 11AM - 12:15PM.”
Centered on the graphic are side-by-side black-and-white portraits of the presenters against pink backgrounds. On the left is Olivia Reinebach, a Hard of Hearing mixed Latinx with short dark brown curly hair and olive skin wears dark lipstick, a white shirt, blazer, and layered gold necklace, smiling. On the right is Kwaku Darko, a 5'8 African man with short black hair and a beard that frames his face and chin wears a grey t-shirt, a silver chain necklace and black sunglasses. Their names appear in bold black text inside pink geometric nameplates below each portrait.
Text below the portraits reads: “Join us for a two-part workshop series led by tech-savvy experts from the Deaf and Blind communities, presented by Think Outside the Vox. Join us for one or both sessions—while they are designed to build on each other, and we strongly encourage attending both, it is not required.”
The bottom of the graphic includes the Think Outside the Vox and A.R.T./New York logos, along with the text “Registration link in bio” next to an arrow icon.

📣 🎭 Up next at A.R.T./New York Theatres in June!!!

💫 Fear & Wonder | June 8 - 27 | Presented by Flux Theatre Ensemble
Forced to share a room at a conservative Christian summer camp, picture-perfect Ryan and cynical rebel Jabez expect nothing but a week of forced prayers. Instead, their late-night debates spark a magnetic, dangerous attraction that threatens everything they know. When the real world crashes in, will the fear of losing it all tear them apart, or will they risk everything to make something wonderful?

♥️ Rent | June 10 - 21 | Presented by EPIC Players
EPIC is over the moon to bring Rent to life—a rock musical that reimagines Puccini’s La Bohème for New York’s East Village in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Just as Puccini told the story of struggling artists in 19th-century Paris facing tuberculosis, Rent follows a new generation battling HIV/AIDS, poverty, and the search for love and belonging.

🌴 All We A One: The Braata Singers in Concert 2026 | Jun 26 - 28 | Presented by Braata Productions
A concert experience paying tribute to Caribbean storytelling through music, movement, and tradition. All We A One, translated as We Are All One (People), reflects the collective force of the Caribbean people – cultures bound by common roots, connected across Caribbean seas that both connect and separate us.

🎟️ Buy tickets and learn more about renting A.R.T./NY Theatre space HERE: https://www.art-newyork.org/upcoming-shows

ID: S1: A red curtain background. Atop the curtain is a white box outline and bold, white text reads: "Coming Up at A.R.T./New York Theatres - June 2026". Below the box is the A.R.T./NY logo.
S2: A light skinned man and dark skinned man smile at each other in front of colorful stained-glass windows.
S3: Bold, distressed multicolor blocks spelling RENT against a tan background.
S4: A bright green background with five singers in colorful outfits holding hands above a cheering crowd.

🥂✨ Our cups are full! Thank you to everyone who came out to the Community Forum this past Monday! What an incredible joy-filled, creative day with New York theatremakers and supporters!

🙏 🫶🏽Did you meet someone you're excited about working with at the Community Forum? Tag them in the comments!

A special thank you to our Vendors: Advance Collaborative, AMS Planning & Research, Arts FMS Financial Management Services, Bronx Arts, Consultability, Dance/NYC, The Drama League, Eisenkraft CPA, Entertainment Community Fund, Fisher Dachs Associates, Theatre Planning and Design, HowlRound Theatre Commons, IndieSpace, Jones & Co., Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Nonprofit HelpDesk (Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI)), Nonprofit New York, Parent Artist Advocacy League - P**L for Performing Arts, Producer Hub, Rebel Theatricals, RISE Theatre/ Maestra Music, Spektrix, TDF, Theatre Publ, and Webb Management!

🔥 🎭 Thank you to our Fireside Chat speakers — Sami Abu Shumays, Dani Barlow, Randi Berry, Talia Corren, and our wonderful facilitator Emily Sproch — for your insight and inspirations around collaboration and for bringing the room together in that moment!

A.R.T./New York is grateful for the generosity of our 2026 Community Forum Sponsors:
Presented by Arts FMS Financial Management Services
Supporting Vendors include 59E59 Theaters, Advance Collaborative, and Eisenkraft CPA

🥁 And drumroll, please...a HUGE shoutout to our host Signature Theatre Company and the incredible staff there for giving us a beautiful space to gather together and be under one roof. Thank you!

ID: S1: People seated in a circle during a "Meet and Great" session.
S2: A woman in red dress shakes hands with a Community Forum vendor, across a table of brochures as another vendor smiles.
S3: The Signature Theatre lobby with rows of vendor booths and people at tables along the walls under a wood-paneled ceiling.
S4: Theatremakers chatting in a bright lounge; two people seated in foreground, one laughing with a baseball cap, other people standing behind them and holding drinks.
S5: Two smiling vendors seated at a table with a laptop, brochures for ConsultAbility Services and piles of candy.
S6: Smiling light skinned woman with sunglasses on her head and a name tag shakes hands with a fellow theatremaker.
S7: The four Fireside Chat panelists and facilitator sit on stage, smiling and holding microphones.
S8: The Community Forum Spring 2026 poster with a floral border showcasing event times.

Calling all arts and culture workers! Join A.R.T./New York and Dance/NYC for a public share-out of the FY26 CDF Impact Survey and a timely conversation on the future of arts funding in New York City.

📊 Learn about key findings from this year’s survey and a four-year trend analysis examining the impact of the Cultural Development Fund across disciplines.

🎤 Featured Speakers:
Talia Corren, Executive Director, A.R.T./New York
Raquel Du Toit, Executive Director, Dance/NYC
Carrie Blake, ADC Consulting

📅 Monday, June 1st, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM ET
📍 Zoom

Join the conversation and discover how these findings can help strengthen advocacy for increased city investment in arts and culture.

Register Here: https://airtable.com/appklbe51biZvYqEE/pagUKOga5MjnE1Z8k/form

TIME CORRECTION! 🎭📣 Join us at the Culture for All Rally & NYC Budget Hearing!

The NYC Executive Budget is out — and now’s the time to advocate for stronger support for arts & culture. Join A.R.T./New York and fellow arts workers this Tuesday, May 26th at 10AM at City Hall Park!

Directions: 4, 5, 6 to Bk Bridge/City Hall
R to City Hall, 2/3 to Park Pace, J/Z to Chambers, A/C to Chambers

You will see Rally Organizers outside handing out T-Shirts and Posters at the location!

Budget hearings will take place throughout the day, and there are several ways to participate:
🎤 Testify in person at City Hall
💻 Join virtually via Zoom (register at least 24 hours in advance)
📝 Submit written testimony up to 72 hours after the hearings

🔗 Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccvp-jTjnZ8UdSR_MBvHZP-9aBm_zXmRlWTtRaMKdtwiCu9g/viewform



Image description: Bright pink graphic promoting an arts advocacy event hosted by A.R.T./New York. At the top is the A.R.T./New York logo, followed by large bold yellow and red text reading “JOIN US! ARTS & CULTURE RALLY.” Below, yellow text states “MAY 26TH | 10AM.” Additional text reads: “The NYC Executive Budget is out and we need your support to push for more! Join A.R.T./New York and your fellow arts and culture workers on May 26th for the Culture for All rally at City Hall Park. Budget hearings will be going on throughout the day!” The bottom of the graphic features silhouettes of a diverse crowd holding a banner that says “CULTURE FOR ALL,” including a person using a wheelchair. Red paint splatter accents decorate the corners of the poster.

🎭📣 Join us for the Culture for All Rally & NYC Budget Hearing!

The NYC Executive Budget is out — and now’s the time to advocate for stronger support for arts & culture. Join A.R.T./New York and fellow arts workers on May 26, 2026 at 9AM at City Hall Park!

Budget hearings will take place throughout the day, and there are several ways to participate:
🎤 Testify in person at City Hall
💻 Join virtually via Zoom (register at least 24 hours in advance)
📝 Submit written testimony up to 72 hours after the hearings

🔗 Learn more and take action here: https://council.nyc.gov/testify/



Image description: Bright pink graphic promoting an arts advocacy event hosted by A.R.T./New York. At the top is the A.R.T./New York logo, followed by large bold yellow and red text reading “JOIN US! ARTS & CULTURE RALLY.” Below, yellow text states “MAY 26TH | 9AM.” Additional text reads: “The NYC Executive Budget is out and we need your support to push for more! Join A.R.T./New York and your fellow arts and culture workers on May 26th for the Culture for All rally at City Hall Park. Budget hearings will be going on throughout the day!” The bottom of the graphic features silhouettes of a diverse crowd holding a banner that says “CULTURE FOR ALL,” including a person using a wheelchair. Red paint splatter accents decorate the corners of the poster.