Incubator Arts Project Explained

Incubator Arts Project
Address:131 East 10th Street
City:New York City
Country:United States
Capacity:80
Type:Off-Off-Broadway
Opened:1992
Reopened:2010
Yearsactive:1992-2014
Closed:2014
Othernames:Ontological Theater, Incubator

The Incubator Arts Project was an Off-Off-Broadway theater located above St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City.

History

Ontological Theater (1992-2005)

In 1992, Richard Foreman founded the Ontological Theater at St. Marks as a home for his theater company, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.[1] The space hosted 18 of Foreman's original works, in addition to curating works by several emerging downtown theater companies and artists, including Radiohole, Elevator Repair Service, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, Richard Maxwell and Young Jean Lee.[2]

Incubator (2005-2010)

The theater's many emerging artists programs were restructured in 2005 by artistic directors Morgan von Prelle Pecelli and Shannon Sindelar under the umbrella "Incubator," including a residency program for premieres, two annual music festivals, a regular concert series, a serial work-in-progress program called Short Form, and various roundtables and salons.[3] [4]

Incubator Arts Project (2010-2014)

In 2010, Richard Foreman's theater company left the theater at St. Marks, and the theater was renamed the Incubator Arts Project, led by director-producers Sindelar and Samara Naeymi, designer Peter Ksander, production manager Brendan Regimbal, and composer Travis Just.[5] The newly formed company received a 2010 Obie Award grant and continued to curate a season of new emerging artists, through their New Performance Series, Short Form, Music, and an annual festival, Other Forces. Presented artists included Banana Bag & Bodice, The Debate Society, Daniel Fish, Half Straddle, Hoi Polloi, Object Collection, Buran Theatre, Theater of a Two-Headed Calf, Vampire Cowboys, and Witness Relocation.[6]

In early 2014, the Incubator Arts Project announced it would be closing on July 1, 2014.[7] [8] The former Incubator Arts space is now occupied by the offices and dance school of the New York Theater Ballet.[9]

Notable Productions

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Als, Hilton. "Richard Foreman takes on the ghosts of imperialism". The New Yorker, January 26, 2004
  2. Shaw, Helen. "Richard Foreman's Ontological Theater Leaves St. Marks". Time Out New York, April 16, 2010
  3. News: About. New York . Richard Foreman's website.
  4. Healy, Patrick. "Incubator Arts Project to Close". New York Times, April 16, 2014
  5. Shaw, Helen. "Incubator Arts Project". Time Out New York, July 26, 2010
  6. News: In Performance, January 10, 2013. New York . Contemporary Performance website .
  7. News: The Incubator Arts Project Says Goodbye. New York . TCG Circle .
  8. Spokony, Sam. "Incubator Arts Project to Close" The Villager, May 29, 2014
  9. News: A New Home for New York Theater Ballet. New York . New York Times ArtsBeat .
  10. Web site: Productions . Ontological.com . 2018-09-21.
  11. Web site: Elevator Repair Service: Timeline by Year . Elevator.org . 2018-09-21.
  12. Web site: BEN BRANTLEY . Theater in Review - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 1996-06-12 . 2018-09-21.
  13. Web site: RONNIE BRITTON . The Salary May Be Tiny, but It's Priceless Practice - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 1997-01-12 . 2018-09-21.
  14. Web site: JESSE MCKINLEY . Playwright's Trademark Is Deadpan. Now He Wants to Tweak It. - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2006-01-18 . 2018-09-21.
  15. Web site: BEN BRANTLEY . THEATER IN REVIEW; Women Trying to Be Madonnas: The Biblical Variety, That Is - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2000-06-27 . 2018-09-21.
  16. Web site: BEN BRANTLEY . THEATER REVIEW; In This Mind's Décor, Sex Is No Love Seat - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2003-01-17 . 2018-09-21.
  17. Web site: Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals (2003) - Young Jean Lee's Theater Company Archive . Youngjeanlee.org . 2018-09-21.
  18. Web site: LongYarnfirst production: 2016 . Shows . Bananabagandbodice.org . 2015-12-09 . 2018-09-21.
  19. Web site: ANDREA STEVENS . Dysphoria - Theater - Review - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2007-08-11 . 2018-09-21.
  20. Web site: Menard . Paul . Vicious Dogs on Premises . Backstage . 2008-06-03 . 2018-09-21.
  21. Web site: Shows €" Half Straddle . Halfstraddle.com . 2018-09-21.
  22. Web site: ANDY WEBSTER . An Ensemble That Jules Feiffer Would Recognize at St. Mark’s Church - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2009-05-02 . 2018-09-21.
  23. Web site: BWW News Desk . Incubator Arts Project Presents THE INTERNET, 8/12 . 2023-02-01 . BroadwayWorld.com . en.
  24. Web site: Harrison . Byrne . Review - Laika Dog in Space (New York Neo-Futurists) . StageBuzz.com . 2009-10-25 . 2018-09-21.
  25. Web site: KEN JAWOROWSKI . Theater of a Two-Headed Calf Takes On Susan Glaspell’s Play - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2010-02-14 . 2018-09-21.
  26. Web site: Gordon Cox . Annie Baker wins big at Obie Awards – Variety . Variety.com . 2010-05-17 . 2018-09-21.
  27. Web site: BEN BRANTLEY . ‘Camino Real,’ Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2010-05-08 . 2018-09-21.
  28. Web site: JASON ZINOMAN . Debate Society’s Offbeat Play Has Chemistry - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2010-06-12 . 2018-09-21.
  29. Web site: STEVE SMITH . Boy Meets Girl in Matt Marks’s ‘Little Death, Vol. 1’ - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2010-07-09 . 2018-09-21.
  30. Web site: JASON ZINOMAN . ‘The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G,’ by Qui Nguyen - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2012-03-04 . 2018-09-21.
  31. Web site: JASON ZINOMAN . ‘All Hands,’ by Hoi Polloi, at Incubator Arts Project - The New York Times . Nytimes.com . 2012-03-31 . 2018-09-21.
  32. Web site: Obie Awards Honor 'Detroit' and 'Grimly Handsome'. Patrick. Healy. nytimes.com.
  33. Web site: ‘Eternal,’ by Daniel Fish, at Incubator Arts Project. Claudia La. Rocco. nytimes.com.
  34. Web site: ‘Black Wizard/Blue Wizard’ at St. Mark’s Church. Laura. Collins-Hughes. nytimes.com.
  35. Web site: Wellness And Health Are The Focus Of Buran Theatre’s ‘Magic Bullets’. 11 May 2014. americantheatre.org.
  36. Web site: Incubator Arts Project to close after a decade of experimental programming - The Villager Newspaper. thevillager.com.

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