Incubator Arts Project

Incubator Arts Project
Ontological Theater, Incubator
Address 131 East 10th Street
New York City
United States
Type Off-Off-Broadway
Capacity 80
Construction
Opened 1992
Closed 2014
Reopened 2010
Years active 1992-2014
Website
www.incubatorarts.org

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

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. ↑ "About". Richard Foreman's website. New York.
  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. ↑ "In Performance, January 10, 2013". Contemporary Performance website. New York.
  7. ↑ "The Incubator Arts Project Says Goodbye". TCG Circle. New York.
  8. ↑ Spokony, Sam. "Incubator Arts Project to Close" The Villager, May 29, 2014
  9. ↑ "A New Home for New York Theater Ballet". New York Times ArtsBeat. New York.
  10. ↑ http://www.ontological.com/production.html
  11. ↑ https://www.elevator.org/about/timeline-by-year/
  12. ↑ https://www.elevator.org/about/timeline-by-year/
  13. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/12/theater/theater-in-review-718726.html
  14. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/12/theater/the-salary-may-be-tiny-but-it-s-priceless-practice.html
  15. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/18/theater/newsandfeatures/18maxw.html
  16. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/27/theater/theater-in-review-women-trying-to-be-madonnas-the-biblical-variety-that-is.html
  17. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/17/movies/theater-review-in-this-mind-s-decor-sex-is-no-love-seat.html
  18. ↑ http://www.youngjeanlee.org/groundwork
  19. ↑ http://bananabagandbodice.org/shows/
  20. ↑ http://bananabagandbodice.org/shows/
  21. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/theater/reviews/08dysp.html
  22. ↑ http://www.backstage.com/review/ny-theater/vicious-dogs-on-premises/
  23. ↑ http://www.halfstraddle.com/shows/
  24. ↑ http://www.ontological.com/production.html
  25. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/theater/reviews/28less.html
  26. ↑ http://www.halfstraddle.com/shows/
  27. ↑ http://www.stagebuzz.com/2009/10/review-laika-dog-in-space-new-york-neo.html
  28. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/theater/reviews/02trifles.html
  29. ↑ http://variety.com/2010/legit/news/annie-baker-wins-big-at-obie-awards-1118019516/
  30. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/theater/reviews/20really.html
  31. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/theater/reviews/04buddy.html
  32. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/arts/music/10death.html
  33. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/theater/reviews/the-inexplicable-redemption-of-agent-g-by-qui-nguyen.html
  34. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/theater/reviews/all-hands-by-hoi-polloi-at-incubator-arts-project.html
  35. ↑ http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/obie-awards-honor-detroit-and-grimly-handsome/
  36. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/theater/reviews/eternal-by-daniel-fish-at-incubator-arts-project.html
  37. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/theater/reviews/black-wizard-blue-wizard-at-st-marks-church.html
  38. ↑ http://www.americantheatre.org/2014/05/11/wellness-and-health-are-the-focus-of-buran-theatres-magic-bullets-2/
  39. ↑ http://thevillager.com/2014/05/29/incubator-arts-project-to-close-after-a-decade-of-experimental-programming/

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