HERE Arts Center

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HERE Arts Center

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Address	145 6th Avenue New York City United States
Public transit	'New York City Subway: ​​ at Spring Street 1 and ​2 at Houston Street N, ​Q, ​R, and ​W at Prince Street NYCT Bus: M21, M6
Type	Off-Off-Broadway
Capacity	Mainstage: 150 Dorothy B. Williams: 71
Opened	1993
Website
www.here.org

HERE Arts Center is a New York City off-off-Broadway presenting house, founded in 1993. Their location includes two stages specializing in hybrid performance, dance, theater, multi-media and puppetry in addition to art exhibition space and a cafe. Since 1993, HERE reports having supported over 14,000 artists and hosting approximately 1,000,000 audience members.^{[citation needed]}

HERE is located in Hudson Square, SoHo on 145 Avenue of the Americas, New York, between Spring Street and Broome Street. In 2008 the space underwent extensive renovations which saw the venue take its current form.

History[]

Since 1993, HERE has served over 14,000 emerging to mid-career artists.^{[citation needed]} Examples include Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, Basil Twist's Symphonie Fantastique, and Young Jean Lee's Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven. Work produced and presented at HERE has garnered 13 OBIE awards, an OBIE grant for artistic achievement, a 2006 Edwin Booth Award (“for Outstanding Contribution to NY Theatre”) from the CUNY Graduate Center, three Drama Desk nominations, two Berrilla Kerr Awards, four NY Innovative Theatre Awards and a Pulitzer Prize nomination.^{[citation needed]} In 2005, HERE purchased its long-time home and completed a complete renovation in 2008, all through a five-year, $5 million “Secure HERE’s Future” campaign.^{[citation needed]} There are two theatres, a cafe, gallery, and support spaces.

Prototype Festival[]

January 2013 marked the launch of the PROTOTYPE Opera/Theater/Now festival featuring contemporary artists from around the world. The festival lasts for less than two weeks and works are staged at various venues around New York City.

Significant productions[]

• Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues
• Basil Twist's Symphonie Fantastique
• Hazelle Goodman's On Edge
• Young Jean Lee's Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven
• Faye Driscoll's
• Basil Twist and Joey Arias's Arias with a Twist
• Mohammed Fairouz's Sumeida's Song
• 2016 world premiere of Hansol Jung's Among the Dead^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• HERE Theatre Specs from
• PROTOTYPE Festival Homepage
• HERE Overview at NYC Arts
• all wear bowlers Official website

Coordinates: 40°43′30″N 74°00′17″W / 40.72512°N 74.00483°W / 40.72512; -74.00483