We are raising funds to transform the Michael Warren Powell Creative Center into an intimate, developmental performance space AND to produce the second in our series of new plays based on Danté’s Inferno.
HELP BUILD THE SANDBOX
Because NCTC traces its lineage to Circle Repertory Company and the Circle Rep Lab, our goal is to revive the creative environment of the Lab in our own performance space - THE SANDBOX. The Michael Warren Powell Creative Center has been NCTC's headquarters for weekly readings, meetings, and rehearsals for many years. It is time to take it to the next level. We are raising funds to transform the space into a small but functional, intimate theatre, where playwrights can see their work developed into fully realized presentations. THE SANDBOX will be an incubator, a space where artists can play, experiment and collaborate in a supportive, yet challenging environment. THE SANDBOX will provide continued opportunities for our company to develop new work, fulfilling our stated mission "to create theatre that illuminates the world in which we live by supporting and promoting the voice of the playwright."
STRIKE A MATCH!
We are well aware that we often call upon the company to help fund our activities. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that this time your contributions will go twice as far! We’ve obtained matching funds that will match dollar-for-dollar your donations up to the first $6000. Double your giving dollars by making your tax-deductible contributions to NCTC, and our first $6000 raised will automatically become $12,000!
PLAYING IN THE SANDBOX
The Sandbox is New Circle's new black box theater, an intimate twenty-four seat performance space, where we will develop and present new plays in a laboratory fashion. The Sandbox is a creative space in which we invite our company artists to play, explore and experiment in a supportive atmosphere. The Sandbox was created with the goal of providing our writers and directors the opportunity to realize their vision for a play in a rehearsed and fully mounted presentation before a live audience. These presentations are for invited audiences only and are meant exclusively for the development of our company. They are not open to the general public. Sandbox presentations will begin in the New Year when we will begin regularly scheduled presentations.
THE INFERNO PROJECT
The Inferno Project is a multi-year initiative where company playwrights are asked to create new dramatic work based on the nine levels of Hell in Danté’s Inferno. In June 2017, we co-produced with LIU Post, the first level - Limbo, featuring 16 ten-minute plays, by 16 different writers, 16 directors, and over 30 actors. In the upcoming season, we’re tackling two levels, Lust and Gluttony. This time we're asking our writers to create one-act plays, taking a modern look at these age-old “sins”. Lust and Gluttony will be presented at The Gene Frankel Theatre in June 2018.
New Circle Theatre Company is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of New Circle Theatre Company must be made payable to Fractured Atlas only and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.