Founded as Performance Space 122, in 1980, from an explosion of radical self-expression amidst the intensifying American culture wars, Performance Space New York is the birthplace of contemporary performance as it is known today.

We’re happy to welcome you back to our theater spaces. In order to ensure the safety of our staff and audience, please take a look at our safety guidelines to help you prepare for your visit. More

Thank you for celebrating our 40th Anniversary with us. If you missed our virtual gala you can watch it here!

First Mondays: Readings of New Works in Progress is an ongoing series which shares accomplished writers’ processes as they are happening and gives us an intimate insight into their new work in-progress, long before publication or performances. More

Octopus continues Performance Space’s legacy of artist-centric programming and creating space for the exploration of ideas free from expectations. More

For the year of 2020 a group of NYC based artists and collectives has been given the mandate to run the organization together with our staff, board, and leadership.  More

From September to January artists propose new platforms that transgress the black box, by decentering critique in favor of ritual and community. More

From January through May artists and activists locate power and creativity in refusal. More

The Posthuman Series envisions an alternative space for theater by challenging the very idea it is based on—the human. More

The inaugural East Village Series asks what kind of art organization we need to become in light of this ever-more exclusionary social and political context. More