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.
Help us provide housing for Black and trans, housing-insecure artists! 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