MISSION

Theater in Asylum makes rigorously-researched, ensemble-driven theater to challenge and empower. We prize the theater as a space — as an asylum — where we can process and question, where reality is temporarily suspended, and where we can create with joy. Since 2010, Theater in Asylum has brought New York artists and not-yet-artists together to read, research, devise, and perform politically charged, of-the-moment new plays.

VISION

We envision a world where the theater is a haven for all to question and grow, where people can discover and try out new tools to wrestle with big ideas together.
NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM
NIJINSKY IN ASYLUM

VALUES

  • Community – We seek to foster a vibrant, diverse, and resilient community of artists and art-lovers who feel valued, included, and heard. We strive to prevent harm in all of our spaces, while acknowledging the systems of oppression that intersect and permeate our lives (including racism, sexism, classism, ableism, and others).
  • Empathy – We believe art has a unique ability to innovate morality and provoke understanding.
  • Challenge – We believe in the constant reexamination of our world’s judgments, binaries and preconceptions.
  • Integrity – We believe in a strong commitment to – and respect for – our art, our audiences, our predecessors, and ourselves.
  • Availability – We believe new audiences should be constantly welcomed and cultivated, while seasoned audiences constantly surprised.
  • Artistry – We believe that quality art takes care, craft and magic.
  • Transparency – We believe transparency enables the sharing of power and responsibility. We commit to be open with how Theater in Asylum decisions are made and money is spent.

$0 TICKET INITIATIVE

Theater in Asylum is committed to having $0 tickets available at every public event for those who need them. If this is you, no worries at all! Please get yourself a $0 ticket and donate what you can at the door. If you are able to buy one of our higher-priced ticket, know that you are directly supporting those who cannot otherwise afford a ticket. Thank you so much!!
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