HERE Arts Center

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HERE Arts Center

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 producing and presenting home, 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 15,000 artists and hosting over 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

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Founded in 1993, The New York Times says HERE "has produced innovative new theatrical work since it was founded".[1] Examples include productions of 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 16 OBIE awards, two OBIE grants for artistic achievement, a 2006 Edwin Booth Award (“for Outstanding Contribution to NY Theatre”) from the CUNY Graduate Center, seven TONY nominations, six Drama Desk nominations, two Berrilla Kerr Awards, two Bessie awards, four NY Innovative Theatre Awards and two Pulitzer Prizes and one nomination and two MacArthur fellowships.[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

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Main article: Prototype Festival

January 2013 marked the launch of the PROTOTYPE Opera/Theater/Now festival featuring contemporary artists from around the world, co-produced with Beth Morrison Projects. The festival lasts for less than two weeks and works are staged at various venues around New York City. The 2021 Prototype Festival occurred in a digital format. The 2022 festival had planned to return in person but had to be cancelled due to Covid.[2]

## Significant productions

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* 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 837 Venice Boulevard
* 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[3]

## References

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1. ^ Isherwood, Charles (2009-06-10). "Arts Groups Seek Safety in Numbers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
2. ^ Soloski, Alexis (2022-01-03). "Coronavirus Is Surging. Avant-Garde Arts Festivals Are Closing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
3. ^ Norman, Robert (2016-11-14). "Review: Among the Dead at HERE". Exeunt Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-15.

## External links

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* Official website
* HERE Theatre Specs from Fractured Atlas SpaceFinder
* PROTOTYPE Festival Homepage
* HERE Overview at NYC Arts
* all wear bowlers Official website

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