Urban Stages

Urban Stages

Urban Stages is an award-winning Off-Broadway theater founded in 1984 by current Artistic Director Frances Hill. Our mission is to champion new works by artists of diverse cultural backgrounds and to make these works available to all. We do this by discovering and nurturing artists through our DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, investing in artists through our MAINSTAGE PROGRAM that produces new work Off-Broadway, and by...
Urban Stages is an award-winning Off-Broadway theater founded in 1984 by current Artistic Director Frances Hill. Our mission is to champion new works by artists of diverse cultural backgrounds and to make these works available to all. We do this by discovering and nurturing artists through our DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, investing in artists through our MAINSTAGE PROGRAM that produces new work Off-Broadway, and by touring artists, admission-free plays/workshops and more via our OUTREACH PROGRAM.

We have produced dozens of world, American and NYC premieres including Pulitzer Prize Finalist BULRUSHER (2007) by Eisa Davis. We have been honored with awards, nominations and recognition from the Drama Desk, Obie Awards, Audelco, Outer Circle critics and many more. For instance, our world premiere of the musical LANGSTON IN HARLEM by Walter Marks (music and book) and Kent Gash (book and direction) garnered a Drama Desk Nomination, a Joe A. Calloway award and 4 Audelco awards including Best Musical Production of 2010.Our 2014 spring premiere of JIM BROCHU CHARACTER MAN was nominated for a Drama Desk and Outer Theater Critic’s award for Best Solo performance. Other recent productions include HONKY by Greg Kalleres (2013) and Shatter by Trina Davis (2014).