"[St. Ann's Warehouse produces] tough, raw, emotion-provoking material…at the vanguard of the avant-garde." (The New York Times)
For 33 years, St. Ann’s Warehouse has
commissioned, produced, and presented a unique and eclectic body of innovative
theatre and concert presentations that meet at the intersection of theatre and
rock and roll. Since 2000, the organization has helped vitalize the Brooklyn
Waterfront in DUMBO, where St. Ann’s Warehouse has
become one of New York City’s
most important and compelling live performance destinations. Click HERE to learn more about our warehouse at 29 Jay Street.
Through its signature multi-artist concerts and
groundbreaking music and theatre collaborations, St. Ann’s
continues to celebrate the panoramic traditions of American and world cultures,
with forays into a variety of contemporary forms, including new commissions and
multi-disciplinary theatrical presentations.
Among the many acclaimed St. Ann’s
productions include Lou Reed and John Cale’s Songs for Drella; Marianne Faithfull’s Blazing Away and The Seven Deadly Sins; Artistic Director Susan Feldman’s Band in Berlin; Carter
Burwell, Charlie Kaufman, and the Coen Brothers’ Theater of the New Ear;
The Royal Court Theatre’s4:48 Psychosis; The Wooster Group’s Hamlet, The
Emperor Jones, House/Lights, To You, The Birdie! (Phèdre);
The Globe Theatre’s Measure for Measure; Gate Theatre London’s Woyzeck;
Antony’s Turning; Mabou Mines' Dollhouse; Lou
Reed’s Berlin; Cynthia Hopkins’ Accidental Trilogy; Les
Freres Corbusier’s Hell House; Enda Walsh’s The Walworth Farce, The New
Electric Ballroom, and Penelope
(Druid Theatre) and Misterman with Cillian
Murphy; TR Warszawa's Macbeth, Risk Everything, and FESTEN (The Celebration); The National Theatre of
Scotland’s Black Watch and
Beautiful Burnout; Kneehigh Theatre’s Brief Encounter
and The Red Shoes; Young@Heart/No
Theater’s End of the Road; and the
American debut of Daniel Kitson: The
Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church and It’s Always Right Now Until It’s Later.
In 2004, founding Artistic Director Susan Feldman and St. Ann’s Warehouse were
awarded the Ross Wetzsteon Award for the development of new work and for
“inviting artists to treat their cavernous DUMBO space as both an inspiring
laboratory and a sleek venue where its superinformed audience charges the
atmosphere with hip vitality.”