Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Off-Broadway theater in West Village, Manhattan, United States.
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is an Off-Broadway theater on Waverly Place in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan, dedicated to new American drama. The house is small, with only a few rows of seats, so the stage is close to everyone in the room.
The theater was founded in 1994 by Gary Bonasorte and David van Asselt, who wanted a dedicated home for new American plays. In the years since, it has produced a large number of world premieres, helping many playwrights stage their work for the first time.
The theater centers on voices that rarely get space on bigger stages, giving room to writers who are still finding their audience. After most shows, the cast and the people in the seats tend to stay and talk, making the evening feel less formal.
The theater sits on a quiet block in the West Village, within easy walking distance of many places to eat and drink before a show. Because the room holds very few people, booking ahead and arriving early is a good idea.
Rattlestick has a policy of only producing work that has never been staged anywhere else, which means it turns away plays that have already been produced. This makes almost every production in the building a true world premiere.
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