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ABOUT EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE (EAT)<\/strong>\u00a0is an award-winning theater company known as an incubator for new voices from the page to the stage. EAT was founded\u00a0over<\/strong> 30 years ago<\/strong>\u00a0to provide a dynamic home for diverse artists to explore their work and guide it through development to full artistic realization through our bi-annual\u00a0Spark Theatre Festival NYC.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emerging Artists Theatre has built a reputation as a champion of equity and opportunity in theatre, ensuring that financial constraints do not dictate artistic opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike many theatre companies and festivals that impose financial hurdles on artists, EAT does not charge submission fees or participation fees. While other organizations charge artists between $25 to $75 just to submit a script\u2014followed by participation fees ranging from $100 to $700\u2014EAT offers artists a radically different model: submission and participation are entirely free. Furthermore, EAT shares 50% of the box office proceeds with participating artists, a rarity in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EAT\u2019s impact extends far beyond the traditional theatre community. Over the past three decades, EAT has premiered more than 5,000 works, with artists representing a vast array of abilities and backgrounds, including African American, Caribbean, Chinese, Cuban, East Indian, Hispanic, Iranian, Iraqi, Japanese, Korean, LGBTQ+, Persian, Turkish, and Ukrainian communities. Notably, two-thirds of EAT\u2019s artists are women, reinforcing the organization\u2019s commitment to amplifying marginalized voices<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In celebration of Emerging Artists Theatre\u2019s 30th anniversary, we presented three new World Premiere Off-Broadway plays running in repertory in Fall 2023 at the 28th Street Theatre (also known as TADA!). The two-month engagement featured Anne Being Frank by Ron Elisha, Doris Day: My Secret Love by Paul Adams, and Sex Work\/Sex Play by Caytha Jentis. Each of these three plays was developed at EAT\u2019s Spark Theatre Festival NYC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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