T4tP History
Theatre 4the People was founded in 2010 by Isaac Byrne and Dan Kitrosser with the desire to create new immersive theater that was financially accessible to audiences. In 2020, with Isaac Byrne and Joshua Rose as co-artistic leaders, T4tP began the challenging work of creating space for theatre artists and audiences in a pandemic. Then, the LARK Play Development Center closed its doors. The Sundance Theatre Lab ended. The Lincoln Center Director Lab ceased. The Humana Festival disappeared. Everywhere spaces that had valiantly shepherded new plays into existence were shutting down. In response to the sudden lack of support and developmental opportunities for theatre artists and new plays, T4tP opened @TheBarn Residency at Deckel Farm in the Hudson Valley. The residency offers space and resources to playwrights developing new work, as well as a peaceful reprieve for artists to recharge their creative energy. In addition, T4tP is developing new plays and performances for production.
This is a new chapter for T4tP and an ambitious new venture with awesome responsibilities.
We’re working.
We’re creating.
We’re hoping you’ll be a part of this new journey with us.
Timeline
2010
Grimm Reality, a mash-up medley of modern-day Grimm fairy tales adapted by Bekah Brunstetter, Dan Kitrosser, Cassandra Hume, and Chisa Hutchinson( with music by Dan Kitrosser and Kara Ayn Napolitano-Chin Lyn). Performed in the park, free of charge for audiences from all over New York City.
Short Ones, a collection of short plays about love by Daniel Kitrosser, Bekah Brunstetter, and Justin Swain at the Ohio Theater in New York.
2011-2015
The company went on to produce a number of Shakespeare projects that included adaptations, one-on-one performances, medleys, and musicals performed in Times Square and Central Park—always free of charge in order to engage with the broadest audience possible. The company also workshopped new plays and devised productions with historical themes that centered female characters and stories.
Sarah Fellini’s Hazard a Little Death at the Cabrini Theater and then the ParadiseFactory (Winner of the Planet Connections Festival Awards for Best Actor, Best New Play, and Best Actress in a Featured Role).
Unsex Me Here—an investigation of the female villains in Shakespeare’s plays—helmed by Jamie Watkins and Annie Ledson and presented at the HERE Arts Center.
Sarah Fellini’s In Vestments (New York Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Premiere of a New Play and Outstanding Direction), performed at the West Park Presbyterian Church.
2016-2019
Kiss it, Make it Better, Erika Phoebus’s first play, at the New Ohio Theater.
Erika Phoebus took over as Artistic Director.
All-female production of Lou, about Louis Salome’s outsized influence on and entanglements with three generations of the most important and influential philosophers and intellectuals in Western civilization—including Nietzsche, Rilke, and Freud at the Paradise Factory.
Rusalka at the Flamboyant Theater Festival (Planet Connection Festival Awards for Outstanding Production, Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Lead Acting, Outstanding Supporting Actors, Outstanding Script, and Outstanding Direction.)
2020
Erika stepped down from the AD role and Isaac Byrne and Joshua Rose became co-artistic directors.
2021
2022
@theBarn Program launched at Deckel Farm
Under the Dragon’s Tail, four short plays by Isaac Byrne premiered at the Matthew Corozine Studio