1. Off Off B’way and Indie Theatres
Of East 4th Street
East Village
NYC

2. Theatres of E. 4th Street 12 theatres on East Fourth Street
4 th st is the only official cultural district in NYC outside times square:
Fourth Street Arts Block (FAB) (non profit theatres)
Featured theatres:
New York Theatre Workshop
Kraine Theatre (for profit)
La MaMa ETC

3. New York Theatre Workshop
Founded in 1979 by Stephen Graham, the New York Theatre Workshop focuses on helping budding playwrights and directors develop their talents through workshops and productions. Playwrights such as Jonathan Larson (Rent), Tony Kushner (Slavs!), and The Five Lesbian Brothers (Oedipus at Palm Springs) got their start at this theater.

4. New York Theatre Workshop
NYTW has been a pre-Broadway launching pad for such plays as Once and Peter and the Starcatcher.
The New Director's Project brings diverse new and established artists together in collaboration.

5. New York Theatre Workshop
The Writer's Circle was formed to focus on developing the work of a single artist over an extended period of time.
Rent was the product of one such intensive two year workshop.

6. Kraine Theatre
The Kraine Theater was founded in 1984 by Denis Woychuk and is one of the hottest OFF and OFF-OFF Broadway downtown venues.
The Kraine Theater is a for profit theatre located on the ground floor of the KGB Bar at 85 E. 4th St. and is currenlty managed by Horse Trade Theater Group. Call (212) for information or visit their website at:

7. Kraine Theatre Black Box Theater With 99 fixed theater chairs
Flat Stage, Sloped Seats
Beer Pantry
Personal, intimate experience.
Experimental, student and other unusual and more creative plays

8. Kraine Theatre Festivals: Frigid Festival (new talent)
FringeNY Festival
Burlesque Blitz Festival
Gotham Festival,
Encores Festival (Repeats)
Fire This Time (AF AM playwrights)
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind by New York Neo Futurists signature show (30 plays In 60 minutes

9. (Based on Brecht and Weill’s
Now Playing
LittleMac LittleMac
You’re The Very Man
(Based on Brecht and Weill’s
Threepenny Opera)
APRIL 3-27
FRI/SAT 7:30 PM
Part Spaghetti Western, part political satire, and part film noir, Little Mac is a heartwarming tale about money, capitalism and money