ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR 2025 AND BEYOND!
We are a non-profit presenting organization dedicated to supporting the Off Broadway premieres of non-profit producing theater companies for three week minimum runs.
All programming is curated at least a year in advance by reading scripts, watching archival videos, and attending readings, workshops, and regional/international productions. Since we do not produce or co-produce any of the 30+ shows hosted in our spaces each year, we cannot accept unsolicited submissions from playwrights. We are not able to accommodate weekend or single evening rentals and are dark on Monday evenings.
We are now accepting submissions from non-profit theater companies looking to premiere work in NYC from 2025 and beyond. Companies with fully funded projects are encouraged to submit scripts, supporting materials, and archival video for consideration.
THEATER A: 195 seats, Proscenium Seating. $9,500 per week. 7-8 week runs.
THEATER B: 98 seats, Proscenium Seating. $5,500 per week. 3-5 week runs.
THEATER C: Flexible Seating. 48 seats, Single-sided Seating or 53 seats, Two-Sided Seating. $3,000 per week (Equity Showcase $2,500 per week). 3-5 week runs.
Click here for more information about our spaces.
The above weekly fees include a generous licensing package, allowing producers to fully engage in staging their productions, unfettered by the distractions and pressures of promotion, sales, and commerce.
"What I love most about working at 59E59 are the people. They are loving, they’re friendly, they are always welcoming to questions big or small, and they always show up. We never feel abandoned or left in the facility up to our own devices. They are active participants in the work. They want the work to succeed."
– Sarah Norris, New Light Theater Project
"I think the biggest difference that I perceived working at 59 versus other venues that we’ve worked at is that when we’re here we feel like we’re part of a community, we feel like we’re part of a family, and we feel a sort of personalized support around the work that doesn’t feel like a transaction but actually feels like a collaboration in a beautiful way."
– Ryan Emmons, No.11 Productions
"It is the best place to work. There’s just so much that goes into getting a show to get up and be successful that people sometimes don't think about. And how much extra resources would be required if you are producing elsewhere, 59 really comes to the table as a partner and takes care of all the things that for someone like me who’s a small organization, they make everything possible that would be kind of impossible."
– Leah Abrams, Undiscovered Works
"Back in 2008, as a fledgling producer, I had the upmost pleasure to produce my first ever production at 59E59 in Theatre B as part of the Brits Off Broadway season. It was a play by the then unknown playwright, Mike Bartlett. I’m pleased to say he, and the rest of the team, have managed to forge a career in this crazy business of show and we all treasure the memory of that production. I have the poster and our New York Times Review above my desk."
– Emma Brunjes (Artefacts, Brits Off Broadway 2008)
"I was thinking about just why working there is so special. It's a terrific facility… But what I love the most are your people, especially box office and front of house. The first experience of Fern Hill that folks have is when they are booking/picking up their tickets and when they are being seated. You hire the right people, you train them well, and you support them. I think that is really 59E's secret weapon. I mean, I love the stages, the dressing rooms, the booths, your mailing list, etc. But it's you and your people. So thank you for that."
– Mary Davis, MBL Productions (Fern Hill, Smart Blonde)