Atlantic Theater Company (St. Peter's Parish Hall)
336 West 20th Street | Chelsea | built 1900
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- 1853
St. Peter's parish builds a school house on the lot east of its church
St. Peter's Chapel was organized in 1831 on land leased from Clement Clarke Moore, and the parish later built a Gothic church beside it. In 1853 it was building again, on the lot east of the church on West 20th Street, where it put up a school house at the rear of the property. That lot is where the parish hall, now a theater, would later stand in front of the school.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1854
Trinity Church lends St. Peter's $25,000 if Clement Moore gives up its land
A year after the school was completed, St. Peter's asked Trinity Church for help with debts of about $30,000. Trinity agreed to lend $25,000 on the condition that Clement Clarke Moore, who still leased the land to the parish, donate it outright, and he agreed. When the parish came back two years later, Trinity refused further aid, but the church struggled on and survived.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1873
St. Peter's adds a Gothic hall in front of its school building
By 1873 the parish had built a hall that the book Church Philanthropy in New York praised as a fine Gothic example, set in front of the 1853 school building. It looked like a separate chapel, so the wide property now seemed to hold three small churches in a picturesque group: the Gothic church, the former chapel turned parsonage, and the new hall. The hall is now the Atlantic Theater Company's home.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
- 1985
David Mamet, William H. Macy and about 30 acting students found the Atlantic Theater Company
The Atlantic Theater Company began in 1985 as an ensemble formed by playwright David Mamet, actor William H. Macy and about thirty of their acting students, with a mission of honoring the story of the play and the playwright's intent. Its 199-seat Linda Gross Theater now occupies the Gothic parish house at 336 West 20th Street, which a 2018 account dates to 1871.
Source: allarts.wliw.org
- 1998
The Beauty Queen of Leenane makes its American debut at the Linda Gross Theater
Martin McDonagh's play, first staged in Galway, had its American premiere Off-Broadway on February 11, 1998, presented by Atlantic at the Linda Gross Theater. It moved to the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway on April 23, 1998, won four Tony Awards, and gave Garry Hynes the distinction of being the first woman to win a Tony for directing a play.
“The play received its American premiere opening Off-Broadway on 11 February 1998, presented by the Atlantic Theatre Company at the Linda Gross Theater.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2006
Spring Awakening begins its Off-Broadway run at Atlantic
The rock musical Spring Awakening, after years of workshops and a 2005 concert at Lincoln Center, opened at the Atlantic Theater Company, Off-Broadway, on May 19, 2006, and ran there through August 5. It transferred to Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre that December and stayed for 859 performances.
“It premiered Off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company on May 19, 2006 and ran through August 5, 2006.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2012
Atlantic celebrates the reopening of the Linda Gross Theater after an $8.3 million renovation
On October 1, 2012, William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman hosted a gala to mark the reopening of the theater inside the nineteenth-century church building. Coburn Architecture enlarged the stage, added a load-in area and bigger dressing rooms, and expanded the basement into a larger lobby with a new box office and workshops. The renovation also brought the 199-seat house into full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Source: playbill.com
- 2016
The Band's Visit premieres at the Atlantic and goes on to win ten Tony Awards
The musical The Band's Visit began at Atlantic Theater Company in 2016 and won ten Tony Awards after moving to Broadway. Atlantic's earlier Spring Awakening, from 2006, had won eight. The company's 199-seat mainstage, the Linda Gross Theater, is housed in the parish hall of the St. Peter's Episcopal Church complex, at 336 West 20th Street.
“The Band's Visit (2016), which won 10 Tony Awards following its Broadway transfer.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2022
Sanaz Toossi's English premieres at the Linda Gross Theater, later winning the Pulitzer
Sanaz Toossi's play, set in an English class in Karaj, Iran, opened Off-Broadway at Atlantic's Linda Gross Theatre on February 22, 2022, directed by Knud Adams. Tala Ashe and Marjan Neshat led the cast. The play won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and reached Broadway in 2025.
“English premiered Off-Broadway on February 22, 2022, at the Linda Gross Theatre by the Atlantic Theater Company.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2023
Buena Vista Social Club has its world premiere at the Linda Gross Theater
The musical about a group of young Havana musicians and the album they record decades later began previews at Atlantic's 336 West 20th Street house on November 17, 2023, and opened December 12. Saheem Ali directed, with a book by Marco Ramirez, choreography by Patricia Delgado and Justin Peck, and sets by Arnulfo Maldonado. The Off-Broadway run closed on January 28, 2024.
Source: playbill.com
- 2025
Atlantic settles a backstage strike that had closed Grief Camp in previews
A strike by Atlantic's backstage workers, who are represented by the union IATSE, closed two world premieres, I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan and Grief Camp, while both were in previews. The company settled the contract dispute in March 2025 with what the union called the workers' first agreement. Grief Camp then returned to the Linda Gross Theater on April 5 and ran through May 11.
Source: playbill.com
Further reading
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