The Brick Theater
575 Lorimer Street | East Williamsburg | built 1930
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- 2002
Michael Gardner and Robert Honeywell found The Brick Theater
The Brick was founded in 2002 by Michael Gardner and Robert Honeywell. Its home is a brick-walled space that was formerly a garage and auto-body shop and later a yoga center. From the start it has put on off-beat revivals and festivals organized around themes like stage combat, comic book artists and the meeting of video games and theatre.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2019
Theresa Buchheister is named artistic director as the theater is renovated
Theresa Buchheister was announced in 2019 as the Brick's new artistic director, with associate artistic directors Ryan William Downey and Travis Just. The space was renovated in December 2019 to improve its technical capabilities and accessibility, and the new team took over in January 2020.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2020
The Brick stages a livestreamed avant-garde microfestival on Twitch
In March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brick produced Out of An Abundance of Caution, a microfestival of avant-garde work streamed online through Twitch. The following month it began putting archival recordings of past shows from the space on YouTube.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2023
The Brick wins an Obie Award Theatre Grant for experimentation and affordability
In 2023 the Brick received an Obie Award Theatre Grant. The judges praised the theater for its artistic experimentation and its financial accessibility. Wikipedia describes it as a Williamsburg venue showing dance, performance art, drag, comedy, film, music and experimental theatre.
“In 2023 the Brick won an Obie Award Theatre Grant, with the judges praising its artistic experimentation and financial accessibility.”
Source: Wikipedia
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