Theater for the New City

40°43′43″N 73°59′05″W / 40.7286°N 73.9848°W / 40.7286; -73.9848

Theater for the New City has been located in a former New York City retail market at 155 First Avenue since 1986.

Theater for the New City, founded in 1971 and known familiarly as "TNC", is one of New York City's leading off-off-Broadway theaters, known for radical political plays and community commitment. Productions at TNC have won 43 Obie Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. TNC currently exists as a 4-theater complex in a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) space at 155 First Avenue, in the East Village of Manhattan.