The Tank (theater)

The Tank
The Tank's logo
A yellow brick building with two double glass doors, one to the left, the other to the right, runs out of the frame at the top. A person is entering through the left glass doors. A black and white banner hangs from the second story with The Tank's logo and the words "THE TANK".
The Tank's entrance (left), 2018
Map
Address312 West 36th Street, Manhattan, New York[1]
Coordinates40°45′13″N 73°59′36″W / 40.753530°N 73.993261°W / 40.753530; -73.993261
TypeOff-off-Broadway
Genre(s)Dance, theater, music, film, comedy
OpenedMay 2003 (2003-05)
Website
thetanknyc.org

The Tank is a nonprofit off-off-Broadway performance venue and producer in Manhattan, New York. The organization was founded in May 2003 by a group of young artists and has since moved several times, residing on 36th Street as of 2017. The Tank presents art across several disciplines (comedy, dance, theater, music, film), produced at no fee for use of the venue to the presenting artists.

The Tank houses two performance spaces (a 56-seat black box and a 98-seat proscenium) and five rehearsal studios. Beyond presenting work at its resident home in Manhattan, the theater has also produced shows performed elsewhere throughout New York City, collectively presenting over 1,000 performances each year. Between 2016 and 2018, five of the theater's shows were nominated for a total of six Drama Desk Awards and in 2020, the theater itself received an Obie Award for its work supporting emerging artists.

  1. ^ Burns, Meredith (November 2019). "Fear Becomes Exhilaration: BrandoCapote". The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.