Soho Rep will give up its theatre on Walker Street and will enter into a "space-sharing partnership" at Playwrights Horizons

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 7/29/24 at 12:19pm

Beginning in January 2025, Soho Rep will embark on a two- to three-year space-sharing partnership, independently producing within the larger institution Playwrights Horizons.

The [Walker Street] building’s ongoing issues with plumbing and water damage, combined with an insufficient electricity supply that prevents running A/C during some tech rehearsals and performances, make safe (and, frankly, sane) work impossible. “There’s at least one day every tech week where you lose electricity and have to stop work for four to six hours,” Flowers confesses. Soho Rep’s current space isn’t accessible to the disabled and lacks essential in-house features like laundry, storage, and wingspace.

Though the 128-seat Peter Jay Sharp Theater may not provide the same free-form flexibility, the new house (and the doubled amount of seating it lends) will better meet the organization’s evolving needs.

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 7/29/24 at 1:24pm

I hope this doesn’t mess with PH’s seasons.  I never miss anything they do, it’s my absolute favorite theatre company. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 7/29/24 at 2:01pm

Broadway Flash said: "I hope this doesn’t mess with PH’s seasons. I never miss anything they do, it’s my absolute favorite theatre company."

It won't.

If PH is doing any scaling-back, it will be because of budgetary restrictions, not because of a rental client. This isn't the first time they've had renters.