New York City Players is a not-for-profit New York City-based experimental theatre company founded in 1999 by playwright and director Richard Maxwell to present his work.
[1] The company has produced approximately 30 new plays in New York and has toured in over 20 countries.
[2] Among their notable productions are Ode to the Man Who Kneels[3] and People Without History,[4] the latter at the Performing Garage in SoHo, Manhattan.
[2] Aside from the works of Maxwell,[2] the company has also created a limited number of works through partnerships with other artists and companies, including Devotion with choreographer Sarah Michelson,[5] The Early Plays with The Wooster Group,[6] and Open Rehearsal at the 2012 Whitney Biennial.
[7] The company runs two programs, the American Playwright Division, which produces plays written and directed by emerging playwrights,[8] and the Incoming Theatre Division, a program which provides resources and production support to immigrant New Yorkers to develop their stories into theatrical works.