Incubator Arts Project

In 1992, Richard Foreman founded the Ontological Theater at St. Marks as a home for his theater company, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater.Als, Hilton. [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/01/26/040126crth_theatre "Richard Foreman takes on the ghosts of imperialism"]. The New Yorker, January 26, 2004 The space hosted 18 of Foreman's original works, in addition to curating works by several emerging downtown theater companies and artists, including Radiohole, Elevator Repair Service, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, Richard Maxwell and Young Jean Lee.Shaw, Helen. [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/upstaged-blog/breaking-news-richard-foremans-ontological-theater-leaves-st-marks "Richard Foreman's Ontological Theater Leaves St. Marks"]. Time Out New York, April 16, 2010

The theater's many emerging artists programs were restructured in 2005 by artistic directors Morgan von Prelle Pecelli and Shannon Sindelar under the umbrella "Incubator," including a residency program for premieres, two annual music festivals, a regular concert series, a serial work-in-progress program called Short Form, and various roundtables and salons.{{cite news| url=http://www.ontological.com/history.html | location=New York | work=Richard Foreman's website|title=About}}Healy, Patrick. [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/incubator-arts-project-to-close/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 "Incubator Arts Project to Close"]. New York Times, April 16, 2014

In 2010, Richard Foreman's theater company left the theater at St. Marks, and the theater was renamed the Incubator Arts Project, led by director-producers Sindelar and Samara Naeymi, designer Peter Ksander, production manager Brendan Regimbal, and composer Travis Just.Shaw, Helen. [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/incubator-arts-project-off-off-broadway "Incubator Arts Project"]. Time Out New York, July 26, 2010 The newly formed company received a 2010 Obie Award grant and continued to curate a season of new emerging artists, through their New Performance Series, Short Form, Music, and an annual festival, Other Forces. Presented artists included Banana Bag & Bodice, The Debate Society, Daniel Fish, Half Straddle, Hoi Polloi, Object Collection, Buran Theatre, Theater of a Two-Headed Calf, Vampire Cowboys, and Witness Relocation.{{cite news| url=http://contemporaryperformance.com/2013/01/10/in-performance-incubator-arts-projects-other-forces-jan-3-20-2013-nyc/ | location=New York | work=Contemporary Performance website |title=In Performance, January 10, 2013}}

In early 2014, the Incubator Arts Project announced it would be closing on July 1, 2014.{{cite news| url=http://www.tcgcircle.org/2014/05/the-incubator-arts-project-says-goodbye/ | location=New York | work=TCG Circle |title=The Incubator Arts Project Says Goodbye}}Spokony, Sam. [http://thevillager.com/2014/05/29/incubator-arts-project-to-close-after-a-decade-of-experimental-programming/ "Incubator Arts Project to Close"] The Villager, May 29, 2014 The former Incubator Arts space is now occupied by the offices and dance school of the New York Theater Ballet.{{cite news| url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/a-new-home-for-new-york-theater-ballet// | location=New York | work=New York Times ArtsBeat |title=A New Home for New York Theater Ballet}}

• The Mind King by Richard Foreman, January 1992. Inaugural production.{{cite web|url=http://www.ontological.com/production.html |title=Productions |publisher=Ontological.com |date= |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• McGurk: A Cautionary Tale by Elevator Repair Service, 1994.{{cite web|url=https://www.elevator.org/about/timeline-by-year/ |title=Elevator Repair Service: Timeline by Year |publisher=Elevator.org |date= |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Shut Up I Tell You (I Said Shut Up I Tell You) by Elevator Repair Service, 1995.
• The Four Twins by Copi, directed by Sophie Hoviland, June 1996.{{cite web|author=BEN BRANTLEY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/12/theater/theater-in-review-718726.html |title=Theater in Review - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=1996-06-12 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• The Train Station by Pavol Liska (Co-Artistic Director of Nature Theater of Oklahoma), July 1996.{{cite web|author=RONNIE BRITTON |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/12/theater/the-salary-may-be-tiny-but-it-s-priceless-practice.html |title=The Salary May Be Tiny, but It's Priceless Practice - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=1997-01-12 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Billings by Richard Maxwell, October 1997.{{cite web|author=JESSE MCKINLEY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/18/theater/newsandfeatures/18maxw.html |title=Playwright's Trademark Is Deadpan. Now He Wants to Tweak It. - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2006-01-18 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Pageant by Ken Nintzel, June 2000.{{cite web|author=BEN BRANTLEY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/27/theater/theater-in-review-women-trying-to-be-madonnas-the-biblical-variety-that-is.html |title=THEATER IN REVIEW; Women Trying to Be Madonnas: The Biblical Variety, That Is - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2000-06-27 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• St. Scarlet by Julia Jordan, June 2003.{{cite web|author=BEN BRANTLEY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/17/movies/theater-review-in-this-mind-s-decor-sex-is-no-love-seat.html |title=THEATER REVIEW; In This Mind's Décor, Sex Is No Love Seat - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2003-01-17 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals by Young Jean Lee, July 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.youngjeanlee.org/groundwork |title=Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals (2003) - Young Jean Lee's Theater Company Archive |publisher=Youngjeanlee.org |date= |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Panel.Animal by Banana Bag & Bodice, July 2005.{{cite web|author=LongYarnfirst production: 2016 |url=http://bananabagandbodice.org/shows/ |title=Shows |publisher=Bananabagandbodice.org |date=2015-12-09 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• The Sewers by Banana Bag & Bodice, July 2006.
• Dysphoria by Alec Duffy (Artistic Director of Hoi Polloi and founder of JACK), August 2007.{{cite web|author=ANDREA STEVENS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/theater/reviews/08dysp.html |title=Dysphoria - Theater - Review - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2007-08-11 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Vicious Dogs on Premises by Witness Relocation, May 2008.{{cite web|last=Menard |first=Paul |url=http://www.backstage.com/review/ny-theater/vicious-dogs-on-premises/ |title=Vicious Dogs on Premises |publisher=Backstage |date=2008-06-03 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• The Knockout Blow by Tina Satter, August 2008. Obie Award winning company Half Straddle's first production.{{cite web|url=http://www.halfstraddle.com/shows/ |title=Shows €" Half Straddle |publisher=Halfstraddle.com |date= |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Astronome: A Night at the Opera by Richard Foreman, March 2009. Foreman's final show at the space.
• The less we talk by Hoi Polloi, April 2009.{{cite web|author=ANDY WEBSTER |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/theater/reviews/28less.html |title=An Ensemble That Jules Feiffer Would Recognize at St. Mark’s Church - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2009-05-02 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Family by Half Straddle, August 2009.{{Cite web |author=BWW News Desk |title=Incubator Arts Project Presents THE INTERNET, 8/12 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Incubator-Arts-Project-Presents-THE-INTERNET-812-20100812 |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}
• Laika Dog in Space by The Neo-Futurists, October 2009.{{cite web|last=Harrison |first=Byrne |url=http://www.stagebuzz.com/2009/10/review-laika-dog-in-space-new-york-neo.html |title=Review - Laika Dog in Space (New York Neo-Futurists) |publisher=StageBuzz.com |date=2009-10-25 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Trifles by Theater of a Two-Headed Calf, January 2010. Obie Award winning company.{{cite web|author=KEN JAWOROWSKI |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/theater/reviews/02trifles.html |title=Theater of a Two-Headed Calf Takes On Susan Glaspell’s Play - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2010-02-14 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Three Pianos by Rick Burkhardt, Alec Duffy and Dave Malloy, February 2010. Obie Award, Special Citation.{{cite web|author=Gordon Cox |url=https://variety.com/2010/legit/news/annie-baker-wins-big-at-obie-awards-1118019516/ |title=Annie Baker wins big at Obie Awards – Variety |publisher=Variety.com |date=2010-05-17 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• The Really Big Once by Target Margin, April 2010. Obie Award winning company.{{cite web|author=BEN BRANTLEY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/theater/reviews/20really.html |title=‘Camino Real,’ Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2010-05-08 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Buddy Cop 2 by The Debate Society, June 2010. Obie Award winning company.{{cite web|author=JASON ZINOMAN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/theater/reviews/04buddy.html |title=Debate Society’s Offbeat Play Has Chemistry - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2010-06-12 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• The Little Death, Vol. 1 by Matt Marks (of Alarm Will Sound), July 2010.{{cite web|author=STEVE SMITH |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/arts/music/10death.html |title=Boy Meets Girl in Matt Marks’s ‘Little Death, Vol. 1’ - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2010-07-09 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Aw Keats! Keats, Motherf***er by filmmaker Stiven Luka with Evan D. Watkins (performer/screenwriter), September 2010.
• The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G by Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company, April 2011.{{cite web|author=JASON ZINOMAN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/theater/reviews/the-inexplicable-redemption-of-agent-g-by-qui-nguyen.html |title=‘The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G,’ by Qui Nguyen - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2012-03-04 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• All Hands by Hoi Polloi, March 2012.{{cite web|author=JASON ZINOMAN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/theater/reviews/all-hands-by-hoi-polloi-at-incubator-arts-project.html |title=‘All Hands,’ by Hoi Polloi, at Incubator Arts Project - The New York Times |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=2012-03-31 |accessdate=2018-09-21}}
• Grimly Handsome by Julia Jarcho, January 2013. Obie Award, Best New American Play.{{cite web|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/obie-awards-honor-detroit-and-grimly-handsome/|title=Obie Awards Honor 'Detroit' and 'Grimly Handsome'|first=Patrick|last=Healy|website=nytimes.com}}
• Eternal by Daniel Fish, August 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/theater/reviews/eternal-by-daniel-fish-at-incubator-arts-project.html|title=‘Eternal,’ by Daniel Fish, at Incubator Arts Project|first=Claudia La|last=Rocco|website=nytimes.com}}
• Black Wizard / Blue Wizard by Eliza Bent and Dave Malloy, December 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/theater/reviews/black-wizard-blue-wizard-at-st-marks-church.html|title=‘Black Wizard/Blue Wizard’ at St. Mark’s Church|first=Laura|last=Collins-Hughes|website=nytimes.com}}
• Magic Bullets by Buran Theatre, May 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.americantheatre.org/2014/05/11/wellness-and-health-are-the-focus-of-buran-theatres-magic-bullets-2/|title=Wellness And Health Are The Focus Of Buran Theatre’s ‘Magic Bullets’|date=11 May 2014|website=americantheatre.org}}
• Katorga by OZET, June 2014. Final show in the space.{{cite web|url=http://thevillager.com/2014/05/29/incubator-arts-project-to-close-after-a-decade-of-experimental-programming/|title=Incubator Arts Project to close after a decade of experimental programming - The Villager Newspaper|website=thevillager.com}}

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• {{official website|http://www.incubatorarts.org/}}
• [http://www.ontological.com/history.html ontological.com] - Richard Foreman's official website

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