Our impact extends far beyond the theater community, but ticket sales and memberships cover less than half of our annual costs. We depend on support from people who share our vision to produce bold theater, develop more new plays, and enrich the lives of more than 4,000 New York City public school students. Your donation will help sustain the cause of truthful storytelling accessible to all.
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“Atlantic gave me my Off-Broadway debut by presenting The Reservoir. And not only that: they programmed my play that is, in many ways, a love letter to my Grandma B. The Reservoir is about a young man who moves home to get sober and reconnects with his four grandparents. It is a deeply personal comedy about Alzheimer’s and alcoholism with four characters over 80 and 52 locations. I did not believe anyone in their right mind would produce it. But Atlantic embraced the challenge.
My Grandma B was a patron in the truest sense. She wasn’t an artist; she was an electrical engineer. But she believed you go to the symphony. You go to museums. You go to the opera. You go to chamber music. You go to the theater. You go because it is simply part of being alive. You support it because it supports you.
So I am asking, as someone whose life has been changed by this theater: please consider supporting the Atlantic. Anything you can give will help this theater continue to gather people in the dark and share the kind of work my Grandma B taught me to believe in.” – Jake Brasch
Theater is about community. Whether you give $10 or join our Patron program, your support keeps our community vibrant and our stages alive with bold, honest storytelling that connects us all.
Your generosity fuels new work, nurtures artists, and ensures Atlantic remains a home for daring, dynamic theater. In today’s shifting landscape, every gift makes a difference. Thank you!
“Atlantic needs your support now, more than ever! I just had my first experience working there [in I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan] and I am very grateful to now be a part of the Atlantic Theater community.
The purpose of theater is to entertain people. And by that, I mean to entertain people’s hearts and minds – to engage an audience intellectually and emotionally. I’ve seen enough shows at Atlantic Theater to know that’s exactly what they are doing – and why their mission is absolutely essential.
If you’ve been moved by what you’ve seen on Atlantic’s stages – everything on the dramatic spectrum from comedy to tragedy – this is the ideal time to open your wallets. Please keep things hopping at the Linda Gross and Stage 2. You too, as a part of the Atlantic Theater community, are critical to helping really good theater come to life.
So, thank you for your support!”
David Greenspan
Obie Award winner, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan at Atlantic
“I am profoundly grateful for the experience to have been a part of The Welkin. I’ve been struggling to let go of the camaraderie, the connection, the surprise of every performance.
I find myself transported back to one particular matinee performance when the fire alarm went off and the entire theater evacuated. So exciting! It was nuts! As we calmly returned to finish the show, the company held hands behind the curtain willing ourselves back into the same spiritual realm. The curtain went up and the whole theater – the audience and company – picked up at the exact moment we left off and came into the same presence to share the play. Being a part of an Atlantic production created a sense of community & affinity that transcends the stage.
I want to thank you, the audiences, for being part of this incredible community. Atlantic is nothing without all of you: valiant champions who lift up our work every day and help us celebrate connection. Your support remains paramount to Atlantic’s ability to continue its work.”
Sandra Oh
Golden Globe Award winner, The Welkin at Atlantic
“My profession takes me all over the map, but in every city, I have rarely found a home-away-from-home quite like Atlantic Theater Company. In 2023, I had the great fortune to be a part of Craig Lucas’ and Adam Guettel’s extraordinary Days of Wine and Roses, directed by Michael Greif at Atlantic’s Linda Gross Theater. In that very special space, during those magical hours, and even though it was summer, I felt a different sort of chill. A frisson. So I leaned into the friends who became family, the warmth of the team, and our work felt like play.
If you’re reading this letter, it’s very likely that Atlantic is a special place for you, too. And if you love theater like I do, then you probably already know the tremendous effort it takes for new works to blossom. But at Atlantic, every person is working to make sure this incredible art can grow, even in the most challenging climate–and the stories here are told with you in mind.
So wherever you call home, please know there’s another one waiting for you, right here in Chelsea: Atlantic Theater Company is here to connect you with great works, remarkable storytellers, and engaged communities. Your gift to Atlantic in any amount not only makes a critical difference, but it means the world to me and this entire theatrical family.”
Kelli O’Hara
Tony Award Winner, Days of Wine and Roses at Atlantic
“Atlantic gave me my first commission. My first shot. My first production, English. The people there have given me an artistic home. They believe what we do is something like magic, and that it’s hard, because nothing that special can be easy. Of course, there is no humiliation more personal than when a joke bombs onstage, or when a scene skids off the road with a flat tire. A walkout! Who then emboldens other walkouts who were on the fence! The horror.
But for those brief moments, we’re in a dark room, together and alone all at once, creating something we’ll never capture again— that immediate nostalgia before the curtains have even closed or the lights faded. That, for me, is a whole raison d’etre.
What we do is ancient. I am asking you to make any contribution you’re able so that it can be eternal, so that at least for a while longer, we continue this tradition of communal experience.
Because we are not a dying art. American playwriting is thriving. Let’s make sure that the Atlantic can champion it for years to come.”
Sanaz Toossi,
Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner, English at Atlantic
“In New York, there is a place, a little heaven which celebrates the art of theater like nowhere else. With grace, talent and imagination. I was there. During two months, I was fortunate every night to be The Mother by Florian Zeller. I loved walking to the theater every day, along 8th Avenue then turning into 20th Street, entering my dressing room and getting ready. I cannot picture New York City without Atlantic and Neil Pepe who runs it with such enthusiasm.
Make a gift to Atlantic and above all do it for yourself. Think of theater. Think of the Atlantic, but…think of yourself, do yourself a favor. Here at Atlantic, theater is very highly regarded. Let us all share this responsibility.
Before discovering Atlantic, I thought there was nothing else than Broadway in New York City. And then I discovered that somewhere in Manhattan, it was possible to see and make theater differently, meaning considering theater with the risk that comes with it, acknowledging its strength but also its weakness, the challenge to face emotions and also new and audacious writing.
I used to think I loved New York City for what everyone knows. Now, I love it for what everyone should know: Atlantic where Neil Pepe and his team know the power of words and images, and that is called theater.“
Isabelle Huppert,
Golden Globe Award winner, The Mother at Atlantic
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Atlantic Theater Company
Attn: Development Department
P.O. Box 1932
New York, NY 10113-1932
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Atlantic Theater Company
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New York, NY 10113-1932
