ABOUT HERE

Acknowledgement
HERE pays respect to the Munsee Lenape ancestors past, present, and future. We acknowledge that the work of HERE is situated on the Lenape island of Manhattan (Mannahatta) and more broadly in Lenapehoking, the Lenape homeland. We offer our care, gratitude and welcome.

Beliefs & Core Values
In this section we describe HERE’s beliefs and core values—the philosophy behind why we do this work, at this time, and its importance to the community and the world around us.

We support the unique visions of multidisciplinary artists of all backgrounds to make breakthrough work they couldn’t do on their own as they try to make sense of our culture and our times. We value their idiosyncratic voices, their eccentricity and eclecticism. Very importantly, we prize their diversity culturally and risk-taking in terms of form and content. HERE’s uniqueness and strength lies in the fact that we can be a place where all of these different voices can be experienced by a wide range of audience members. Through supporting innovative work that is responsive to our culture, we endeavor to push the field of performance forward.

We are an incubator and laboratory, responsive to the particular needs of a project, collaborative with and nurturing of the artist, developing within a community of their peers. In doing so, we produce ethically and partner equitably with artists to create their own processes through responsive and flexible resources.

We strive to create an anti-racist culture that values trust, promotes respect, allows flexibility, and accommodates people’s personal and professional needs and aspirations. We promote non-hierarchical collaboration, transparency, and open communication among staff, artists, board and audiences. Members of the staff, board and artists are all highly creative individuals, who represent a range of backgrounds, skills, and experiences. Above all, we carry the philosophy of symbiosis and nurturing — of board, of staff, of artists, of audience.

The ideas generated in our programs and spaces bring people together. We strive to create symbiotic interlock, a deep interplay between our artists, staff and partners (audiences, board members, supporters, and local community members). We endeavor to create a community in which, whether in the creative process itself or in the sharing of new work with audiences, our community is a major element in the equation — we do not support this work simply for its own sake. We want it to be full of content in order to engage in a dialogue with our audiences, while providing a welcoming and accessible experience to foster positive social and aesthetic encounters all at the same time.

We seek to become a green theatre and reduce our ecological footprint in our work. Through mindful actions on sustainability and regenerative practices, we work toward climate justice, and a safe, livable planet for present and future artmakers and audiences.

We integrate art into daily life and engage our community’s needs and interests on as many different levels as possible in order to ensure our regular presence in their lives. We encourage our audiences to believe, as we do, that there is value in an artist’s effort and exploration, rather than only the ultimate outcome or finished product through offering work-in-progress showings, workshop productions, post-show artist talkbacks, informal discussions in our café and full productions. We produce work that is challenging and alternative, offering our audiences the opportunity to feel that they are part of something new and fresh.

CURRENT OPENINGS: Please visit our Work With Us page for more information on open internships and staff positions.

HERE is an Equal Opportunity Employer who strives to create an equitable, diverse, and inclusive home in which all people have fair access to the resources they need to realize their visions. We acknowledge structural inequities that exclude individuals and communities from opportunities based on race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, class, age, and geography, and seek to counter those inequities in our work. Applicants from populations underrepresented in the theater field are strongly encouraged to apply. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, sexual orientation, national origin, ability, age, or veteran status. We recognize that no one person will likely encompass all of the experience and qualities that we are seeking; thus, we welcome applicants with varied backgrounds, different applications of skills, and those who may not have conventional resumes.

Internships
Interns at HERE are at the center of the very busy operation of running a non-profit theatre organization and all producing activities. Although interns must specify an area of interest, they are asked to assist in other areas throughout the internship. Interns are often given the opportunity to work with HERE’s resident artists on their productions. They are also able see any HERE productions free of charge and have access to other perks that are made available to the HERE staff.

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Updated: March 8, 2023

HERE is now a mask-optional space. All patrons attending HERE performances and events will no longer be required to wear masks.

We ask all audience members to please stay home if they have a sore throat, are feeling sick in any other way, or have been recently exposed to COVID-19, and to please contact the box office for refunds or exchanges.

All of our performers, technicians, and staff members are required to be fully vaccinated and masked unless they are onstage performing. Additionally, they are participating in an active testing regimen to keep everyone as safe as possible.

HERE reserves the right to revise protocols as the rate of transmission changes and in light of new scientific data that may present itself.

Want to learn more about HERE and share your work?

Our programming directors are happy to meet with anyone who wants to learn more about HERE and our programs. Please sign up for only one meeting based on the program you would be interested in.

Learn more and schedule a meeting here.