Renovate 38!

We are pleased to announce that after more than a year of dreaming, planning and persevering . . . . lots of persevering, the renovation of the Cherry Lane is complete! All of the details that make us an intimate, neighborhood playhouse have been preserved, and we now offer a more accessible, comfortable destination for our audiences, in addition to technically advanced workspaces for our artists. But the work of safeguarding this cultural landmark and artistic treasure continues.

YOU CAN STILL HELP!

Be a part of Cherry Lane’s future by participating in one of our naming opportunities for theatre seats, granite floor stones and performance, work and public spaces. Now is the time for you to secure a permanent place in the fabric of Cherry Lane ’s work and our landmarked building.

Memory Lane: Engrave a Lobby Floor Stone

Celebrate our rich history and lead us into our future by adding your engraved name (or that of a loved one) to a granite lobby floor stone. You can also honor a Cherry Lane playwright by dedicating a stone to a writer whose work premiered at the theatre from 1924 to the present day. Such playwrights include Eugene O'Neill, Gertrude Stein, Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson and Suzan-Lori Parks. Click here for a complete history of Cherry Lane Productions.

Large Floor Stones are two feet long by four feet wide, large enough to include a number of names. Donations for large floor stones start at $3,500.

Medium Floor Stones are two feet long by one and a half feet wide.
Donations for medium floor tiles start at $2,500.

Small Floor Stones start at $1,000

Take a Seat

Commemorate your support for the theatre, or commemorate a loved one, by naming a theatre seat. A personal dedication of your choice will be engraved on the cherry wood armrest. Plus, we'll save your seat for you! When you attend a show produced by Cherry Lane Theatre, your seat will be reserved for you or your guest.

Mainstage Seats are $1,500

Name a Space

There are also naming opportunities for various performance, work and public spaces at our historic site. The newly renovated box office, administrative offices, dressing rooms and lobbies, as well as the Mainstage and the Studio theatres, which have hosted premiere productions by such artists as David Mamet, Adrienne Kennedy, Clifford Odets, and Samuel Beckett, can be named to honor an individual, family, company or organization. Donations start at $6,000.

For more information, please call 212-989-2020 ext. 20 or email eraabe@cherrylanetheatre.org

Sustainability and Artistic Fund

The Cherry Lane's artistic and operational aspects are also being rejuvenated! We're strenghthening our unrestricted Sustainability and Artistic Fund, which supports institutional sustainability through augmented development and marketing support, as well as specific outreach initiatives. It also guarantees artistic and production expansion of Cherry Lane ’s canon of work, the discovery of new writers, and various arts-in-education programs.

Sustainability Goals

• Annual operating support for existing programs, internships, new play development, community and audience outreach initiatives.
• Augmented fundraising and marketing staff support.
• Equipment maintenance and upgrades.
• Facility maintenance.
• Ticket subsidies for students and other under-served audience members.

Artistic Goals

• Heritage Series: an annual production remounting a play produced at the Cherry Lane Theatre since its inception in 1924.
• Discovery Series: an annual world-premiere production of a play developed through Cherry Lane Theatre’s Mentor Project.
• Enhanced arts-in-education initiatives.
• Commissioning grants.

For more information, please call 212-989-2020 ext. 20 or email eraabe@cherrylanetheatre.org

We extend our gratitude to the donors who provided significant leadership during RENOVATE 38, including The New York City Council, Councilmember Christine C. Quinn, 3rd District; The Office of the Manhattan Borough President, C. Virginia Fields; the Cherry Lane Theatre Board of Directors; and anonymous donors (you know who you are!). THANK YOU!

RENOVATE 38 Leadership

Campaign Leadership

Cherry Lane Theatre Board of Directors
New York City Council, Councilmember Christine C. Quinn, 3 rd District
The Office of the Manhattan Borough President, C. Virginia Fields
Anonymous donors
Cordelia Coorporation, Doug Ellis
Williams Family Foundation
Angelina Fiordellisi, Artistic Director
James King, Managing Director

Project Leadership

Architect
Mitchell Kurtz, Architect PC

Engineers
Robert Silman Associates, Structural Engineer
Atkinson Koven Feinberg, MEP Engineers

General Contractor
John Pohlman

Project Manager
Brian Duea

Counsel
Higgins & Quasebarth, Consultants in Preservation and Rehabilitation of Historic Properties

Sound System Design
Marshall/KMK

Consultants
Joyce Friedman, Friedman & LaRosa, Inc.
Georges Piette, Construction Consultant
Michael Sillerman, Esq.