The Brick Theater


The Brick Theater is a venue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that presents dance, performance art, drag, comedy, film, music, experimental theatre, and more. Gothamist has hailed the space as “one of the city’s most reliable sources for smart, funny, and surprising performance.”

History

The Brick was founded by Michael Gardner and Robert Honeywell in 2002. The theater is in a brick-walled former garage/auto-body shop and former yoga center. Since its inception, the Brick has presented off-beat revivals, messy shows, and festivals on themes such as the convergence of video games in theatre, stage combat, and comic book artists.
In 2019 it was announced that Theresa Buchheister would step into the role of Artistic Director, joined by Ryan William Downey and Travis Just as Associate Artistic Directors. In December 2019, the space was renovated to improve its technical capabilities and accessibility. Buchhesiter, Downey, and Just assumed leadership in January 2020 alongside curators Harrison Rivers, Nicolás Noreña, Justin Linville, Yuki Kawahisa, Teresa Braun, and Alyse Lamband. While remaining "Williamsburg’s primary incubator of innovative theater and performing arts" the team's renewed vision is producing multi-week theatrical runs along with one-off performances events.
In March 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brick created Out of An Abundance of Caution, a livestreamed avant-garde microfestival online via Twitch. In April 2020 the Brick began releasing archival recordings of shows produced at the space on YouTube.

Selected Production History

Shows

Absence of Magic
Action Jesus
Adventures of Caveman Robot
Afternoon Playland
... And the Fear Cracked Open
And the Spirit of Christmas Passed
Assyrian Monkey Fantasy
The Baby Jesus Conversation
Babylon, Babylon
A Bender Family Christmas
Bethlehem or Bust
Bizarre Science Fantasy
Blood on the Cat’s Neck
Bouffon Glass Menajoree
Brick-a-Brac
The Buccaneer
Buffoon Anonymous: 12 Steps To Inanity
Butterfly, Butterfly, Kill Kill Kill!
Cabaret Terrarium
A Christmas Carol
Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury
Dandilion and the Bicycle-Powered Cloud Plane
Dar and Matey’s Christmas SpectaculARGH!
Dear Dubya
Death Is a Scream
Deck the Hallmans
Evolution
Exit, Pursued by Bears
Fallout Follies
George Bataille’s Bathrobe
Glee Club
Grand Theft Ovid
The Granduncle Quadrilogy: Tales from the Land of Ice
Greed: A Musical Love $tory
Habitat
Hack! An I.T. Spaghetti Western
Happily after Tonight
Hollow Hallow
In a Strange Room
Infectious Opportunity
Jeannine’s Abortion—A Play in One Trimester
Jenna Is Nuts
The Kung-Fu Importance of Being Earnest
Kool-Aid Man in Second Life
Last Life
Marshmallow World
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
Modal Kombat
Mother Mary Come to Me
My Year of Porn
The Nigerian Spam Scam Scam
The Ninja Cherry Orchard
Notes from Underground
Power Burn 3
The Pragmatists
Rapier Wit!
The Revellers
RIP JD—A Celebration of Death
Samuel and Alasdair: a Personal History of the Robot War
Schaden, Freude and You: a 3 Clown Seminar
Sincerely, Raven Harte
Suspicious Package
Suspicious Package: Rx
The Tale of the Good Whistleblower of Chaillot’s Caucasian Mother and Her Other Children of a Lesser Marriage Chalk Circle
That Old Soft Shoe
That’s Not How Mahler Died
Theater of the Arcade
Third Person
Trayf
Tupperware Orgy
Uncomplicated
The Vigil or The Guided Cradle
The Wedding of Berit Johnson and Ian W. Hill
Who Is Wilford Brimley?
WILM 690: Pirate Radio
World Gone Wrong
Your Lithopedian''

Festivals

The Too Soon Festival
The Antidepressant Festival
The Film Festival: a Theater Festival
The Pretentious Festival
The $ellout Festival
The Moral Values Festival
The Hell Festival
Game Play
Tiny Theater Fest
The Baby Jesus One-Act Jubilee
Fight Fest
The CollisionWorks
The Havel Festival
The New York Clown Theater Festival

Awards

Samuel and Alasdair: a Personal History of the Robot War, 2010 IT Award, Outstanding Production of a Play
Samuel and Alasdair: a Personal History of the Robot War, Marc Bovino, Joe Curnutte, Michael Dalto, Stephanie Wright Thompson, 2010 IT Award, Outstanding Ensemble
Samuel and Alasdair: a Personal History of the Robot War, Stowe Nelson, 2010 IT Award, Outstanding Sound Design
The Vigil or The Guided Cradle, Crystal Skillman, 2010 IT Award, Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
2009 Caffe Cino Fellowship Award
Suspicious Package, ITBA Award, Best Off-Off Broadway Unique Theatrical Experience
Bouffon Glass Menajoree, 2007 IT Award, Outstanding Production of a Play
The Present Perfect, 2007 IT Award, Outstanding Lighting Design
2006 Village Voice Best of NY—Best Reason for Theater Haters to Buy Season Tickets
2005 nytheatre.com’s People of the Year
2004 nytheatre.com’s People of the Year
In a Strange Room, Time Out New York Top Ten Plays of 2004

Nominations

Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury, 2010 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Performance Art Production
Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury, Julianne Kroboth, 2010 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Costume Design
Infectious Opportunity, James Comtois, 2010 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Original Full-Length Script
Samuel and Alasdair: a Personal History of the Robot War, Marc Bovino, 2010 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Samuel and Alasdair: a Personal History of the Robot War, Joe Curnutte, 2010 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Samuel and Alasdair: a Personal History of the Robot War, Stephanie Wright Thompson, 2010 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
Samuel and Alasdair: a Personal History of the Robot War, Lila Neugebauer, 2010 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Director
The Granduncle Quadrilogy: Tales from the Land of Ice, Ivanna Cullinan, 2009 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role
The Granduncle Quadrilogy: Tales from the Land of Ice, Ian W Hill, 2009 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Lighting Design
Suspicious Package, 2009 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Production of a Play
Bouffon Glass Menajoree, Lynn Berg, Audrey Crabtree, Aimee German, 2007 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Ensemble
Bouffon Glass Menajoree, Lynn Berg, Audrey Crabtree, Eric Davis, Aimee German, 2007 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Original Short Script
Bouffon Glass Menajoree, Eric Davis, 2007 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Director
Greed: a Musical Love $tory, 2007 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Production of a Musical
The Kung-Fu Importance of Being Earnest, Qui Nguyen, 2007 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Choreography/Movement
The Present Perfect, 2007 IT Award, Outstanding Set Design
Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist/Cleansed, 2007 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Production of a Play
Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist/Cleansed, Thomas Bradshaw, 2007 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Original Full Length Script
Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist/Cleansed, Barrett Doss, 2007 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role
Strom Thurmond Is Not a Racist/Cleansed, Suzan Perry, 2007 IT Award nominee, Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role