Founded in 1972, A.R.T./New York assists over 400 member theatres in managing their theatre companies effectively so they may realize their rich artistic visions and serve their diverse audiences well. Over the years, A.R.T./New York has earned a reputation as a leader in providing progressive services to our members—from shared office and rehearsal spaces, to the nation's only revolving loan fund for real estate, to technical assistance programs for emerging theatres—which have made our organization an expert in the needs of the New York City nonprofit theatre community.

Featured Press Releases 

December 7, 2022  

A.R.T./New York, Announces Talia Corren as Co-Executive Director on The Eve of The Organization's 50th Anniversary . 

Press Contact:  Blake Zidell & Associates  | [email protected] or 917.572.2493

Corren will Partner with Co-Executive Director Risa Shoup in a Transformational New Shared Leadership Model to Shape the Future of A.R.T./NY and of Nonprofit Theatre

The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./NY), scaling up to meet a moment of seismic change for the American theatre, today announced Talia Corren’s appointment to the role of Co-Executive Director. Corren joins forces with Co-Executive Director Risa Shoup at the dawn of a new era for the esteemed service organization, as it adopts a model of shared executive leadership to envision and realize A.R.T./NY’s second half-century of impact. Corren’s appointment follows a 7-month, nationwide search run collaboratively by A.R.T./NY’s staff, board, and stakeholders, and aligned with the organization’s stated values. With Shoup, she leads a full-time staff of 17 and a part-time staff of 31, with the support of an active board of 18, offering varied modes of support to 520+ member theatres.

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June 28, 2022 

A.R.T./New York, Announces New Unprecedented Fourth and Final Year of Funding for the New York Theater Program. 

 Press Contact: Matt Ross - Public Relations (212) 756 -1248 | Matt Ross / Claire Wojciechowski  - [email protected]  

The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) (Co-Director Risa Shoup) announced today that the Mellon Foundation has awarded the organization a fourth and final year of funding to administer the New York Theater Program (NYTP), which will be distributed to the program’s current grantees in July 2022, extending the current grant cycle through June 30, 2023. 

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May 13, 2022

A.R.T./New York, Announces New Era Of Leadership. National Search Underway For Co-Director To Join Leadership Team. Interim Executive Director Risa Shoup Will Become Co-Director Of A.R.T./New York.

Press Contact: Matt Ross - Public Relations (212) 756 -1248 | Matt Ross / Claire Wojciechowski  - [email protected]  

The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) announced today that Risa Shoup, who began serving as Interim Executive Director in August 2020, has been named to the permanent position of Co-Director in a unanimous vote by the A.R.T./New York Board of Directors. A.R.T./New York also announced the search for a second Co-Director to partner with Shoup on this new shared leadership team. The initial application review is anticipated to begin in June with the goal of hiring a final candidate by late Summer 2022. A full job description is available here. 

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October 18, 2021

A.R.T./New York, Announces Three Regrant Opportunities For New York Theatres

Press Contact: Matt Ross - Public Relations (212) 756 -1248 | Matt Ross - [email protected]

The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) (Risa Shoup, Interim Executive Director) announced today two regrant opportunities for theatres in New York City (the New York City Small Theatres Fund and the Strengthening NYC Theatres Grant), as well as a regrant for theatres throughout New York State (the NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund).

Combined, these grants are some of the only general operating support funding available to small theatres in New York City/New York State. NYSCA is very cognizant of the role that NYC-based theaters play in the local and national theater ecosystem and is focused on ensuring that upstate theaters are aware of and applying for the Creative Opportunity Fund. Their investment in this program is meant to create a statewide impact and ensure that all New York state residents have access to theater in their local community.

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January 27, 2021
Leon Levy Foundation Awards $250,000 Grant to A.R.T./New York, Creates
Covid Relief Fund to Support NYC Small Theatres

Press Contact: Matt Ross - Public Relations (212) 756 -1248 | Matt Ross - [email protected]

New York, New York - The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) (Risa Shoup, Interim Executive Director) announced today the creation of the Leon Levy Foundation COVID Relief Fund, initiated with a $250,000 grant to support small New York City theatres in conjunction with A.R.T./New York Relief Fund for NYC Small Theatres.

A.R.T./New York also announced 55 recipients of the first round of the A.R.T./New York Relief Fund for NYC Small Theatres.

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November 11, 2020
Virginia Louloudes Steps Down from A.R.T./New York

Press Contact: Matt Ross - Public Relations (212) 756 -1248 | Matt Ross - [email protected]

New York, New York — The Executive Committee and Board of The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) announced today that Virginia P. Louloudes has stepped down from her position as Executive Director. Risa Shoup, who was named Interim Executive Director in August 2020 when Louloudes began her leave, will now continue in the position through July 2021, an extension of 6 months. 

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August 6, 2020
A.R.T./New York Names Risa Shoup Interim Executive Director

Press Contact: Matt Ross - Public Relations (212) 756 -1248 | Matt Ross - [email protected]

New York, New York — The Executive Committee and Board of The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) has named Risa Shoup Interim Executive Director, effective immediately. Risa Shoup has over a decade in senior leadership roles with NYC cultural and community development nonprofits. They have a strong track record of working with cross sector partners and funders to inform strategic policy for the equitable growth of accessible and inclusive cultural services in NYC, in support of the self-determination of NYC's cultural workers and to co-create subsidized workspace for workers in the creative and cultural sector. 

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Featured Press Coverage

Response to COVID-19

	APRIL 28, 2020 Show Business Is Adapting To The Pandemic, But It Won’t Survive Unless Congress Steps Up, Forbes "The questions don’t get easier as the industry looks to the horizon. Consider, for example, a limited re-opening, allowing ticketholders to sit six feet apart from each other. 'If you're in a theater with under 40 seats and you have 10 people show up, theoretically you could do this,' says Ginny Louloudes, executive director of A.R.T/NY, a theatrical service organization. 'But the question is not can you do it - it's who will come? When will they feel safe?'"
	MARCH 24, 2020 Arts Groups, Facing Their Own Virus Crisis, Get a Piece of the Stimulus, The New York Times "Ginny Louloudes, the executive director of the Alliance of Resident Theaters in New York, said that it’s already difficult asking the government to support the arts when there’s no pandemic. Now, administrators have to tread lightly. 'We have to realize that the city needs to build hospitals, it needs to staff hospitals, it needs masks,' she said. 'We have to be very careful about how we frame the message.'"
	MARCH 20, 2020 The New York Arts Scene Is Getting Some Much-Needed Financial Relief, Vulture "Ginny Louloudes, the executive director of the Alliance of Resident Theaters/New York, was over the moon when she saw the announcement. 'It’s so phenomenal that this money is for 12 weeks,' she said. 'This will help you get through the end of the fiscal year, and more importantly, the end of the city and state’s fiscal year. I cried when I read the text from my development director,' Louloudes said, still emotional a few hours after she heard. 'I knew I was carrying stress in my body, but I had no idea how much.' People in the arts are suffering huge losses every day, and the economic impact on the city will no doubt be enormous. This effort, Louloudes hopes and believes, will get the little theaters she has served for so long through the month of June, if not made whole, then at least still alive. 'The city has such a robust appreciation of the arts,' she said. 'And art is what’s going to get people through this.'"
	MARCH 13, 2020 "There Is No ‘Surplus’ in Nonprofit”: How Off Broadway Is Coping With Closure, Vulture "As he and De La Cruz mull the way forward, they’ve both been impressed with A.R.T./New York, the artists’ services organization, which has been providing daily updates and resources about facing uncertainty, like how to get on the email distribution list for city funding and small businesses."

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