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Performing Garage

1968 establishments in New York CityOff-Off-BroadwayPerformance art in New York CitySoHo, Manhattan
Performing Garage 33 Wooster Street
Performing Garage 33 Wooster Street

The Performing Garage is an Off-Off-Broadway theater in SoHo, New York City. Established in 1968, it is the permanent home of the experimental theater company originally named The Performance Group (under Richard Schechner) that morphed in 1980 into The Wooster Group (under Elizabeth LeCompte), and their primary performance venue. Since 1978, it also hosts their annual "Visiting Artist Series" or "Emerging Artist Series". Located at 33 Wooster Street, it seats approximately 60. Actors such as Willem Dafoe debuted in earnest here and regularly come back.

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Performing Garage
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