PRESS & SUPPORTERS
“By removing the largest barrier to theater—the theater itself—as well as any financial barrier that may be off-putting—all of The Motor Company’s performances are free to watch—The Motor Company strives to make art accessible in an incredibly unique way.”
—Jen Gushue, “Theater in the Wild: The Motor Company at Large in NYC,” The Brooklyn Rail
“We live in one of the most exciting, innovative, and complicated cities in the world, one in which shared public space is a way of life. These plays take audiences on a journey around places they think they know, reinvigorating their relationships to these common areas and giving them a chance to imaginatively immerse themselves in the city.”
Founding Artistic Director Lillian Meredith, in Canvas Rebel
“The Motor Company offers a way to bring theater back to New Yorkers: to meet audiences where they’re at, to make shows financially and geographically accessible, and to tell stories about our hometown that resonate with all New Yorkers. We use the architecture of the space as a playground, telling untold stories and transforming quotidian spaces through imagination, connectivity, and community. Our shows have to be highly physical, comedic, and engaging to compete with the wild and wooly cityscape around us. The heart of our work is drawing audiences into stories of who and who we’ve been as a city in order to guide who and what we might become.”
-Director Caitlin Wells on The High Line Blog
SEASON SPONSORS
DONORS
Stephen Abrams-Downey * Emily Abrons * Iris Abrons * Pauline Abrons * Peter Abrons & Annabella Bushra * Karen Balbin * Paul Bennett * Stephen Bennett * Cara Bernard * Karla Brom * Scott Budow * Jack Calk * Isaac Cohen * Anthony DeLuise, Jr. & Maya LeGall * Thomas Ellis & Ann Moore * Marc Emert-Hutner * Jody Falco & Jeffery Steinman * Helen A. Frank * Sakiko Fukada-Parr * Rebecca Gannon * David Gewirtzman * Olivia Gilliatt * Rebecca Gridley * Kendra Heisler * Roman Jackson * Jessica Johnston * David King * Zachary Kolodin * Changshuo Liu * Martin & Gail Marcus * Gregory & Sarah K. Meredith * Lillian Meredith & Abel McDonnell * Tom Meredith & Alex Egan * Kate Mulley * Arthur Nevins * Elizabeth O’Connor * Henry Parr & Emily Vance * Adam Patterson * Jake Polinsky * Andrew Porter * Jamaal A. Redon * Serena Roth & Benjamin Tausig * Angela Santillo * Vincent Santvoord * Charlotte Savino & Lee Norton * Rose Schapiro & Tom Lewek * Andrew Schinderman * Janet Schinderman & Alberto Minujín * Maxwell Schneller * Noelle & Will Stamos * Sanaz Tennent * Ania Upstill * Marya Ursin * Karina Vasquez * Robert Colton Wirtz * Lana Zhang
INSTITUTIONAL GIVING
An interview with Lillian Meredith for Patch