The Squirrel Comedy Theatre
2020-present · New York, NY
Also known as The Squirrel, Squirrel NYC
UCB NY alumni's nonprofit response to UCB's 2020 closure, founded by former UCB artistic leadership with an explicit equity and artist-compensation agenda.
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- Founded late 2020 by UCB NY alumni Michael Hartney (UCBNY Artistic Director), Lou Gonzalez, Patrick Keene, Maritza Montañez, Corin Wells and Alex Song-Xia.
- Founding team is majority queer and POC, explicit part of the mission to address UCB's representation and compensation gaps.
- Began as a virtual theater; in-person residency at Caveat (Lower East Side) launched June 5, 2021.
- Differentiator: artists get a cut of the door (UCB did not).
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