Incubator Arts Project aims to further innovative performance by serving independent artists based in NYC who create original work.

By offering a series of production programs that provide space, labor, technical assistance and administrative expertise, Incubator Arts Project supports the presentation of world premiere, contemporary work in the performing arts made by dance, music and theatre artists. Core programs include our New Performance Series, MUSIC and Short Form.

Incubator Arts Project has received favorable press coverage in American Theatre magazine, The New York Times, TIME OUT New York, The Village Voice, and The Brooklyn Rail and won a 2010 Obie grant.

Three characteristics broadly define the artists who participate in our programs: an appetite for taking bold artistic/creative risks, a multi-disciplinary approach to creating original work and a do-it-yourself (DIY) attitude that engenders personal responsibility for all aspects of the project.

Incubator Arts Project is a program of Performing Artservices, Inc. and is led by a team of working artists (Curators) who make creative decisions collectively in consultation with the administrative staff. Performing Artservices Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to produce, present and facilitate the endeavors of artists working in contemporary forms of the performing arts. Founded in 1972, artists whose careers/companies have been developed under Artservices management include Mabou Mines, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Joseph Chaikin's Open Theater, Trisha Brown, David Gordon, Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater and John Cage. Incubator Arts Project is the newest program to come under its oversight.

Incubator Arts Project is grateful to acknowledge the following organizations that support our work.

New York State Council on the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The Mental Insight Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Tax deductible contributions in support of Incubator Arts Project are accepted here.

Incubator Arts Project was originally known as INCUBATOR and began in 2005 as a program of Richard Foreman’s legendary Ontological-Hysteric Theater. Prior to 2005, there was over a decade of ad-hoc programs serving emerging artists working experimentally including the Obie-winning Blueprint Series for emerging directors. From 2005 – 2010, the INCUBATOR program was formalized and grew significantly under the leadership of Morgan von Prelle Pecelli and Shannon Sindelar.

In 2010, INCUBATOR won an Obie grant just as the Ontological-Hysteric Theater announced it would cease operations and vacate its East Village home at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery. After much consideration, a commitment was made to continue INCUBATOR activities by making it an official program of the nonprofit arts organization, Performing Artservices Inc. INCUBATOR was renamed Incubator Arts Project and presented its first full season in 2010-2011.

COMING SOON!!

The IAP Digital Archive exists to preserve a record of activities from year to year. Incubator Arts Project presents roughly 40 productions annually and serves hundreds of artists each season. Given this volume of production, our goal is to virtually document each show that plays on our stage and ultimately create a living historical record made available and accessible to our audience online.