Founder

Jeffrey Horowitz began his career in theatre as an actor and appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatre. In 1979, he founded Theatre for a New Audience. Horowitz has served on the Panel of the New York State Council on the Arts, on the Board of Directors of Theatre Communications Group, the Advisory Board of the Shakespeare Society and Artistic Directorate of London’s Globe Theatre.

Awards: 2003 John Houseman Award – The Acting Company; 2004 Gaudium Award – Breukelein Institute; 2014 Alfred Drake Award – Brooklyn College; 2019 Obie Lifetime Achievement Award; 2020 Samuel H. Scripps Award.

Feature Articles on Jeffrey Horowitz:

• American Theatre Magazine: To Be Determined
• The New York Times: Mixing the Old and the New On Stage: Praising American Classical Theater, Not Burying It
• Company’s Quandary: Hit Shows, No Theater
• Provenance of Junior’s Cheesecake Is Questioned