Providing grants, programs, and services to the artists and audiences of Tompkins County for 30 years

Local Perf. Arts, Film, Literary

Actor's Workshop of Ithaca
a Meisner technique and audition prep studio. The performance branch is called AWI Theatre Company which mounts at least one full production a year. www.actorsworkshop.biz

Cinemapolis
a first-run movie theater located in the heart of downtown Ithaca, specializing in independent, foreign, and locally-produced films.
www.cinemapolis.org

The Cherry, under Artistic Director Samuel Buggeln, will host an evolving ensemble of Ithaca's most talented and dynamic professional theatre artists that is Radically local, Radically international, and Formally innovative.
www.thecherry.org

Civic Ensemble
creates theater that explores and explodes the social, political, and cultural issues of our time. Through the production of new and overlooked plays, community-based plays, and re-imaginings of classics, Civic Ensemble works to bring audiences of different races, classes, and experiences together in a public forum on the American experiment.
www.civicensemble.org

Cornell Cinema
provides an array of classic Hollywood and foreign films, independent titles, documentaries, experimental work, recent international cinema, silent films with live musical accompaniment, cult classics and recent Hollywood and arthouse hits, in addition to guest appearances by visiting film and videomakers.
www.cinema.cornell.edu

Cornell Department of Performing and Media Arts
Staff and students in Cornell's Department of Performing and Media Arts have created an entertaining, intriguing and invigorating set of performances and events for next year's calendar, including a mixture of new work, film screenings, and dance festivals.
http://www.pma.cornell.edu/

Encore Players Community Theatre
is a venue for children, youth, and adults to participate in the rewarding experience of theater, http://encoreplayers.org/

Fitz&Startz Productions
Theatre for All Ages!
https://www.kitchentheatre.org/fitzandstartz.html

Hangar Theatre
The Hangar Theatre is an award winning professional regional theatre presenting full-scale musicals, beloved classics, comedies, dramas, cabaret, and world premieres, along with a sparkling lineup of plays and musicals for kids of all ages and year-round education programs. TICKETS & INFORMATION: 607.273.ARTS (2787). Located at 801 Taughannock Blvd in Cass Park.
801 Taughannock Blvd., Ithaca, NY 14850
www.hangartheatre.org

Homecoming Players
Dedicated to contributing to the conversation in our arts-rich Ithaca community, and to exploring the intersection of social justice with theater, we are committed to collaborating with, developing, and employing local actors, directors, writers, and technicians, and to establishing a welcoming and safe environment in which to rehearse and produce an eclectic mix of classic and new plays.
www.homecomingplayers.org

Ithaca City of Asylum
COA provides refuge in Ithaca, New York, for writers and artists whose works are suppressed, whose lives are threatened, whose cultures are vanishing, and whose languages are endangered.
www.ithacacityofasylum.com

Ithaca College Main Stage Theater
Theater by the Ithaca College Theater Department for the general public. 
Ticket office - 607-274-3224, Monday through Friday, between noon and 5:00 p.m.
www.ithaca.edu/hs/depts/theatre/mainstage

Ithaca Shakespeare Company
presents three fully staged productions each year, including an indoor show in February and two outdoor shows performed in rotating repertory on the grounds of Cornell Plantations each July.
www.ithacashakespeare.org

Kitchen Theatre
In its intimate performance space. the Kitchen Theatre Company (KTC) creates professional theater that challenges the intellect, excites the imagination, informs and entertains. KTC nurtures a community of diverse artists and brings excellent art to the community and beyond.
417 W. State / W. MLK, Jr. Street, Ithaca, New York 14850
www.kitchentheatre.org

Running to Places Theatre Company
A youth community theatre company engaged in youth development..helping to raise our community's children and making excellent theatre in the process.  See their performance season at www.runningtoplaces.org

Triphammer Arts
brings together dancers and musicians from the area to resent high quality, audience-friendly music and dance productions both outdoors and indoors at the CRS Growers organic vegetable farm on Triphammer Road.
www.operacowpokes.com

Walking on Water Productions
​To present engaging, entertaining, and elevating works that stimulate the senses, intrigue the mind, woo the heart, and anchor the soul. 
www.walkingonwaterproductions.com