HELP US PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE: CLICK HERE to participate in our Artists and Audicence survey
Welcome to NYSX
New York Shakespeare Exchange mines Shakespeare’s canon for its powerful insight into the shared joys and struggles at the core of human experience, and channels that insight into programming that strengthens our communities. By using his works as both springboard and toolkit, we invite our fellow New Yorkers to form a relationship of “exchange” with Shakespeare’s legacy, creating new opportunities for artistic expression, social connection, and mutual learning.
Verses vs. Verses – April 25th!
Verses vs. Verses
Saturday, April 25, 2026
3:30-5:30pm
Everything Goes Book Cafe & Neighborhood Stage
208 Bay Street, Staten Island
Our next Meets & Mingles event will be an open-mic salon, inviting local poets and Shakespeare fans alike to come help us celebrate… Read More on our blog
Meet our Collaborators: The CRY HAVOC Company
As we draw close to the end of this inaugural cycle of Brave New Work, we wanted to cast our final spotlight on our partners in bringing this exciting new initiative to life!
The CRY HAVOC Company believes that writing a script doesn’t have to be a solitary experience. Feedback at key points in the writing process can bring you closer to your goals. Our approach to script development places your writing goals at the center of the workshop discussion, ensuring that collaborators are offering feedback in service of the play you are trying to write.
Read on to learn more about the company’s approach to developing new work, what excites them about this collaboration with NYSX, and more – featured company members are Jen Curfman (Co-Artistic Director), Jerzy Gwiazdowski (Managing Director), and Katelin Wilcox (Associate Artistic Director).
Read More on our blog
HELP US PLAN FOR OUR FUTURE: CLICK HERE to participate in our Artists and Audicence survey
Welcome to NYSX
New York Shakespeare Exchange harnesses Shakespeare’s potential as a starting point for building connections with and between the many diverse communities of New York City. We enthusiastically invite our fellow New Yorkers to actively engage with Shakespeare – to converse with, interpret, remix, critique and even challenge his work.
Verses vs. Verses – April 25th!
Verses vs. Verses
Saturday, April 25, 2026
3:30-5:30pm
Everything Goes Book Cafe & Neighborhood Stage
208 Bay Street, Staten Island
Our next Meets & Mingles event will be an open-mic salon, inviting local poets and Shakespeare fans alike to come help us celebrate… Read More on our blog
Meet our Collaborators: The CRY HAVOC Company
As we draw close to the end of this inaugural cycle of Brave New Work, we wanted to cast our final spotlight on our partners in bringing this exciting new initiative to life!
The CRY HAVOC Company believes that writing a script doesn’t have to be a solitary experience. Feedback at key points in the writing process can bring you closer to your goals. Our approach to script development places your writing goals at the center of the workshop discussion, ensuring that collaborators are offering feedback in service of the play you are trying to write.
Read on to learn more about the company’s approach to developing new work, what excites them about this collaboration with NYSX, and more – featured company members are Jen Curfman (Co-Artistic Director), Jerzy Gwiazdowski (Managing Director), and Katelin Wilcox (Associate Artistic Director).
Read More on our blog