ArKtype
Performing ArtsNew York, United States2-10 Employees
Founded in 2006 and based in Brooklyn, New York, ArKtype supports both emerging and established artists from the United States and abroad. It emphasizes risk-taking in live performance and provides a flexible framework for developing new work, international collaboration, production, and touring. The organization seeks to balance infrastructural support with artistic development, fostering long-term relationships between artists and producing entities to sustain visibility in national and international theater and presenter networks. Its portfolio includes collaborations with prominent U.S. venues and international partners, such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln Center Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Market Theatre in Johannesburg, Barbican Centre, and The Kitchen, among others. ArKtype has worked with artists from about twenty countries across multiple genres and supports both commercial and non-profit work across different kinds of spaces. Operating as a small organization, it seeks to navigate an environment with limited funding for creative endeavors by aligning infrastructural support with artistic growth and maintaining ongoing relationships between artists and producing entities.