SECOND STAGE THEATRE was founded in 1979 under the leadership of artistic director Carole Rothman, and produces a diverse range of premieres and new interpretations of America's best contemporary theatre, including such productions as Next to Normal, Let Me Down Easy, Everyday Rapture, Becky Shaw, Animals Out of Paper, Edward Albee's Peter and Jerry, The Little Dog Laughed, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Crowns, Jitney, Saturday Night, The Good Times Are Killing Me, This Is Our Youth, Coastal Disturbances and Kristoffer Diaz's The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity.
The company's more than 130 citations include the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 7 Tony Awards, the 2002 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work, 23 Obie Awards, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Clarence Derwent Awards, nine Drama Desk Awards, five Theatre World Awards, 11 Lucille Lortel Awards, the Drama Critics Circle Award and 15 AUDELCO Awards. For subscriptions and more information, visit www.2ST.com.