Theatre Workshop - Community Engagement Coordinator Theatre Workshop

New York Theatre Workshop - Community Engagement Coordinator

At New York Theatre Workshop, we work relentlessly to empower visionary theatre‑makers and bring their work to adventurous audiences through productions, artist workshops and educational programs. We nurture pioneering new writers like Hammaad Chaudry and Nathan Alan Davis alongside powerhouse playwrights like Amy Herzog and Ayad Akhtar. We engage inimitable auteur‑directors like Rachel Chavkin and Sam Gold and give invaluable support to tremendous talents like Lileana Blain‑Cruz in the earliest days of their careers.

We maintain decades‑long relationships with legendary theatre‑makers like Will Power, Ivo van Hove, Dael Orlandersmith, and Caryl Churchill, whose work has shaped and continues to influence our very idea of what theatre can be.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve produced over 150 fully realized productions including Jonathan Larson's Rent, Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul, Doug Wright's Quills, Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde, Rick Elice's Peter and the Star catcher, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, and Enda Walsh's Once, and David Bowie and Enda Walsh's Lazarus. Enabling our artists to push boundaries generates work like Nathan Alan Davis's Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown, Mfoniso Udofia's Ufot Family Cycle, Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me, Jeremy O.

Harris's Slave Play, Kristina Wong's Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, and Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich's Here There Are Blueberries. NYTW productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, 29 Tony Awards, 2 Grammy Awards, and numerous Obie, Drama Desk, and Lucille Lortel Awards.

But that’s not what we’re proudest of. We take the greatest satisfaction from the community we've built, and the perspective‑shifting experiences we've delivered along the way. We think that theatre can bring people together, change the conversation, and have a profound impact. We feel fortunate to get to support it. If that sounds like something you're interested in too, we'd love to meet you.

Our three‑person Education and Engagement team is responsible for the coordination and implementation of initiatives that provide access to the vision and methods of the artist, professional training to the next generation of theatre administrators, and enable audiences of all ages to participate in a community of dynamic learning. The Community Engagement Coordinator supports the department by providing both administrative and pedagogical assistance across programs.

This role plays a key part in ensuring the smooth execution of educational and engagement initiatives. The Community Engagement Coordinator reports directly to the Director of Education and Community Engagement.

• Produces the For the Culture series at NYTW and in community locations across the city in collaboration with the community engagement team.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Artistic and the Education team to amplify community engagement initiatives across channels.
• Designs and facilitates community events, creative workshops, post‑show discussions, and guest panels as needed.
• Supervise initiatives and partnerships such as Dreaming Out Loud in collaboration with PEN America and National Queer Theatre and Open Streets events in collaboration with FAB NYC, activating public spaces through artistic and community‑driven experiences.
• Assesses community needs, identifies potential partners, and develops new, meaningful collaborations with artists, organizations, and neighborhood groups.
• Collaborate with Marketing to develop original content for NYTW's Instagram, Tik Tok, and other platforms that highlights community initiatives, events, and partnerships in dynamic, authentic ways.
• Manage budgets, track outcomes, and contribute to grant reporting and fundraising efforts related to community engagement initiatives.
• Builds bridges to new audiences‑inviting them into the theatre, increasing access, encouraging repeat attendance, and fostering long‑term relationships.
• Supports outreach and recruitment efforts for NYTW education programs such as the 2050 Administrative Fellowship, Youth Artistic…