The Squirrel Comedy Theatre
2020-present · New York, NY
Also known as The Squirrel, Squirrel NYC
UCB NY alumni's nonprofit response to UCB's 2020 closure — founded by former UCB artistic leadership with an explicit equity and artist-compensation agenda.
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- Founded late 2020 by UCB NY alumni Michael Hartney (UCBNY Artistic Director), Lou Gonzalez, Patrick Keene, Maritza Montañez, Corin Wells and Alex Song-Xia.
- Founding team is majority queer and POC — explicit part of the mission to address UCB's representation and compensation gaps.
- Began as a virtual theater; in-person residency at Caveat (Lower East Side) launched June 5, 2021.
- Differentiator: artists get a cut of the door (UCB did not).
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