has won acclaim for artistic excellence, powerful ensemble acting and fearless exploration
through developing and producing challenging works by new and established playwrights. Under the guidance of founding
artistic director Scott Elliott and executive director Geoff Rich, TNG has garnered four Obies and two Lortels, as well as 11
Drama Desk nominations. U.S. and world premieres include Mike Leigh's Ecstasy,Goose-Pimples and Smelling a Rat;
Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth; Stephen Bill's Curtains; Rob Urbinati's Hazelwood Jr. High; Ayub Khan-Din's East
Is East; David Cale's Betwixt; and revivals of Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw and Trevor Griffith's Comedians.
