About Us.

Artistic Director:  Margarett Perry

Founding Artistic Director: Sturgis Warner

Our Mission: To develop, workshop, and produce new work by theatre artists and to tell stories that deepen our awareness, encourage compassion, and ignite conversation.

Twilight Theatre Company's mission is to develop, workshop, and produce new work and to tell stories that deepen our awareness, encourage compassion and ignite conversation. Founded by Sturgis Warner in 1998 and now under the artistic leadership of Margarett Perry, Twilight continues its mission to support new work through readings, workshops, and productions. This season Twilight produced the Extended Off-Broadway run of Polishing Shakespeare by Brian Dykstra (the best-selling show in the 21-year history of 59E59 Theatre B). And in the spirit of international collaboration, Twilight went to London to co-produce A Special Relationship by Tim Marriott and Jeff Stolzer with the Tabard Theatre and bring it back to NYC for Brits Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters. Other 2025 international collaborations include Old Cock by Robert Schenkkan directed by Jorge Andrade for Under the Radar with Mala Voadora and Kafka by Jack Klaff directed by Colin Watkeys for 59E59 Theaters Brits Off-Broadway.  Last season, Twilight produced Appraisal and Watson: The Final Problem for Brits Off Broadway as well as the sold out, extended run of The Rosenberg/Strange Fruit Project (59E59). Twilight also produced two world premieres at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival — Polishing Shakespeare by Brian Dykstra and Plotters by Brian Parks. Both productions received sold out, critically acclaimed runs. This season, Twilight is continuing its work to bring international artists to the United States as well as bringing the work of US artists to the UK and beyond. Upcoming 2026 productions include Not Nobody by Brian Dykstra at 59E59 Theaters and Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright at Soho Playhouse.

Twilight Theatre Co. is a Co-Op Resident Company at 59E59 Theaters.

HISTORY

Founded by Sturgis Warner in 1998 as a non-profit 501(c)3, Twilight Theatre Company is committed to the development of new work. It was originally created in an attempt to return to the basics of an earlier era -- to simply produce more new plays in front of an audience. For several seasons this remained the mission. In 2002, Twilight shifted its operations to a less public mode to serve more artists through script development. But in 2008, Twilight rekindled its public presence with a workshop production of Ted LoRusso's Prelude to the First Day, Suite for Four Actors and Percussionist and in 2009 a successful Off-Broadway run of Brian Dykstra's A Play On Words at 59E59 Theaters. And in 2010 we produced Palestine by Najla Saïd which had a sold-out 9 week Off-Broadway run.  

Twilight Theatre Company is a no-overhead operation. All money raised goes into the work itself.