Brooklyn - Free Summer Outdoor Theater 2022

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July 26, 2022 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Brooklyn Things To Do / Brooklyn Blvd NYC.

Summer is in full swing. A number of community groups in collaboration with the NYC Parks Department and frequently some measure of government funding, have put together a summer full of free summer theater in the parks. The free theatre events listed below are designed for young and old alike and they're FREE.

Editor's Note - Note that only ASTERISKED LOCATIONS have been updated. Pay attention to the performance dates / years. We will be updating / adding this summer theater report between now and the end of September. So check back periodically for updates which you can note by the date changing above.

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Directory of Free Summer Theater in Brooklyn NYC

Organized by Brooklyn Neighborhoods & then by Month

1. North Brooklyn Free Summer Theater NYC

2. Central Brooklyn Free Summer Theater NYC

3. South & West Brooklyn Free Summer Theater NYC

4. East Brooklyn Free Summer Theater NYC

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1. North Brooklyn Free Summer Outdoor Theater 2022

North of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn NYC

* Brooklyn Commons Park at Metrotech - Free Summer Theater Downtown BK

Free Theater at the Metrotech Center - Free Things To Do in the Downtown Neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC

Location. In the Brooklyn Common Park at the Metrotech Center at Myrtle Avenue and Bridge Street in the downtown Brooklyn neighborhood in NYC.

• Tuesday - Sunday, July 5 - 10, 2022 from 7 - 9 pm - Cymbeline - They describe their rendition of this play as: "... intrigue and drama in William Shakespeare’s 1611 romantic adventure Cymbeline, performed by seven energetic actors." Free summer outdoor theater / plays in Brooklyn Commons Park at Metrotech in Downtown Brooklyn NYC.
• Contact. Performed by NY Classical Theatre Company. Free but rsvp via www.nyclassical.org. You're advised to make a reservation as they have sold out in the past.

Contact. www.downtownbrooklyn.com

* McCarren Park in the Greenpoint Neighborhood of Brooklyn

Free Summer Theater / Free Things To Do in Greenpoint BK NYC

Location. McCarren Park Bedford Lawn at intersection of Bedford & Lorimer St in Greenpoint Brooklyn.

• OLD _ NOTE DATE _ YEAR _ August 13, 2021 beginning at 6.30 pm - I don't see anything for this summer 2022, but they periodically host ad hoc events on fairly short notice. So stay tuned.
• Under Woodside - Described as, " ... Juliann Lavallee’s newest play, puts a contemporary twist on Dylan Thomas’ poetic prose and musical style to breathe life into the story of [a] neighborhood of Queens ... the action of the play is confined to a single day and a few city blocks, it captures the city’s flavor in a way that resonates with natives, transplants, and vacationers alike ... capture the beauty of the efforts, little and large, people put into living ... celebrates the diversity of being: saints and solicitors are presented as equally holy and worthy. Experiencing this will remind audiences of the intricacy, mindfulness, and love of the city that never sleeps... ". Free summer outdoor theater in McCarren Park in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.

* Fort Greene Park - Free Summer Theater in Brooklyn NYC

1. Location. On the Monument steps near the Myrtle Avenue entrance in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn NYC.

• Friday, August 5, 2022 beginning at 7.30 pm / Pericles - This Shakespearean play has a dramatic mix of tragedy, romance and comedy, all rolled up in one. It opens with Pericles life in danger as he is asked to decipher a riddle, the answer to which will result in his death. So he asks for time to think about it and then flees. In the course of his flight he wins a contest and the prized princess, impregnates her, loses her in childbirth, and goes on to other adventures before reuniting with his daughter and wife [who was found alive swept to shore]. Shakespeare's Pericles performed by Hip to Hip Theater. Free summer outdoor theater in Fort Greene Park in the Fort Green neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC. Free.
• Contact. www.hiptohip.org

2. Location. At Myrtle Avenue between N. Portland Avenue & St. Edwards Street in Fort Greene Park.

• Sun, Sept 11, 2022 @ 2 pm - Teacher! Teacher! or P.S. I love you. — Ft. Greene Park, Myrtle Ave. bet. N. Portland Ave. & St. Edwards St. They describe the play as follows, " ... a rip-roaring original musical which tells the story of a struggling teacher in an underserved neighborhood who puts her life on the line for her kids ...". Free summer outdoor theater in Fort Greene Park in the Fort Green neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.
• Contact. Organized by the Parks Dept & Theater for the New City aka TNC at ww.theaterforthenewcity.net. Free summer theater in Brooklyn NYC.

* Brooklyn Academy of Music aka BAM in the Fort Green Neighborhood of Brooklyn

Free Summer Theater at BAM - Free Things To Do In Fort Green Brooklyn NYC

Location. BAM is in the Fort Greene neighborhood of BK. Click here to view a Brooklyn Academy of Music map [TBD] in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn.

• May 2022 - Dance Africa Festival - The annual Dance Africa Festival. Free summer outdoor theater in the Fort Green neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.
• Contact. For details see - www.bam.org

* After Work Theater - Paid Summer Theater in Various Neighborhoods of Brooklyn

Free Theater at After Work Theater - Free Things To Do In Brooklyn NYC

Location. They're a flexible, multi-space, traveling theater group. So the performance space for Rent is TBD. Stay tuned.

• Sunday - Sunday, September 11 - 18, 2022 - Rent - Rent is a musical based on La Boheme, an Italian Opera written in the late 1800's and set in Paris about the life of struggling artists. In the play, Playwright Billy Aronson wanted to replace the aesthetic of 19th century Paris, with the grit and HIV epidemic of the late 1990's. He also morphs a traditional opera into a rock opera. He died of an unusual health condition [not HIV / AIDs] before the play became a resounding success. After Work Theater Group is a flexible, multi-space, traveling theater group that both produces and performs in a mix of free / not free productions, and they also do classes.
• Contact. www.afterworktheater.org / Tickets are generally about $25 [unconfirmed as tickets are not yet available and performance space not yet announced] / Location TBD stay tuned or visit their website.

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* Brooklyn Bridge Park in the Brooklyn Heights / Dumbo Neighborhoods of Brooklyn

Free Summer Theater in Brooklyn Bridge Park - Free Things To Do in the Brooklyn Heights / Dumbo Neighborhoods of NYC

Location. Brooklyn Bridge Park is located along the East River underneath the Brooklyn Bridge and adjacent to the Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo neighborhoods of BK. The 7/22 performance is on the Harbor View Lawn. The eastern border of the park is the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, so there are limited entrances from the Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo neighborhoods. The Harborview Lawn may be accessed by crossing over the BQE at Middaugh Street in Brooklyn Heights.

• Friday, July 22, 2022 from 6 - 8 pm - It's Showtime NYC - This is an Open Studios Residency Performance on the Harbor View Lawn. Free summer outdoor theater in the Fort Green neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.
• Contact. For details see - https://www.bam.org or https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org

2. Central Brooklyn Free Summer Outdoor Theater

North of Prospect Avenue / Expwy & Church Avenue, South of Atlantic Avenue & West of Flatbush / Mary Pinkett Avenue including Red Hook

* Gallery Players - Paid Summer Theater in the Park Slope Neighborhood of BK

Paid Theater at Park Slope Performing Arts - Things To Do In Brooklyn NYC

Location. At 199 14th Street in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.

• Thursday, Friday, Saturday begins 8 pm & matinees beginning 2 pm Saturday & 3 pm Sunday, July 16 - Sunday July 31, 2022 - The House of Bernarda Alba - A play by Federico Garcia Lorca written during the Spanish Civil War was also called a drama of the women living in the villages of Spain. The play centers around the relationships of a domineering woman and her five daughters, many of whom are interested in one of the daughters suitor. Wikipedia says, "... The play explores themes of repression, passion, and conformity, and inspects the effects of men upon women..."
• Contact. www.galleryplayers.com / Tickets $25.

* The Old Stone House - Paid & Free Summer Theater in Park Slope Brooklyn

Piper Theatre Productions Performs at the Old Stone House - Free & Paid Things To Do in Park Slope BK NYC

Location. At the Old Stone House in Washington / JJ Byrne Park at 336 Third Street between 4th & 5th Avenues in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Paid & free summer outdoor theater at the Old Stone House at Washington Park in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.

• Friday, July 15, 2022 from 7 - 9 pm - GULCH Fundraiser. Piper is producing a cabaret fundraiser of a new musical, Gulch. They describe the production as based upon " ... a book by John P. McEneny and Musical score by Rob Parker.  The play is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, set twenty years before the tornado carries Dorothy away and centers on a young Almira Gulch and Emmadiah Gale." Note - Vaccinations and mask wearing is required as this is an inside event. See Contact below to purchase tickets.

• Friday, July 29, 2022 from 7 - 8 pm and
• Saturday, July 30, 2022 from 6 - 7 pm - GULCH Workshop. Piper is producing a cabaret of a new musical, Gulch. They describe the production as based upon " ... a book by John P. McEneny and Musical score by Rob Parker.  The play is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, set twenty years before the tornado carries Dorothy away and centers on a young Almira Gulch and Emmadiah Gale." In the workshop the actors, musicians and production folks do live work on the play in front of an audience. Note - Vaccinations and mask wearing is required as this is an inside event. Free, but donations welcome.

• Friday, July 29, 2022 from 8 - 9.30 pm and
• Saturday, July 30, 2022 from 7 - 8.30 pm - The Addams Family School Edition - A New Musical. Piper is producing a new play that they describe as follows, " ... Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents... ". Note - Vaccinations and mask wearing is required as this is an inside event. Free, but donations welcome.

• Thursday, July 28, 2022 from 7 - 8.30 pm and
• Saturday, July 30, 2022 from 8.30 - 10 pm - Into the Woods, Jr. - A Musical. Piper is producing a new play that they describe as follows, " ...Let’s go back to the woods and meet Grimm’s fairy tale characters with the sublime music of Sondheim...". Note - Vaccinations and mask wearing is required as this is an inside event. Free, but donations welcome.

• Sunday, July 31, 2022 beginning at 7 pm - The Lincoln Dress Fundraiser. Piper is producing a play which they describe as " ... Albany, NY 1931.  Four broken people plot to steal the historic dress that Clara Harris wore in the booth of Fords Theatre on the night of Lincolns assassination.   The haunted dress is brought back to the rooming house of WWI veteran Donal, who along with a broken friend, an aging prostitute, and an African American domestic with secrets of her own, experience a night where the dress haunts each of them...." Note - Vaccinations and mask wearing is required as this is an inside event. See Contact below to purchase tickets.

• Contact / Tickets. Piper Theater Productions at www.pipertheatre.org / Tickets are $30 for the July 15th event and $50 for the July 31st event.

* Puppet Mobile in Brooklyn Neighborhoods - Free Summer Theater in Brooklyn Parks

Free Things To Do in Brooklyn NYC - Free Puppet Mobile in Brooklyn NYC

Cut & paste this url to view the schedule / locations for performances by the Puppet Mobile on the City Parks Foundation website - www.cityparksfoundation.org/puppetmobile

• June / July / August 2022 at various times in the late morning / early afternoon - CityParks Puppet Mobile. Free. These are free puppet based theatrical performances out of the City Parks Puppet Mobile.
• Contact. www.cityparksfoundation.org/puppetmobile

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* Free Summer Theater in the Park Slope Neighborhood of Brooklyn

Free Theater at Park Slope Performing Arts - Free Things To Do In Brooklyn NYC

At Various Dates / Times - Park Slope Performing Arts

Description. They do classes. Week long stints that have a tuition cost. Not free.

Location. In the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Contact. https://www.parkslopeperformingarts.com/

* APPEARS TO HAVE CLOSED _ Prospect Park - Free Summer Theater in BK

Free Theater at Broadway Acting Lab - Free Things To Do in Brooklyn NYC

Various Dates / Times - Summer camps by Broadway Acting Lab.

Description. They do classes. Week long stints that have a tuition cost. NOT FREE.

Location. In the Prospect Park neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Contact. www.broadwayactinglab.org

3. South & West Brooklyn Free Summer Outdoor Theater

South of Prospect Avenue / Expwy & West of Ocean Avenue, not including Coney Island / Brighton Beach

* Narrows Community Theater - Paid Summer Theater in Bay Ridge BK NYC

Paid Theater by the Narrows Community Theater - Things To Do in Brooklyn NYC

Location. In the Auditorium of Our Lady of Angels Church 7320 4th Avenue in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn. They oftentimes perform at the Fort Hamilton Army Base. Paid and free summer theater in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.

• Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, September 9, 10, 11 and 16, 17, 18, 2022 - beginning at 8 pm on Friday & Saturday and at 2 pm on Sunday - The Wizard of Oz. An adaptation by the Narrows Community Theater in Bay Ridge.
• Contact. www.narrowscommunitytheater.com / Tickets $25 / $20 / $15 at www.nctheaterny.com

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* Sunset Park - Free Summer Theater in the Sunset Park Neighborhood of BK NYC

Free Theater in Sunset Park - Free Things To Do in Brooklyn NYC

Location. At Sunset Park at 6th Avenue & 44th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

• Saturday, Sept 10, 2022 @ 2 pm - Teacher! Teacher! or P.S. I love you. - Sunset Park, 6th Ave. & 44th Street. They describe the play as follows, " ... a rip-roaring original musical which tells the story of a struggling teacher in an underserved neighborhood who puts her life on the line for her kids ...". Free summer theater in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.
• Contact. Organized by the Parks Dept & Theater for the New City aka TNC at ww.theaterforthenewcity.net. Free summer theater in Brooklyn NYC.

4. East Brooklyn Free Summer Outdoor Theater

East of Flatbush / Mary Pinkett [Utica] Avenue while South of Atlantic Avenue, but including Cypress Hills

East of Ocean Avenue while South of Church Avenue, but including Coney Island, Brighton Beach & Sheepshead Bay

* Paid Summer Theater in the Coney Island Neighborhood of Brooklyn

Paid Theater at the Coney Island Museum - Free & Paid Things To Do In Coney Island BK NYC

Location. At the Coney Island Museum at 1208 Surf Avenue [at Stillwell Avenue] in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn. It's adjacent to Luna Park, which stands between it and the boardwalk. Note - Currently, they have lifted their vaccine requirements and mask wearing is optional, but they also claim, "...Coney Island USA has been closely monitoring the status of the current coronavirus outbreak and considers the safety of our supporters, patrons, employees and cast members of the utmost importance ...", so this could change, as the virus spread conditions change.

• Friday & Saturday nights, July & August, 2022 beginning at 8 pm on Friday and 9 pm on Saturday - Burlesque at the Beach. A new burlesque related show each Friday and Saturday night throughout the summer. Coney Island Side Show and Coney Island Burlesque. Admission is about $20.

• Daily July & August 2022 - Coney Island Museum. They describe the museum as follows, " ... For over a century, the Coney Island amusement district has represented the changing face of American popular culture. A source of wonders, thrills, and larger-than-life spectacles for many generations, Coney Island has also been the site of a wide range of historical innovations, including the hot dog, the first escalator ride, and the introduction of the infant incubator as a tool for neonatal care. The Coney Island Museum is the only accredited institution singularly dedicated to preserving, protecting, and interpreting the unique history of the People’s Playground. It houses the world’s premier collection of Coney Island photographs, paintings, ephemera, amusement-related objects, architectural elements, and vintage signs on view to the public. In addition to the permanent collection, the Museum also hosts special exhibitions and lectures on Coney Island’s history and impact. The Museum’s archives are available as a critical resource to researching scholars and its public displays support educators from local schools ... ". Admission $3 / $5. Note - They periodically close for special events so you're advised to check their website before planning a visit.

• Contact. www.coneyisland.com

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* Paid Summer Concerts in the Coney Island Neighborhood of Brooklyn

Paid Theater at the Coney Island Amphitheater - Free & Paid Things To Do In Coney Island BK NYC

They mostly host concerts - see Brooklyn concerts link at top of this report.

Location. Coney Island Amphitheater at 3052 West 21st Street at the Coney Island Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

• Weekends June thru early September 2022 generally starting at 7 or 8 pm. These are paid musical performance events by high profile music stars. Not Free.
• Contact. https://seasideparkconeyisland.com/

* Paid Summer Concerts in the Kings Theatre in the Flatbush Neighborhood of Brooklyn

Paid Theater at Kings Theatre - Free & Paid Things To Do In Flatbush BK NYC

They mostly host concerts - see Brooklyn concerts link at top of this report.

Location. At Kings Theatre at 1027 Flatbush Avenue in the Flatbush / Ditmas neighborhoods of Brooklyn.

• Tuesday, October 26, 2021 beginning at 7.30 pm - Stacey Abrams. Georgia's fiery civil rights activist. Not Free.
• Contact / Tickets. www.kingstheatre.com

* Free Summer Theater in the Coney Island Neighborhood of Brooklyn

Free Theater at the Coney Island Boardwalk - Free Things To Do In Coney Island BK NYC

Location. Boardwalk @ W. 10th Street in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

• Friday, Aug 19, 2022 @ 6.30 pm - Teacher! Teacher! or P.S. I love you. — Coney Island Boardwalk @ W. 10th Street. They describe the play as follows, " ... a rip-roaring original musical which tells the story of a struggling teacher in an underserved neighborhood who puts her life on the line for her kids ...". Free summer theater in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.
• Contact. Organized by the Parks Dept & Theater for the New City aka TNC at ww.theaterforthenewcity.net. Free summer theater in Brooklyn NYC.

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