Theater for the New City
（重定向自Crystal Field）
![Theater for the New City has been located in a former New York City retail market at 155 First Avenue since 1986](/Images/godic/202501/07/Theater_for_the_New_City4654.jpg")
![Part of the 12-story condominium tower, the New Theater Building, behind the theater](/Images/godic/202501/07/Theater_for_the_New_City_and_New_Theater_Building4654.jpg")
Theater for the New City, founded in 1971 and known familiarly as "TNC", is one of New York City's leading Off-Off-Broadway theaters, known for radical political plays and community commitment. Productions at TNC have won 43 Obie Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. TNC currently exists as a 4-theater complex in a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m) space located at 155 1st Avenue, in Manhattan's East Village.