Playwrights Horizons
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Playwrights Horizons is an Off-Broadway theater in New York City renowned for developing and producing new works by contemporary American playwrights.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Playwrights Horizons canonical | 16 |
| Playwrights Horizons Theater School | 2 |
| Playwrights Horizons Theatre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Playwrights Horizons Context triple: [Clybourne Park, premiereLocation, Playwrights Horizons]
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A.
Playwrights Workshop
Playwrights Workshop is a renowned graduate playwriting program at the University of Iowa known for developing influential American dramatists and new theatrical works.
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B.
Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway theater company in New York City known for producing innovative new plays and fostering contemporary American playwrights.
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C.
Lincoln Center Repertory Company
Lincoln Center Repertory Company was a prominent resident theater company at New York’s Lincoln Center, known for producing innovative and high-quality stage productions in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Roundabout Theatre Company
Roundabout Theatre Company is a major New York City nonprofit theatre organization known for its Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of classic plays, revivals, and new works.
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E.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a renowned Chicago-based ensemble theater known for its innovative, actor-driven productions and for launching the careers of numerous prominent American actors and playwrights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Playwrights Horizons Target entity description: Playwrights Horizons is an Off-Broadway theater in New York City renowned for developing and producing new works by contemporary American playwrights.
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A.
Playwrights Workshop
Playwrights Workshop is a renowned graduate playwriting program at the University of Iowa known for developing influential American dramatists and new theatrical works.
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B.
Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway theater company in New York City known for producing innovative new plays and fostering contemporary American playwrights.
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C.
Lincoln Center Repertory Company
Lincoln Center Repertory Company was a prominent resident theater company at New York’s Lincoln Center, known for producing innovative and high-quality stage productions in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Roundabout Theatre Company
Roundabout Theatre Company is a major New York City nonprofit theatre organization known for its Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of classic plays, revivals, and new works.
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E.
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a renowned Chicago-based ensemble theater known for its innovative, actor-driven productions and for launching the careers of numerous prominent American actors and playwrights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Off-Broadway theater company
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non-profit organization ⓘ theatre company ⓘ |
| addressCity |
New York
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linked to:
New York City
|
| addressCountry | USA ⓘ |
| addressState | New York ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
new American musicals
ⓘ
writer-centered development ⓘ |
| focus |
contemporary American playwrights
ⓘ
new works ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Bob Moss ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1971 ⓘ |
| governance | board of trustees ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Off-Broadway theaters
ⓘ
linked to:
Off-Broadway
theatre companies in New York City ⓘ |
| hasEducationalProgram |
Playwrights Horizons Theater School
ⓘ
linked to:
Playwrights Horizons
|
| hasFacility | two-theater complex ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
commissioning program for playwrights
ⓘ
new play development workshops ⓘ resident artists programs ⓘ |
| hasTheater |
Mainstage Theater
ⓘ
Peter Jay Sharp Theater ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developmental programs for writers
ⓘ
premiering new American plays ⓘ supporting emerging playwrights ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| mission | development and production of new American plays and musicals ⓘ |
| neighborhood |
Hell’s Kitchen
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linked to:
Hell's Kitchen
|
| nonProfitStatus | not-for-profit ⓘ |
| notableProduction |
Clybourne Park
ⓘ
Falsettos ⓘ Grey Gardens ⓘ
linked to:
Grey Gardens (musical)
Sunday in the Park with George ⓘ The Flick ⓘ |
| producedWorkBy |
Bruce Norris
ⓘ
Christopher Durang ⓘ Craig Lucas ⓘ James Lapine ⓘ Lynn Nottage ⓘ Michael John LaChiusa ⓘ Sarah Ruhl ⓘ Stephen Sondheim ⓘ Wendy Wasserstein ⓘ William Finn ⓘ |
| theaterSchoolAffiliation |
New York University Tisch School of the Arts
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linked to:
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
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| typeOfStage | Off-Broadway ⓘ |
| website | https://www.playwrightshorizons.org/ ⓘ |
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Subject: Playwrights Horizons Description of subject: Playwrights Horizons is an Off-Broadway theater in New York City renowned for developing and producing new works by contemporary American playwrights.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
musical "Sunday in the Park with George" (indirectly via the painting)
subject linked to:
musical "Sunday in the Park with George" (indirectly via the painting)
linked to: Playwrights Horizons
linked to: Playwrights Horizons
linked to: Playwrights Horizons