Signature Theatre Company
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Signature Theatre Company is a renowned New York City-based nonprofit theater company celebrated for its intensive explorations of the work of specific playwrights and its influential role in American regional theater.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Signature Theatre Company canonical | 4 |
| Signature Theatre (New York City) | 2 |
| Signature Theatre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6672867 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Signature Theatre Company Context triple: [Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, notableRecipient, Signature Theatre Company]
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A.
Purple Rose Theatre Company
Purple Rose Theatre Company is a nonprofit professional theater in Chelsea, Michigan, known for producing new American plays and fostering Midwestern theatrical talent.
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B.
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Lookingglass Theatre Company is a Chicago-based ensemble theater known for its visually inventive, physically dynamic productions and bold adaptations of classic and contemporary works.
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C.
Crossroads Theatre Company
Crossroads Theatre Company is a renowned African American theater company known for producing and promoting Black theater and playwrights in the United States.
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D.
York Theatre Company
York Theatre Company is an Off-Broadway nonprofit theater in New York City known for producing and developing new and rarely seen musicals.
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E.
Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons is an Off-Broadway theater in New York City renowned for developing and producing new works by contemporary American 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: Signature Theatre Company Target entity description: Signature Theatre Company is a renowned New York City-based nonprofit theater company celebrated for its intensive explorations of the work of specific playwrights and its influential role in American regional theater.
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A.
Purple Rose Theatre Company
Purple Rose Theatre Company is a nonprofit professional theater in Chelsea, Michigan, known for producing new American plays and fostering Midwestern theatrical talent.
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B.
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Lookingglass Theatre Company is a Chicago-based ensemble theater known for its visually inventive, physically dynamic productions and bold adaptations of classic and contemporary works.
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C.
Crossroads Theatre Company
Crossroads Theatre Company is a renowned African American theater company known for producing and promoting Black theater and playwrights in the United States.
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D.
York Theatre Company
York Theatre Company is an Off-Broadway nonprofit theater in New York City known for producing and developing new and rarely seen musicals.
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E.
Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons is an Off-Broadway theater in New York City renowned for developing and producing new works by contemporary American playwrights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit theater company
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off-Broadway theater company ⓘ |
| artForm |
contemporary theater
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drama ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
American playwriting
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intensive explorations of the work of specific playwrights ⓘ residencies for playwrights ⓘ |
| basedIn |
New York City
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Off-Broadway theater scene ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
actors
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directors ⓘ playwrights ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
American playwrights
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bodies of work rather than single plays ⓘ |
| foundedBy | James Houghton ⓘ |
| foundingDirector | James Houghton ⓘ |
| genre | theater ⓘ |
| hasVenue |
The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre
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The Irene Diamond Stage ⓘ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.signaturetheatre.org/ ⓘ |
| inception | 1991 ⓘ |
| industry | performing arts ⓘ |
| knownFor |
affordable ticket initiatives
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influential role in American regional theater ⓘ playwright-in-residence model ⓘ season-long explorations of individual playwrights ⓘ supporting both emerging and established playwrights ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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The Pershing Square Signature Center ⓘ Theatre Row area ⓘ
linked to:
Theatre Row
West 42nd Street ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| mission |
to celebrate and support playwrights
ⓘ
to explore the body of work of a single playwright in depth ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | 501(c)(3) ⓘ |
| organizationalType |
resident theater company
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subscription-based theater company ⓘ |
| programType |
new play development
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playwright residency programs ⓘ revivals of contemporary plays ⓘ |
| regionServed |
New York City
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United States theater community ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
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Subject: Signature Theatre Company Description of subject: Signature Theatre Company is a renowned New York City-based nonprofit theater company celebrated for its intensive explorations of the work of specific playwrights and its influential role in American regional theater.
Referenced by (7)
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