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HERE Arts Center is a NYC nonprofit founded in 1993 that develops, produces, and presents experimental theater, puppetry, opera, and hybrid performance for independent artists and arts-interested audiences via residencies, curated programs, and co-presented festivals.

Company typePrivate
Founded1993
HeadquartersNew York, United States
Headcount51–100
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

What Here does

HERE Arts Center (legal entity: Home for Contemporary Theater & Art Ltd.) is a New York City nonprofit performing arts organization founded in 1993 and headquartered at 145 Sixth Avenue in Lower Manhattan. The organization operates a multi-venue performance center producing and presenting experimental work across theater, puppetry, music, dance, media, and visual art. Core programs include the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP), which commissions and produces new multidisciplinary work; the Dream Music Puppetry program; HERE Hosts (formerly SubletSeries), a rolling intake venue-rental and presenting program for independent artists; and co-presented festivals including PROTOTYPE (opera-theatre, with Beth Morrison Projects), Culturemart, Puppetopia, and Criminal Queerness Festival (with National Queer Theater).

HERE serves two primary customer segments: independent artists and ensembles seeking development and production support (its B2B/B2-individual-creator side), and arts-interested audiences in NYC seeking boundary-pushing performance at accessible price points. A four-tier monthly membership program (HEREsocial $9/mo through HERE Heroes League $417/mo) anchors recurring earned revenue alongside ticket sales, bar/concessions, and space rentals.

The business model is a hybrid nonprofit operating structure: roughly half of revenue is contributed (federal NEA funds, NYSCA and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs public grants, plus foundation grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Mellon, Doris Duke, Jim Henson, Howard Gilman, Tow, and Leon Levy, and individual major donors including Cheryl Henson), with the remainder earned through tickets, memberships, and venue rentals. HERE has no disclosed technology platform or AI capability layer; its technical stack is limited to a Cuebox-powered membership/ticketing system and standard social/web channels. Governance rests with a board of directors and professional staff (51-100 employees reported).

Here firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Here
Legal name: Home for Contemporary Theater & Art Ltd.
Website: https://here.org
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1993
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 51–100 employees
Short description: HERE Arts Center is a NYC nonprofit founded in 1993 that develops, produces, and presents experimental theater, puppetry, opera, and hybrid performance for independent artists and arts-interested audiences via residencies, curated programs, and co-presented festivals.
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Here industry classification

Industry

Product category: Performing Arts Venue
NAICS: Performing Arts Companies (7111), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)
SIC: Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)
akta.pro primary industry: Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM)
akta.pro secondary industries: Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB), Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB), Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG)

Keywords

Performing arts venue
Artist residency programs
Live theater production
Puppetry and multimedia
Arts membership programs

Where Here is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: New York
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

Here business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Ticket Sales: Revenue from selling tickets to performances and shows at the venue
Membership Programs: Monthly membership tiers (HEREsocial, Downtown Darling, Toast of Soho, HERE Heroes League) providing discounted tickets, drink discounts, and exclusive access in exchange for recurring monthly fees
Space Rentals: Rental fees from artists and companies using HERE's venues through programs like HERE Hosts SubletSeries
Donations and Grants: Contributed revenue from individual donors, foundation grants, and public funding from government arts agencies
Bar and Concessions: Revenue from the venue bar with drink sales, with membership discounts offered

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Monthly	HEREsocial membership at $9/month for basic community benefits
Subscription	Monthly	Downtown Darling at $42/month for enhanced donor membership
Subscription	Monthly	Toast of Soho at $84/month for premium tier
Subscription	Monthly	HERE Heroes League at $417/month for top-tier supporters

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Here product offering

Product offering

Core offering

HERE Arts Center is a nonprofit performing arts venue that produces and hosts multidisciplinary live performances (theater, dance, music, puppetry, media, and visual art) in its Lower Manhattan facility. It operates an artist residency program (HARP), a dedicated puppetry program (Dream Music Puppetry), an external-presenting series (HERE Hosts), and multiple annual festivals, complemented by tiered membership subscriptions and paid venue rental/space-and-equipment hire for independent artists and companies.

Product overview

HERE Arts Center is a performing arts organization that operates as a multi-venue performance center offering a unified portfolio of membership programs, artist residency services, and curated performance programming. The membership structure includes four tiers (HEREsocial, Downtown Darling, Toast of Soho, and HERE Heroes League) providing escalating benefits from discounted tickets to complimentary admissions and donor recognition. Core programming includes the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) for artist development, the Dream Music Puppetry program for puppet works, and HERE Hosts for presenting external artists. Annual festivals include Puppetopia (puppet-focused), Culturemart (emerging artists showcase), the co-produced Prototype Festival (opera-theatre), and Criminal Queerness Festival. The organization is not a technology platform but a live performance venue.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP): Artist residency program providing commissions, development and full production support for multidisciplinary artists
Dream Music Puppetry
PROTOTYPE
Culturemart
HERE Hosts
HEREsocial
Downtown Darling
Toast of Soho
HERE Heroes League
Queer @ HERE
URHERE

Products and services

HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) Artist residency program that commissions multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary performance makers and provides development time, technical and marketing support, and full production resources to create and premiere new work at HERE's downtown venue.
Dream Music Puppetry Program dedicated to innovative puppet works and object theater, featuring workshops, development residencies, the annual Puppetopia festival, and presentations of puppet performances for general audiences.
HERE Hosts Annual presenting series (evolved from the SubletSeries) that presents new work from independent artists, ensembles, and companies working in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary forms, offering tailored technical support, marketing support, space rental, presenting fees, and box-office splits.
PROTOTYPE Festival Annual opera-theatre festival co-produced with Beth Morrison Projects, presenting new works that blend opera with theater, dance, music, and hybrid performance forms.
Culturemart Annual showcase festival presenting works from emerging artists in theater, puppetry, dance, music, and hybrid performance forms, providing a platform for artists developing pieces within HERE's community.
HERE Membership Program Multi-tier monthly subscription membership program (HEREsocial at $9/month, Downtown Darling at $42/month, Toast of Soho at $84/month, and HERE Heroes League at $417/month) offering discounted or complimentary tickets, drink discounts, member newsletter access, exclusive event invitations, and donor recognition for arts patrons.
Criminal Queerness Festival Annual festival celebrating queer performance and LGBTQ+ artists, presenting new queer works across disciplines including theater, opera, music, and hybrid forms.
Queer @ HERE Ongoing program series dedicated to queer performance work and LGBTQ+ artists, encompassing ticketed performances, special events, and co-productions with queer-led partner organizations.
Live Performance Tickets Direct ticket sales for the full HERE season of multidisciplinary live performances (theater, dance, music, puppetry, and hybrid works) via here.org/events/ and the box office at 212.647.0202, with member discounts applied at point of purchase.

Companies that use Here

Customer profile

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Here technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
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Here partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and minor.

Alliance of Resident Theatres/ART NYmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of resident theaters providing support and advocacy for HERE and other NYC theaters.
Theatre Communications GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational organization for American theaters providing resources and advocacy.
OperaAmericaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerService organization supporting opera companies and artists, partnered with HARP program.
Association of Performing Arts PresentersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational service organization for performing arts presenters supporting HERE.
Hudson Square Business Improvement DistrictminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness improvement district supporting arts and cultural programming in Hudson Square area.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Here competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

New York Theatre Workshop: Off-Broadway nonprofit theater developing and producing new plays; comparable as an NYC nonprofit theater company with an artistic development focus, though typically larger production budgets than HERE.
The Kitchen: Chelsea-based nonprofit presenting experimental performance, dance, and media art; comparable as a longtime NYC presenting venue with foundation-supported programming and an experimental focus.
The Flea Theater: Small TriBeCa nonprofit theater presenting experimental new works; comparable as a downtown NYC indie venue producing boundary-pushing performance and nurturing resident artists.
The Chocolate Factory Theater: Long Island City nonprofit supporting experimental performance artists through residencies and presentations; comparable as a NYC nonprofit presenting-and-developing experimental work on a similar small scale.
Performance Space New York (formerly PS 122): East Village nonprofit presenting experimental live performance and residencies; overlapping mission, residency programming, and downtown NYC presenting model with HERE.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club: Downtown NYC nonprofit experimental theater founded in 1961, presenting innovative multidisciplinary work and supporting emerging artists; closest direct analog to HERE in mission, scale, and programming model.
Dixon Place: Lower East Side NYC nonprofit performance venue presenting multidisciplinary experimental work and supporting artist development; very similar scale and programmatic mix to HERE.
Mabou Mines: NYC experimental theater company developing and producing new works across disciplines; comparable as a long-tenured downtown indie producing company with foundation support.

Broad incumbents

New York Live Arts: Larger Chelsea-based presenting venue focused on dance and performance; broader portfolio than HERE but overlaps as a NYC presenting-and-residency nonprofit for experimental performance.
The Public Theater: Major NYC nonprofit theater producing new work and operating multiple venues; comparable as a NYC-based nonprofit producing-and-presenting organization, but at much larger scale and with broader commercial reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Here financial estimates

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Here leadership team

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Here funding detail

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Here M&A and investment

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Investments

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Frequently asked questions about Here

What does Here do?

Is Here a public or private company?

Here is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.

When was Here founded?

Here was founded in 1993. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is Here based?

Here is headquartered in New York, United States, in the North America region.

How does Here make money?

Five revenue lines are on record. Ticket Sales are the primary driver. The others are membership Programs, space Rentals, donations and Grants and bar and Concessions.

Who are Here's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are New York Theatre Workshop, The Kitchen, The Flea Theater, The Chocolate Factory Theater, Performance Space New York (formerly PS 122), La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Dixon Place and Mabou Mines. Broad incumbents are New York Live Arts and The Public Theater.

Does Here have an API?

No public API is recorded for Here.

What industry is Here in?

Here's product category is Performing Arts Venue. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAGABAM, Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking), with a secondary code of MPAGALAB, Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses). Its NAICS code is 7111 and its SIC code is 7900.