THRESHOLD THEATER COMPANY

The Threshold Theater Company was founded in New York in 1979. Its first production was the English-language premiere of a contemporary Hungarian play by András Sütő. Among the company's outstanding productions in the 1980s was The Cost of Living by the modern French playwright Yves Jamiaque, featuring a gripping performance by Robert Lansing. Another was Threshold's English-language premiere of Denis Diderot's 1781 comic masterpiece Wicked Philanthropy, which enjoyed such success Off-Off Broadway that it re-opened for an Off Broadway run. A high point of the 1990s was Threshold's acclaimed New York production of Géza Páskándi's No Conductor, which the Hungarian National Theater invited to Hungary, giving rise to a unique event: an American cast performing a modern Hungarian play in English on one of Budapest's major stages... The Threshold Theater Company is dedicated to presenting worthy international drama unfamiliar to American audiences and readers. The company's mission inspired..

Primary location: New York United States