Free Summer Theater

Broadway isn't the only place to experience great theater this summer! Throughout the season, free plays ranging from Shakespearian classics to new works by emerging playwrights are being staged in parks throughout the city. Get your dose of culture on a budget and let nature set the scene.
Free Summer Theater Events
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Aguilar Library, Manhattan
12:30 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn
12:30 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going…
Free!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Huguenot Park Library, Staten Island
4:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Belmont Library, Bronx
4:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Friday, June 14, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Ravenswood Family Literacy Program, Queens
4:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Astoria Library, Queens
3:30 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Monday, July 1, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Steinway Library, Queens
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Sunnyside Branch, Queens
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Monday, July 8, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Hudson Park Branch, Manhattan
4:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Melrose Library, Bronx
2:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Woodside Branch, Queens
3:30 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Summer on the Hudson: Children’s Performance Series
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Music, storytelling & theater for young audiences. Suitable for kids up to age 7. Wear sunscreen!
Performance Schedule :
July 11 Rolie Polie Guacamole
July 18 Apple…
Free!
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Morningside Heights Branch, Manhattan
4:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Monday, July 15, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at George Bruce Branch, Manhattan
4:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Chatham Square Branch, Manhattan
11:00 a.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Battery Park City Branch, Manhattan
4:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Summer on the Hudson: Children’s Performance Series
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Music, storytelling & theater for young audiences. Suitable for kids up to age 7. Wear sunscreen!
Performance Schedule :
July 11 Rolie Polie Guacamole
July 18 Apple…
Free!
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Harlem Branch, Manhattan
4:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Children's Center at Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Manhattan
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Monday, July 22, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Webster Library, Manhattan
4:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Summer on the Hudson: Children’s Performance Series
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Music, storytelling & theater for young audiences. Suitable for kids up to age 7. Wear sunscreen!
Performance Schedule :
July 11 Rolie Polie Guacamole
July 18 Apple…
Free!
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Queens Central Library, Queens
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going…
Free!
Piper Theatre Workshops at the Old Stone House Presents: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
at Old Stone House (in J.J. Byrne Playground), Brooklyn 
7:00 p.m.
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
By Salman Rushdie
Directed and Adapted by Marielle Duke
Kidnapped in a land so sad it has forgotten it’s name, a young boy named Haroun…
Free!
Friday, July 26, 2013
Piper Theatre Workshops at the Old Stone House Presents: Hansel and Gretel and the Candy Haus
at Old Stone House (in J.J. Byrne Playground), Brooklyn 
7:00 p.m.
Hansel and Gretel and the Candy Haus
A new adaptation by John P. McEneny and Mollie Lief Abramson
Inspired by the fairy tale by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Mollie Lief Abramson, Director…
Free!
Piper Theatre Productions at the Old Stone House Presents: Godspell
at Old Stone House (in J.J. Byrne Playground), Brooklyn 
8:30 p.m.
Godspell
Conceived and Originally Directed by John-Michael Tebelak
Music and New Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Ryan Healey Woods, Director
Megan Jonynas, Musical Director…
Free!
Saturday, July 27, 2013
The Hip to Hip Shakespeare Company: "The Tempest"
at Beach 17th St. (in ), Queens 
7:00 p.m.
These family-friendly productions are for lovers of Shakespeare and for those experiencing Shakespeare for the first time.
All performances are free and open to the public.
Bring…
Free!
Sunday, July 28, 2013
The Tempest by Shakespeare
at Main Park House (in Cunningham Park), Queens
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Enjoy a wonderful play by Shakespeare presented by the Hip to Hip Theater Company.
At 7:30 p.m. there will be a Children's Workshop so come early and bring the kids. Bring a…
Free!
Kids
Monday, August 5, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Bloomingdale Library, Manhattan
3:30 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Puppets In The Park
at 111th Street Parking Lot (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Come join NYC Parks and the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre for Little Red's Hood, a modern adaptation of Red Riding Hood. The show is about tech savvy Red who is too busy on her…
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Long Island City Branch, Queens
2:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Summer on the Hudson: Children’s Performance Series
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Music, storytelling & theater for young audiences. Suitable for kids up to age 7. Wear sunscreen!
Performance Schedule :
July 11 Rolie Polie Guacamole
July 18 Apple…
Free!
Friday, August 9, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at City Island Library, Bronx
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Saturday, August 10, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Bronx Library Center, Bronx
2:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Puppets in the Park presents “Little Red Hood”
at 76th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard (in Alley Pond Park), Queens
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Enjoy this adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood. Please bring a blanket or low chair
Free!
Kids
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at New Amsterdam Library, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Summer on the Hudson: Children’s Performance Series
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Music, storytelling & theater for young audiences. Suitable for kids up to age 7. Wear sunscreen!
Performance Schedule :
July 11 Rolie Polie Guacamole
July 18 Apple…
Free!
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Fort Washington Library, Manhattan
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Friday, August 23, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Pelham Bay Library, Bronx
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Spuyten Duyvil Library, Bronx
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!
Friday, August 30, 2013
Making Books Sing Presents My City Park
at Baychester Library, Bronx
3:00 p.m.
The New York Public Library will present Making Books Sing’s new touring production My City Park , for children ages 3-10. When Milo finds out that his favorite city park is going to…
Free!




