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For more than 60 years, The Public Theater has been developing, producing, and presenting groundbreaking theater with the most dynamic artists of our time. Guided by our founding principles that theater is an essential force for change and that art and culture belong to everyone, The Public is dedicated to making art that is of, by, and for all people. From The Delacorte Theater in Central Park to our downtown home at 425 Lafayette Street, our mission is to tell our City’s stories.
The Public is enormously grateful to all who have so generously supported this Capital Campaign.
FOREVER PUBLIC INITIATIVES
Nestled under a canopy of majestic trees, The Delacorte Theater is a unique destination in the heart of Central Park. It provides hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and visitors with the transformative experience of The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park.
After a historic renovation, the theater reopened in August 2025, bolder and brighter than ever before, and ready to share the magic of Free Shakespeare in the Park for many summers to come.
The Public is building the first-ever permanent endowment Fund for Free Theater. The Fund will protect the Public's extraordinary free programs:
Free Shakespeare in the Park: The largest most accessible program for free theater in New York City.
Mobile Unit: Serving a vast cross section of New Yorkers with little or no access to the arts.
Public Works: Re-centering communities in our theater-making.
Contact Information
For more information about Forever Public: Capital Campaign, please contact the Development Office at capitalcampaign@publictheater.org for general seat naming questions, or for other ways to get involved in Forever Public.