FOREVER PUBLIC

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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.
 

Forever Public is an ambitious, multi-year capital campaign with a goal of raising $175 million to further our mission and ensure the future of great, accessible theater for all.

Ways To Give

Show your support for The Public Theater’s vital mission!

Make an online donation 

For a gift of $5,000 or more you can make your mark on history and name a seat at The Delacorte Theater.

Take A Seat!

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 an 18-month renovation, the theater is reopening in August 2025, bolder and brighter than ever before, and ready to share the magice of Free Shakespeare in the Park for many summers to come. 

LEARN MORE

As our city comes together to rebuild The Delacorte, 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.

PROTECT FREE THEATER

The Public is enormously grateful to all who have so generously supported this Capital Campaign.