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The Hypothetical Theatre Company, Inc. (HTC) is a not-for-profit professional producing company in New York City. HTC is the resident company at the 14th Street Y in Manhattan and is known throughout the city for producing cutting-edge NY Premieres of plays. Award winning playwright, Michael Weller (Hair, Ragtime, Loose Ends, Moonchildren, etc.) has chosen HTC as a host company to premiere his plays.

HTC produced Mr. Weller's Ghost on Fire and The Heart of Art to critical acclaim by the NY Times and other media. HTC produced the successful premieres of Detail of a Larger Work by Lisa Dillman which was ranked in the top five shows of 1998 by Theatre Scope magazine, and Mickey's Home by award winning playwright Stephen Fife. Most recently produced was the New York premiere of Michael McKeever's The Garden of Hannah List (winner of the 1998 Carbonell Award), which set new attendance records for the company, and earned rave reviews.

The Hypothetical Theatre Company, Inc. also works to educate youth and the public through several outreach programs. Notable has been the joint effort with the National Park Service to achieve NPS' educational goals through the creation of theatrical programming. From 1992 to 1999, HTC's members worked alongside National Park staff to present various dramatic programs for public viewing during peak visitor season at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. These visitors are made up of students of all ages, families, senior citizens, and people from every state in the country and every nation in the world. HTC has received several letters of support from the visitors to Ellis Island and is the subject of local, regional, and national news coverage.

• Ellis Island Stories, with its proven track record as the resident theatrical program at Ellis Island for eight years, also has a rich touring history and has been seen by schools throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Wisconsin. HTC is proud to expand its touring repertoire and now offers new educational programs for schools.
• A Trunk Full of Memories is an interactive show relying on audience participation to focus on the American immigrant experience.
• The Long Road was developed to support Black History Month curricula, and now schedules year round.
• Voices from the Past is a series of one-person shows that profile prominent Americans throughout history.
• Voices of Brooklyn is a show developed with the Brooklyn Historical Society to explore the borough's history.

Currently in development is a show centered on Women's history. The Hypothetical Theatre Company has a commitment to Arts in Education, and develops touring programs based on curriculum support to lend relevance and deeper understanding to the classroom experience for students.