Collapsable Hole

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Collapsable Hole
The Hole
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Collapsable Hole at Westbeth, 2024
Collapsable Hole
Interactive map of Collapsable Hole
Location155 Bank Street
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates 40°44′11″N74°00′33″W / 40.7363°N 74.0091°W / 40.7363; -74.0091
Website
thehole.site

The Collapsable Hole is a artist-run performance space in New York City.

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Co-founded in 2000 by the performance companies Radiohole and The Collapsable Giraffe, The Hole was originally located at 146 Metropolitan Avenue in Willamsburg, Brooklyn [1] . Described in The New York Times as "a spare industrial box except for all the techie gadgetry" [2] it helped establish the area as "a full-fledged theater district. Call it Off Off Off Broadway" [2] , alongside The Charlie Pineapple Theater, The Brick, Galapagos Art Space, the Streb Laboratory for Action Mechanics (SLAM), Monkey Town, and Supreme Trading.

The Metropolitan Avenue location opened on December 1, 2000 and existed until its final Memorial Service on September 14, 2013 [3] . It was later resurrected at 155 Bank Street in the West Village, Manhattan at Westbeth, where it continues to serve as a forum for avant performance.

Partners / Affiliated Artists

As of 2026, partners in The Hole are Mallory Catlett / Restless NYC, Collapsible Giraffe / Jim Findlay, Immediate Medium, Cyrus Moshrefi, Object Collection, and Radiohole. Affiliated artists are Daniel Fish, Aaron Landsman, Findlay//Sandsmark, and Okwui Okpokwasili & Peter Born. [4]

Other Associated Artists

The Hole has see presentations of work by numerous artists and performance companies, including [5] :

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Lost Spaces". League of Independent Theater. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
  2. 1 2 Calhoun, Ada (Feb 6, 2005). "Where All the Neighborhood Is a Stage". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
  3. ↑ Bent, Eliza (2013-11-01). "The End of a Hole Era". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
  4. ↑ "Artists". Collapsable Hole. 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2026-01-11.
  5. ↑ "The Hole is Dead! (Long Live The Hole!)". Culturebot. 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
  6. ↑ "03". Obie Awards. Retrieved 2026-01-10.
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