Irondale Center

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The Irondale Center for Theater, Education, and Outreach
Address 85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY
Operator Irondale Ensemble Project
Type Off-off-Broadway
Capacity 250 (est.)
Opened 2008
Website
www.irondale.org/about-the-center.html

The Irondale Center for Theater, Education, and Outreach is a performance space in Brooklyn, New York. It was established in 2008 [1] by the Irondale Ensemble Project in a space that had previously housed Sunday school classes for the Layfayette Church. [2]

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References

  1. The New York Times - Arts, Briefly Footnotes, October 6, 2008
  2. About The Center