Buffalo, NY – Manmade Earth, which had work-in-progress performances in fall of 2018 at Torn Space Theater, was presented as part of the Crossing the Line Festival at The Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn, NY in September.  The 600 HIGHWAYMEN co-production includes students from Lafayette International High School who, through a partnership with Torn …

Torn Space creates theater. Founded by Dan Shanahan and Melissa Meola, Torn Space Theater (TST) aims to create original, aesthetically innovative performances; to introduce internationally-renowned, contemporary drama to Western New York; and to cultivate the collaboration of actors, composers, sculptors, video artists and designers within our productions. Drawing from the leading edge of the global …

Torn Space invested in expansion and site improvements that will revitalize not only the theater, but also a section of Fillmore Avenue that provides a strategic link to established East Side landmarks (Broadway Market, St. Stanislaus Church, Central Terminal) and emerging ones, including urban farms and a Buddhist cultural center. The site is also on …