NEW COSMOPOLITAN ENSEMBLE
ABOUT
New Cosmopolitan Ensemble is a laboratory for ensemble theater, created by Ryan Hartley. We make theater because it's good for us all. We advocate for ongoing support that allows theater to thrive as an art form.
New Cosmopolitan Ensemble appreciates a mixture of new work and revivals of relevant pieces that have fallen away from public consciousness.
We make theater for those who work hard and don't have a lot, those who value nuance and curiosity, those who have complicated family histories, those who value civic discourse, those whose brains operate differently, those who lead a quiet existence. We seek to entertain as much as to ask questions. We invite engagement with theater on a personal level.
New Cosmopolitan Ensemble is based in New York, NY.
Founding Artist
Ryan
Hartley
Ryan Hartley is a theater director and actor.
A graduate of Pepperdine University, Ryan has made a journey through musical theater and corporate-branded entertainment toward contemporary plays and new play development. He has trained with SITI Company and the Yale Summer directing intensive, and is now an associate member of SDC.
In 2019, Ryan created the theater laboratory that has become New Cosmopolitan Ensemble. Under this umbrella, he curated the New Queer Works series of developmental readings, and directed an award-winning production of Gummy Worm by Nathaniel Foster at Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Since relocating to New York, Ryan developed and directed City Rats by Franco Machado-Pesce, presented as part of New York Theater Festival.