About

Who We Are

Bay Street Theater is a provider of live, intimate, high-quality theater experiences featuring top-tier artists in a unique setting. Many of the productions that have premiered or were developed at Bay Street Theater have moved to Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally and abroad.

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“Bay Street Theater is about the top artists in the world coming together and creating visionary new takes on well known titles and new works on our stage. It’s about the words ‘intimacy’ and ‘closeness’ and ‘heat.’"

– Scott Schwartz, Artistic Director

Our Mission

Bay Street Theater is a year-round, not-for-profit professional theater and community cultural center, which endeavors to innovate, educate, motivate, and entertain a diverse community through the performing arts. We serve as a beacon, a social and cultural gathering place, an educational resource, a center for innovation and new work development, and an ever-expanding home for a community of artists.  

Great Gatsby company on stage

2020

Bay Street Moves In

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2021

Mainstage Season Begins

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2022

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2023

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2024

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Past Performances

  • Tracy Mitchell, Executive Director
    Scott Schwartz, Artistic Director

    Mike Billings, Director of Production
    Anne Chaisson, Senior Director of Advancement & Major Gifts
    Kimberly Fink, Director of Philanthropy
    Eric Jacobson, Executive Associate/ Special Events Producer
    Mick Johnson, Associate Director of Philanthropy
    Sherry Lyles, Bookkeeper
    Moriah Moore, Marketing Coordinator
    Paul Anthony Mongelluzzo, Director of Sponsorships
    Allen O’Reilly, Director of Education & Community Outreach
    Will Pomerantz, Associate Artistic Director
    Courtney Ratcliffe, Director of Marketing
    Chris Siefert, Deputy Director
    John Sullivan, Associate Producer & Company Manager
    Jake Talmage, Box Office Senior Associate
    Nancy Thompson, Front of House Operations Manager
    Hope Villanueva, Literary Manager
    Michael Williams, Box Office Senior Associate

    (As of April 16, 2025)

    Steve Todrys, CoChair
    Lynn Mestel, Co-Chair
    Christine Wächter-Campbell
    , Vice Chair
    Wendy Harrison Hashmall,
    Secretary

    Tracy Mitchell, Executive Director
    Scott Schwartz, Artistic Director

    Jennifer Bartley
    Joy Behar
    David Fink
    John Frawley
    Dan Gasby
    Keith Green
    Myra Hackel
    Richard Kind
    Loretta Kaufman
    Carol Konner
    Stewart F. Lane
    Riki Kane Larimer
    Nina Lesavoy
    Elise Leve
    Leslie Mayer
    Laura McPhail
    Flora Schnall
    Eric Segal

    TRUSTEES EMERITI
    Chair Emeritus
    Ana R. Daniel
    Julie Andrews
    Stanley Arkin
    Kay Delaney Bring
    Adrianne Cohen
    Ted Conklin
    John Downing
    Frank Filipo
    Patrick E. Malloy III

    Bay Street Players Inc.

    Donations to this organization are tax deductible.
    EIN: 59-1789108

    Bay Street Theater strives to make our theater performances accessible to EVERYONE. Our primary mission is to Inspire, Entertain and Educate audiences of all backgrounds. Bay Street’s unique PAY WHAT YOU CAN ticket program helps us achieve our goal of making theater available to ALL. Our special PAY WHAT YOU CAN theater nights are a big highlight of our programming each year!

    Sponsored By

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    Cuneo Group, Merrill Lynch
    Account Number: 787-04G50
    DTC: 8862

    Scott R. Blair
    Managing Director | CPFA ®, C.R.P.C. ™ 
    Senior Financial Advisor | Senior Portfolio Advisor
    Retirement Benefits Consultant
    NMLS ID: 578993

    Merrill Lynch Wealth Managment
    300 Broadhollow Road, 2nd Floor 
    Melville, NY 11747

    T: 631-546-9501
    C: 516-254-4648
    F: 516-279-3208
    S_Blair@ml.com

    Please alert tracy@baystreet.org that you have made a stock transfer. For specific questions, please email: kim@baystreet.org

    Any student with a valid ID can attend one of Bay Street Theater’s Sunday performances for FREE! Please visit our Box Office for more details.

    Sponsored By

    You may qualify for a tax deduction while supporting a cause that is near and dear to your heart! Vehicle donation pick-up is always free to you and most vehicles can be picked up within 24-72 hours. You’ll receive an initial car donation receipt upon pick-up and then the CARS team will work to turn your car into cash to support our cause. Once your vehicle is sold, CARS will provide you proper tax forms in time to file. CARS’ friendly Donor Support Representatives are here 7 days a week to assist throughout the process.