Spellbound Theatre is New York's award-winning theater devoted to creating original,
​multi-disciplinary performances for very young audiences.

We believe that young people deserve sophisticated and innovative art experiences and are constantly inspired by the complex and imaginative world of young children. 

Spellbound's Committment to
​Anti-Racist Theatre Making, 2024 

Programming Highlights

Spellbound & Extreme Kids and Crew at Brooklyn Children’s Museum

On Sunday November 10th, Extreme Kids & Crew and Spellbound teamed up to throw a beautiful event at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum! This event was intentionally produced for neurodivergent young people and their families. To prepare for this programming, The Naughty Penguin creator/performer Rebecca Gerrard, Oversight Committee member Susanna Brock and Board member Emily Baldwin teamed up to adapt the show into a new immersive version.

This adaptation would not have been possible without the invaluable consultation of Emily Baldwin, a Spellbound Board Member and Access Professional who currently works as a Creative Support Worker at Access All Areas Theatre. She offers insightful reflections on the importance of creating theatre tailored specifically for neurodiverse audiences, highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities in making the art form more accessible and inclusive. "It’s important to note that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to making theatre for a neurodiverse audience. As per the label, it means that the audience will have a diversity of preferences! Some might be super into all the dialogue, some might enjoy it at parts, some might really be all about those puppets. And we also don’t need to be prescriptive about it–it’s all about having those options for different avenues into the story throughout." More information about Spellbound's The Naughty Penguin adaptation process is coming soon! 
Lullaby Land celebrates the diversity of languages in our city and mirrors the diversity of artists in the Spellbound ensemble, as we seek to develop Spellbound’s commitment to antiracism both internally and with our audiences. This show, for 3-6 year olds and their caregivers, takes the universal experience of falling asleep and creates a magical, musical, and mysterious exploration of different languages and aesthetics from regions across the world. Lullaby Land is a devised theater project, which means that it was created by artists, or devisors, collaboratively through collective improvisation and play without an original script.

Click here to explore this project's progression from original web-series for very young children to a true theatrical production, and how you can be a part of bringing Lullaby Land to new audiences!

Lullaby Land Press: Feature in TYA Today
"Producer Jody Doo dives deep into what it means for Spellbound Theatre to actively incorporate anti-racist work into TVY and how as theater makers, we can start children on a journey to embrace and celebrate diversity through multilingual productions."​

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Spellbound At Home

Resources and activities for families to do at home, plus teasers for our webseries
Anywhere with Catbear and Lullaby Land