See the Renovation

The Building Together Team

Artists Committee

Meg Wolitzer - Co-Chair

Dawn Akemi Saito

Kevin Allison

Teagle F. Bougere

Becca Blackwell

Andy Borowtiz

Noah Bullock

Danny Burstein

Kate Burton

Kathleen Chalfant

Roz Chast

Carrie Coon

Jane Curtin

Hugh Dancy

Hope Davis

Crystal Dickinson

Jill Eikenberry

Ophira Eisenberg

Helen Ellis

Queen Esther

Philip Estrera

Edie Falco

Santino Fontana

Joel Framm

Roxane Gay

Paul Giamatti

Adam Gidwitz

BD Wong - Co-Chair

Zach Grenier

Tony Hale

Josh Horowitz

Michael Imperioli

Annette Jolles

Jane Kaczmarek

Mehran Khaghani

Jeff Kready

Min Jin Lee

Dennis Lichtman

Sonia Manzano

Richard Masur

James Naughton

Maulik Pancholy

Ann Patchett

George Saunders

Liev Schreiber

Elizabeth Strout

Hannah Tinti

Colm Tóibín

Michael Tucker

Michael Urie

Kirsten Vangsness

Colson Whitehead

Rita Wolf

  
My Symphony Space residency gave me the 
chance to bring together a talented group of 
performers to honor black women through music, 
dance, and spoken word. We played for and with 
each other, and created with each other to make 
something bigger than ourselves.

—Rhiannon Giddens

Project Team

Architecture Outfit

NYC firm with experience designing and renovating performing arts facilities, public spaces, and learning centers, including iterations of the design and an office renovation at Symphony Space. Clients: NYTheater Workshop, Rattlestick Theater, Theater Row.

Theatre Projects

Custom designing, building and commissioning seating, stage, lighting. In 2021 they consulted on our live stream system. Clients: Palace Theatre, Lindemann Center for Performing Arts (Brown University), Whitney Museum.

TYLin/Silman Structural Solutions

Renovations and adaptive reuse account for a significant portion of Silman’s active projects. Silman provided structural engineering services in Symphony Space’s extensive renovation 25 years ago. Clients: Zankel Hall, Whitney Museum, NYU.

Design 2147

Trusted NYC code consulting/expediting firms with more than 35 years interpreting and arguing cases before city agencies. Clients: Irish Art Center, New York Historical, Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Denham Wolf Real Services

For more than 25 years, DW has provided project management and real estate-related services to hundreds of NYC nonprofits. Clients: Caribbean Cultural Center, African Diaspora Institute, Atlantic Theater Company.

Turner Construction / Turner Interiors

Turner is a North American-based, international construction services company and a leading builder in diverse market segments. Turner Interiors, the dedicated division within their NY office, focuses exclusively on interior renovations. They bring deep experience with cultural and community-based work, especially complex projects involving public access in an active building.

Kohler Ronan

A multi-disciplined engineering consultancy providing MEP and comprehensive energy analysis, sustainable design, commissioning service. Clients: David Geffen Hall, New Victory Theater, Hayes Theater.

CodeGreen

National leader in sustainability and energy efficiency; has provided sustainable solutions to over 1B sq ft of real estate. Specialties: Energy management and modeling, LEED and WELL certification.

Meshell Ndegeocello
Residency

Board of Directors

David Dishy - Chair
Victoria Drozdov - Vice Chair

Richard Mittenthal - Treasurer
Dana Shanler Ladden - Secretary
Lenore Davis - Immediate Past Chair

Steven Aresty - Past Chair

Steven M. Alden - Past Chair

Khary Barnes

Louis B. Bernstein

Kay Cattarulla

Crystal A. Dickinson

Benjamin Fried

Joshua T. Goldstein

Julie Harris

Elaine Hochberg

Peter Francis James

Robert S. Kricheff

Carmen de Lavallade