Paradise Factory
Neighborhood: East Village
Type of Place: Theaters
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The building at 64 East 4th Street was once “The Paradise Ice Cream Factory” – where the ice cream cone was invented, in the 1920s. The building then became a hat factory during the industrial revolution, which then perished in a fire. The condemned building was unoccupied thereafter, until Tom Noonan and Jack Kruger built a theater, rehearsal rooms, and breathed life back into the building. Years later the City of New York and Borough President Scott Stringer would award a grant of five million dollars toward the total renovation of 64E4. Artistic Director Tom Noonan founded the Paradise Factory in 1983, as a center for theater and film development. Tom received the Guggenheim Fellowship in Filmmaking in 1998, and wrote & directed the Sundance Grand Jury prize-winning “What Happened Was…” (1994). His personal method of creating new works, which he developed over thirty years as an actor, utilizes the theater as an incubator for the cinematic form. HONORARY BOARD at the Paradise Factory. Christopher Walken Sean Penn Susan Sarandon Wallace Shawn
- Erin Cronican 12/4/2016
Paradise Factory
64 E. 4th Str.
New York, NY 10003
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