The Bushwick Starr is an award-winning nonprofit theater that has been a home for artists, community and bold new work since 2007. In September 2024, The Bushwick Starr unveiled our new 5,000 sq ft theater—a fully accessible LEED-certified state of the art facility and permanent cultural space for our community, designed by award-winning architectural firm Bureau V Architecture (the studio behind the design of Brooklyn’s non-profit music venue National Sawdust). At the new Starr, audiences will enjoy an expanded venue with improved access and comfort, while artists will benefit from larger, functional spaces on-site that support all the ways they work.  Our new lobby will bring the Starr’s mission to the streets of Brooklyn by welcoming passersby to freely enter throughout the day to an accessible space of community gathering. We’re excited to offer a new model for what a lobby space can be: a classroom, screening room, lively gathering space, quiet meeting space—a place where people always feel welcome to meet, mix, connect, and get inspired. Building tours with The Bushwick Starr Co-Founders, Noel Allain and Sue Kessler will be offered on a rolling basis. **_From Urban Omnibus: _**_We spoke to the Bushwick Starr as they worked to build out, fund, and open a new, more accessible theater in “[Getting Into It](https://urbanomnibus.net/2023/03/getting-into-it/).” On the weekend of their first performance in their new Eldert Street home — now ADA-compliant, with flexible space to share with community groups — they welcome visitors to see what they’ve accomplished._ _See also: Museums grapple with what it means to be “inclusive” in “[All-Access Art](https://urbanomnibus.net/2024/05/all-access-art/)” and performing arts institutions open their lobbies to the public outside of showtime in “[Entry Level](https://urbanomnibus.net/2023/12/entry-level/).” _ **Saturday Tours: **Building tours with The Bushwick Starr Co-Founders, Noel Allain and Sue Kessler will be offered on a rolling basis.