The mission of CUNY STAGES is to organize the resources, talents, and shared goals of the 14 represented performing arts centers throughout the City University of New York (CUNY) system.  In so doing, CUNY STAGES will facilitate multi-disciplinary artistic collaborations amongst its members that will foster participation and creativity through the integration of the performing arts into campus life and the surrounding communities.  CUNY STAGES is committed to encouraging and supporting artistic excellence, promoting audience and artist diversity, and providing affordable access to the arts by sharing information and leveraging financial support.

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The CUNY Performance Art Presenter Consortium, CUNY STAGES, in New York consists of 24 stages on 14 campuses in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Harlem, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.  Founded in 1847, CUNY is the largest urban public university in the United States with 23 institutions. Supporting a population of 18.8 million, CUNY serves more than 226,000 degree-credit students and 230,000 continuing and professional education students.

 

Participating campus performing arts centers:

 

• Baruch College—Baruch Performing Arts Center

• Borough of Manhattan Community College – Tribeca Performing Arts Center

• Brooklyn College – Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts

• City College—Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall

• College of Staten Island Center for the Performing Arts

• The Graduate Center – The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center

• Hostos Community College – Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture

• Hunter College—The Kaye Playhouse and the Performing Arts Depts.

• John Jay College – Gerald W. Lynch Theatre

• Kingsborough Community College—Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center

• LaGuardia Community College—LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

• Lehman College – Lehman Center for the Performing Arts

• Medgar Evers College

• Queens College—Selma & Max Kupferberg Center for the Visual & Performing Arts

• Queensborough Community College – Queensborough Performing Arts Center

• York College Performing Arts Center